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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- How to calculate a security's expected return using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) formula.
- The roles of the risk-free rate, beta, and the market risk premium in the CAPM calculation.
- Why the Security Market Line (SML) is the graphical representation of CAPM.
- How to use the SML to determine if a security is undervalued, overvalued, or fairly valued.
- To identify common distractor information, like standard deviation, in Series 65 CAPM questions.
For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
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