The document discusses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and its relationship between risk and expected return. It defines key terms like expected return, variance, standard deviation, covariance, correlation, diversification, systematic and unsystematic risk. It explains that a security's risk is measured by its beta, which represents its non-diversifiable risk related to market movements. The CAPM holds that the expected return of a security or portfolio equals the risk-free rate plus a risk premium that is proportional to the security's systematic risk relative to the market.