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Capital Market Line (CML)
            vs
Security Market Line (SML)
          by Riskless Return
http://risklessreturn.blogspot.com/
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• According to CAPM, CML and SML are both
  half-lines that connect the risk-free asset with
  the market portfolio.

• CML is defined in expected return – standard
  deviation (total risk) space.

• SML is defined in expected return – beta
  (systematic risk) space.
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• Efficient portfolios that offer the highest
  return for a given level of risk lie on the CML,
  and inefficient portfolios lie below it.

• All portfolios (both efficient and inefficient
  ones) should lie on the SML.

• The equation of SML is the CAPM equation.

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Cml vs sml

  • 1. Riskless Return Capital Market Line (CML) vs Security Market Line (SML) by Riskless Return http://risklessreturn.blogspot.com/
  • 2. Riskless Return • According to CAPM, CML and SML are both half-lines that connect the risk-free asset with the market portfolio. • CML is defined in expected return – standard deviation (total risk) space. • SML is defined in expected return – beta (systematic risk) space.
  • 5. Riskless Return • Efficient portfolios that offer the highest return for a given level of risk lie on the CML, and inefficient portfolios lie below it. • All portfolios (both efficient and inefficient ones) should lie on the SML. • The equation of SML is the CAPM equation.