This paper combines the CRSP market index with multiple factors to create a single multifactor market index. Empirical tests of different multifactor market indexes indicate that: (1) Sharpe ratios substantially increase and GRS test statistics decrease as multifactors are incrementally added to...

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Portfolio Theory and Practice -- Part II: Previous Asset Pricing Models -- Chapter 2: General Equilibrium Asset Pricing Models -- Chapter 3: Multifactor Asset Pricing Models -- Part III: The ZCAPM -- Chapter 4: A New Asset Pricing Model: The ZCAPM -- Chapter 5:...