Risk and Profitability—Stock Portfolios

Christophe Thibierge and Andrew Beresford
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Christophe Thibierge: ESCP Europe
Andrew Beresford: ESCP Europe

Chapter 4 in A Practical Guide to Corporate Finance, 2015, pp 103-129 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Risk usually characterizes our uncertainty, faced with the unknown. We cannot accurately predict the future, and some decisions may have consequences that are more costly than others. It follows that the notion of risk encompasses two different things: the probability that the worst—or the best—will happen; an assessment of the cost of the worst outcome vs. the benefit of the best.

Keywords: Stock Market; Stock Price; Optimal Portfolio; Risky Asset; Capital Gain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137492548_5

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