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Beta, the risk-free rate, and CAPM. Calculate the expected return of a security on Excel.

Written By David Johnk on Friday, Jun 19, 2020 | 10:30 PM

 
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DrDavidJohnk Use Excel, Yahoo Finance, and 90 Day T-bill data from the US Federal Reserve to calculate the expected return of a security. Here's the link to the file used in this video: https://bit.ly/3fAJ8uS Notes: 1) I used 365 days when calculating annual returns since there were only 252 observations/year 252 would be better. 2) I don't use returns in excess of the risk-free rate when calculating the Beta (my method is still very close). If you want to be more accurate here's a good video: https://youtu.be/j65sNTANYVk 3) Here's a video where I just calculate Beta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0_3wnw6h8&t=4s