Indifference curve and optimal portfolio-capital market line

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Defend the following terms using graphs or equations to illustrate your answers wherever feasible

a. Portfolio feasible set, efficient portfolio, efficient frontier

b. Indifference curve, optimal portfolio

c. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) Capital Market Line (CML)

d. Characteristic line, beta coefficient, b

e. Pricing Theory (APT)

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