The Capital Asset Pricing Model and its Uses. This eleven-page undergraduate paper analyzes the Capital Asset Pricing Model, describing some of its numerous benefits. With the CAPM, traders can avoid much of the risk they incur through diversification. Therefore, only unavoidable risk should be compensated. Nevertheless, even after a trader diversifies his portfolio, some risk remains. Because some risk is associated with the market as a whole, this risk cannot be neutralized through diversification, and CAPM explains that. 11 pgs. Bibliography lists 17 sources. Pages: 11 Bibliography: 17 source(s) listed Filename: 7563 Capital Asset Pricing.doc Price: 98.45