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In finance, risk factors are the building blocks of investing, that help explain the systematic returns in equity market, and the possibility of losing money in investments or business adventures. [1] [2] A risk factor is a concept in finance theory such as the capital asset pricing model, arbitrage pricing theory and other theories that use ...
Finance. Financial risk is any of various types of risk associated with financing, including financial transactions that include company loans in risk of default. [ 1][ 2] Often it is understood to include only downside risk, meaning the potential for financial loss and uncertainty about its extent. [ 3][ 4]
Risk premium. A risk premium is a measure of excess return that is required by an individual to compensate being subjected to an increased level of risk. [ 1] It is used widely in finance and economics, the general definition being the expected risky return less the risk-free return, as demonstrated by the formula below.
According to a report from research firm Arize AI, the number of Fortune 500 companies that cited AI as a risk hit 281. That represents 56.2% of the companies and a 473.5% increase from the prior ...
Arbitrage pricing theory. In finance, arbitrage pricing theory ( APT) is a multi-factor model for asset pricing which relates various macro-economic (systematic) risk variables to the pricing of financial assets. Proposed by economist Stephen Ross in 1976, [ 1] it is widely believed to be an improved alternative to its predecessor, the capital ...
In finance, the capital asset pricing model ( CAPM) is a model used to determine a theoretically appropriate required rate of return of an asset, to make decisions about adding assets to a well-diversified portfolio . The model takes into account the asset's sensitivity to non-diversifiable risk (also known as systematic risk or market risk ...
RiskMetrics assumes that the market is driven by risk factors with observable covariance. The risk factors are represented by time series of prices or levels of stocks, currencies, commodities, and interest rates. Instruments are evaluated from these risk factors via various pricing models.
Factoring is a financial transaction and a type of debtor finance in which a business sells its accounts receivable (i.e., invoices) to a third party (called a factor) at a discount. [ 1][ 2][ 3] A business will sometimes factor its receivable assets to meet its present and immediate cash needs. [ 4][ 5] Forfaiting is a factoring arrangement ...