medium · CFA Level I pm

At Solstice Utilities, the risk manager is defining the 'Capital Market Line' (CML) and the 'Security Market Line' (SML) for a group of new hires.

Which of the following statements correctly distinguishes the two?

  1. The SML prices only efficient portfolios, while the CML prices all assets.
  2. The slope of the CML is the Sharpe ratio, while the slope of the SML is the market risk premium.
  3. The CML uses total risk as the independent variable, while the SML uses systematic risk.

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