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minus the riskless rate.
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Again,
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I'm not going to spend much time on this,
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but the β of the ith asset
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is the regression coefficient
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when you regress the return on the ith asset
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on the return of the market portfolio.
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rm is the expected return on the market portfolio,
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which is the portfolio of all assets.
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The market portfolio is,
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if you took all the stocks and bonds, and oil, and real estate,
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anything that's available to invest in, in the whole world,