Dietary fiber is the edible parts of plants or analogous carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine, with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine. Dietary fiber includes polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, lignin, and associated plant substances.
The theoretical rate of return attributed to an investment with zero risk. The risk-free rate represents the interest on an investor's money that he or she would expect from an absolutely risk-free investment over a specified period of time. Next Up.
Determine an investment's beta. Find the expected return using CAPM for that beta and use this interest rate as the appropriate discount rate. Summary of Risk and Return. Total risk-the variance (or the standard deviation) of an assetâs return. Total return-the expected return + the unexpected return. Systematic and unsystematic risks. Systematic risks are unanticipated events that affect almost all assets to some degree.