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Single-factor model of excess returns

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2
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APT key propositions (3)

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  1. Security returns can be described by a factor model
  2. There are sufficient securities to diversify away idiosyncratic risk
  3. Well-functioning security markets do not allow for persistence of arbitrage opportunities
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Law of One Price

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If two assets are equivalent in all economically relevant aspects, they should have the same market price

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Risk-return dominance argument in support of equilibrium

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When equilibrium relationship is violated, many investors will make limited portfolio changes

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Arbitrage argument in support of equilibrium price relationships

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Each investor wants to take as large a position as possible

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Factor portfolio

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Well-diversified portfolio constructed to have beta on one of the factors and beta of zero on any other factor

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Fama-French Three-Factor Model

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Advantage of APT over CAPM

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Free of mean-variance optimizing assumption of CAPM

APT anchored by observable portfolios