EQUITY RISK PREMIUM Definition

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EQUITY RISK PREMIUM is a rate of return in addition to a risk-free rate to compensate for investing in equity instruments because they have a higher degree of probable risk than risk-free instruments (a component of the cost of equity capital or equity discount rate).

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FOMC see FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE.

ECONOMIC LIFE is the time period over which an asset(s) may generate economic benefits.

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