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The single index factor model

The single index factor model

The single-index factor model assumes that the co-movement between stocks is due to a single common influence or index. Casual observation of stock prices reveals that when the market goes up (as measured by any of the widely available stock market indexes), most stocks tend to increase in price, and when the market goes down, most stocks tend to decrease in price.

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