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FYI: One of the significant problems for the first formal asset pricing model developed by financial economists, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), was that it predicts a positive relationship between risk and return. However, empirical studies have found the actual relationship to be flat, or even negative. Regards, Ted http://www.etf.com/sections/index-investor-corner/swedroe-low-vol-perspective?nopaging=1