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The variability of returns to equity investors, often measured by the standard deviation of equity returns.
An index made up of the common stock (share) prices of 500 large companies actively traded in the US stock markets.
 
In the Capital asset pricing model, total equity risk is driven both by (i) the underlying business risk and (ii) by the additional financial risk resulting from the level of debt in the firm’s financial structure.




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The risk of losses on direct equity investments (shareholdings) or on other equity-linked positions.
The 500 companies whose stocks are included in the index.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Beta]]
* [[Standard & Poor's ]]
* [[Business risk]]
*[[FTSE]]
* [[Capital asset pricing model]]
* [[Fortune 500]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Index numbers]]
* [[Equity beta]]
* [[Tracker fund]]
* [[General equity risk]]
* [[Financial risk]]
* [[MRBB]]
* [[Specific equity risk]]


[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]

Latest revision as of 15:08, 17 August 2021

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An index made up of the common stock (share) prices of 500 large companies actively traded in the US stock markets.


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The 500 companies whose stocks are included in the index.


See also