• What are the steps necessary in developing a usable multifactor model?
• What are the two primary approaches employed in defining common risk factors?
• What are the main macroeconomic variables used in practice as risk factors?
• What are the main security characteristic-oriented variables used in practice as risk factors?
• How can multifactor models be used to identify the investment "bets" that an active portfolio manager is making relative to a benchmark?
• How are multifactor models used to estimate the expected risk premium of a security or portfolio?