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Briefly outline the crucial assumptions used in deriving the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Derive the CAPM and explain the key roles played by some of these assumptions. Does the empirical evidence support the CAPM? Introduction The Capital Asset Pricing Model, developed by William Sharpe (1964) and John Lintner (1965), is used to calculate the theoretically appropriate price of risky assets by estimating expected cash flows. Practical applications of the model include evaluating the performance of managed portfolios and calculating estimates of the cost of capital for firms. The discovery led to Sharpe being awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1990. The several assumptions that define the CAPM are influential in both deriving the CAPM and also determining the useful applications of the model. However, the CAPM has a number of limitations. The empirical record of the CAPM is poor, reflecting the result of many simplifying assumptions. Therefore we will end...

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