DCF & WACC
What are the main criticisms of CAPM, and why do banks keep using it anyway?
Model answer
Criticisms: (1) Empirically, the relationship between beta and realized returns is flatter than CAPM predicts - low-beta stocks have historically outperformed what the model implies (the low-beta…
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