A line that graphs the systematic, or market, risk versus return of the whole market at a certain time and shows all risky marketable securities.
The SML essentially graphs the results from the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) formula. The x-axis represents the risk (beta), and the y-axis represents the expected return. The market risk premium is determined from the slope of the SML.
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