The calculation of an investor's Risk Aversion (A) requires us to look at that individual investor's historic behavior in his/her investing history. Why is Risk Aversion also called "price of risk"? Group of answer choices Risk Aversion measures the risk premium that the investor has required for the Capital Market Line Risk Aversion is determined by the excess return over the risk-free asset, as required by the investor Risk Aversion measures the difference in returns required by the investor in the Capital Allocation Line versus the Capital Market Line Risk Aversion measures the amount of return that the investor has required for each unit of risk taken None of the above

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The calculation of an investor's Risk Aversion (A) requires us to look at that individual investor's historic behavior in his/her investing history. Why is Risk Aversion also called "price of risk"?

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Risk Aversion measures the risk premium that the investor has required for the Capital Market Line

Risk Aversion is determined by the excess return over the risk-free asset, as required by the investor

Risk Aversion measures the difference in returns required by the investor in the Capital Allocation Line versus the Capital Market Line

Risk Aversion measures the amount of return that the investor has required for each unit of risk taken

None of the above 

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