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Salaar - Finance
Capital Markets
Spring Semester 2010
Lahore School of Economics
Salaar farooq – Assistant Professor
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Returns and Risks
from Investing
Lecture
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Returns & Risks from Investing
Learning Objectives
What is return?
What is risk?
Sources of risk?
Types of risk?
How to measure risk?
How to measure returns?
Realized returns & risks from investing
Practice Problems
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Objective of Investors ?
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Objective of Investors
To maximize expected returns
Constraint: risk
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Components of investment returns ?
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Components of investment returns
Yield
Income component of a security’s return from cash flows
Relates the C/F’s to the price of the security
Capital gain (loss)
Change in price of a security over time
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Components of investment returns
Total Return = Yield + Price Change (CG)
Yield can be 0 or +
CG can be 0,+ or -
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Examples of components
A Bond purchased at par held to maturity: ?
A Bond purchased for $800 & held till maturity?
A non-dividend stock?
A dividend paying stock?
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Examples of components
A Bond purchased at par held to maturity: ? Yield only
A Bond purchased for $800 & held till maturity? Y+PG
A non-dividend stock? PG only
A dividend paying stock? Y+PG
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What is Risk?
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What is Risk?
UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE OUTCOMES
Definition of Risk:
Risk is the Probability…
ACTUAL OUTCOME will be different from EXPECTED OUTCOME.
Which outcome are we discussing?
Future Returns
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• Risk exposure involves Future time.
Decision
RISK of deviation
UNCERTAINTY
T= Future
T=0
Risk Calculation is on Historical Data
T=-n
Expected Outcome
1,2…n (return)
T=0
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Deviation possibilities… RISK!
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What are the Sources of Risk?
An Overview
– Price risk
– Interest Rate risk
– Market risk
– Inflation risk
– Business risk
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What are the Sources of Risk?
An Overview
– Price risk
Variability in security’s returns due to price fluctuations
– Interest Rate risk
Variability in ER due to changes in interest rates
– Market risk
Variability in ER due to changes in overall market
– Inflation risk
Variability in ER due to changes in purchasing power
(interest rates)
– Business risk
Variability in ER due to exposure to a particular industry
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What are the Sources of Risk?
An Overview
– Financial risk
– Liquidity risk
– Exchange rate risk
– Country risk (political risk)
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What are the Sources of Risk?
An Overview
– Financial risk
Arises due to debt financing.
Variability in ER due to leverage
– Liquidity risk
Variability in ER due to inability to trade in secondary
mkts.
time & price concession required to sell securities
– Exchange rate risk
Variability in ER due to currency fluctuations.
– Country risk (political risk)
Variability in ER due to instability of the political system.
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What are the Sources of Risk?
Summary
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Price risk
Interest Rate risk (affects market value & resale price)
Market risk (overall market effects)
Inflation risk (purchasing power variability)
Business risk (unique risk)
Financial risk (tied to debt financing)
Liquidity risk (time & price concession to sell securities)
Exchange rate risk (fx)
Country risk (political risk)
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What Types of Risk are there?
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What Types of Risk are there?
– 2 Main Types
– Systematic risk: (MKT)
also called market risk or non-diversifiable risk.
Caused by the market as a whole
– Non-Systematic risk: (COMPANY)
also called non-market risk or diversifiable risk.
This risk is caused by factors unique to the company
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Types of Risk
Average annual
standard deviation (%)
49.2
Diversifiable risk (unique risk)
23.9
19.2
Non-diversifiable
risk (market risk)
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30
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1000
Number of stocks
in portfolio
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How do we measure Risk?
• Probability distributions
Probability distributions combine
outcomes to probabilities
Multiply possible returns by associated probabilities
and sum them
The probabilities must sum to 1.0
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Prob.
Returns
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How do we measure Risk?
The risk for a security can be calculated
using
Standard Deviation measure
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Variance of return
R R
N
Var R = σ 2 =
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N 1
where N is the number of returns
Standard deviation of return
SDR = σ = VarR
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How do we use information regarding risk?
Analytical Development
• In Finance, decision rules are based on benchmark or
alternative comparisons.
E.g. consider the statement:
• A: an investment (IND: X) has an ER of 35% with SD of 30%
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How do we use this information regarding risk?
Analytical Development
• In Finance, decision rules are based on benchmark or
alternative comparisons.
E.g. consider the statement:
• A: an investment (IND: X) has an ER of 35% with SD of 30%
• B: an investment (IND: X) has an ER of 35% with SD of 15%
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How do we use this information regarding risk?
Analytical Development
• In Finance, decision rules are based on benchmark or alternative
comparisons.
E.g. consider the statement:
• A: an investment (IND: X) has an ER of 35% with std dev of 30%
• B: an investment (IND: X) has an ER of 35% with std dev of 15%
• C: IND X has an industry AR of 50% with std dev of 15%.
Given the alternatives, & ATE both A & B are inferior.
• Therefore, one question you must always ask regarding risk is
“what are the alternatives or benchmarks to compare with?”
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SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR RETURNS
Arithmetic mean : The mean return
Geometric mean
Compounded rate of return over time – r at which end value is obtained.
G = (1+TR)^(1/n) – 1
1+TR = RR is used since –ve TR’s cannot be used for G
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SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR RETURNS
Arithmetic mean vs geometric mean
When should you use the AM or GM?
AM:
A) better measure of average performance over single periods.
B) Best estimate of ER for next period
GM:
a) better measure of the change in wealth over multiple periods
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Risk Premiums
Risk Premium
Equity Risk Premium
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Risk Premiums
Risk Premium
Additional Compensation for assuming risk
Equity Risk Premium
Difference between return on stocks & the risk-free rate (t-bills)
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Risk Premiums
Equity Risk Premium
ERP = ( (1+TR stock) / (1+Rf) ) – 1
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PROBLEM # 9 Calculating ERP
Common stocks had a return of 10.0466% over 80yrs. Tbills had a return of 4.0358% over the same period.
a) What is the historical Equity Risk Premium?
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PROBLEM # 9
Calculating ERP
Common stocks had a return of 10.0466% over
80yrs. T-bills had a return of 4.0358% over the
same period.
a)What is the historical Equity Risk
Premium?
ERP = 1.100466/1.040358 – 1 = .0578 = 5.78%
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Some Realities of risk in the real world
Realized Returns Over Long Periods
(1920-2002)
• Some benchmarks for Returns & Risks on major assets
over long periods:
– Common stocks--approx 13% std dev 20% (more risky)
– AAA corporates—approx 6% std dev 9%
– Treasury bonds—approx 5.4% std dev 8%
– T-bills—
approx 4% std dev 3%
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Risk and Return
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Summary
We have learnt the following about Risk:
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What is Risk? Uncertainty about future outcomes
How do we define it? The chance of Actual VS Expected
How do we measure it? Standard Deviation
How do we use this information to make financial
decisions? (benchmarks)
• What are the sources of risk? Price,market,interest rate, etc
• How many types of risk are there? Unique & Market
• What are benchmark Realities of Risk? Stocks, Bonds, T-bills
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