17 Aug Discuss the fundamental concepts of market efficiency.
Case 3: Darden Capital Management: The Cavalier Fund
Tasks:
- Develop an understanding of idiosyncratic risk, systematic risk, and the benefits of diversification to
- motivate beta as a relevant risk metric,
- Introduce the CAPM as a viable model for estimating the cost of equity,
- Build student judgment on appropriate methods to estimate the CAPM parameters using market data,
- Consider the portfolio allocation decision in investment management, and
- Discuss the fundamental concepts of market efficiency.
