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.
Expected return on an asset = Risk-free rate of return + beta * market risk premium The beta is a calibration factor that is higher (lower) than one if the asset has a systematic, or non-diversifiable, risk that is higher (lower) than the marketâs risk. In the CAPM framework, the MRP