Essentials Of Investments
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Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
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When can investors treat beta as a relevant risk measure and when can they treat beta as only a systematic risk measure? Explain the two cases clearly and carefully (Explain using a graph and make sure you label the axes)
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