Download or read book The Capital Asset Pricing Model Versus the Arbitrage Pricing Theory written by Connie Anast and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper describes both the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory. Discussion of the CAPM includes a detailed definition of its assumptions and a review of its conclusions. The APT is developed in a more rigorous and complete fashion. Discussion of the APT continues by defining four possible macrofactors and using Discounted Cash Flow analysis as supporting evidence of their validity. The final chapter presents a detailed summary and comparison of the two models [sic] strengths and weaknesses. It is evident that without additional testing and analysis of the APT, researchers remain unable to agree on which model provides the most accurate estimate of security prices. Researchers advocating the APT maintain that it is the superior model, however, they have not been able to convince many practitioners."--Author's abstract.