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Where:
Pi = the probability of return on asset i
Ri = the return on asset i
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Perfect Certainty:
The Risk Free Asset
E(Ri) = ( 1) (.05) = .05 or 5%
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If you invest in an asset that has an expected return 5%
then it is absolutely certain your expected return will be
5%
Probability Distribution
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Risk-Free Investment
Risky Investment with
Three Possible Outcomes
Suppose you are considering an
investment with 3 different potential
outcomes as follows:
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Economic
Conditions
Probability Expected Return
Strong Economy 15% 20%
Weak Economy 15% -20%
Stable Economy 70% 10%
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Probability Distribution
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Risky Investment with 3 Possible
Returns
Calculating Expected Return on a
Risky Asset
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Investment in a risky asset with a probability distribution as
described above, would have an expected return of 7%.
This is 2% higher than the risk free asset.
In other words, investors get paid to take risk!
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Risk and Expected Returns
Risk refers to the uncertainty of an investment;
therefore the measure of risk should reflect the
degree of the uncertainty.
Risk of expected return reflect the degree of
uncertainty that actual return will be different from
the expect return.
Common measures of risk are based on the
variance of rates of return distribution of an
investment
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Risk of Expected Return
The Variance Measure
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Risk of Expected Return
Standard Deviation ()
square root of the variance
measures the total risk
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Risk of Expected Return
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
measures risk per unit of expected return
relative measure of risk
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Risk of Historical Returns
Given a series of historical returns measured by
HPY, the risk of returns can be measured using
variance and standard deviation
The formula is slightly different but the measure of
risk is essentially the same
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Variance of Historical Returns
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Where:
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HPY
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E(HPY) = the expected value of the HPY equal to the arithmetic
mean of the series (AM)
n = the number of observations
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Three Determinants of
Required Rate of Return
Time value of money during the time period
Expected rate of inflation during the period
Risk involved
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The Real Risk Free Rate (RRFR)
Assumes no inflation
Assumes no uncertainty about future cash flows
Influenced by time preference for consumption of
income and investment opportunities in the
economy
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Nominal Risk Free Rate (NRFR)
Conditions in the capital market
Expected rate of inflation
NRFR=(1+RRFR) x (1+ Rate of Inflation) - 1
RRFR=[(1+NRFR) / (1+ Rate of Inflation)] - 1
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Risk Premiums: Business Risk
Uncertainty of income flows caused by the nature
of a firms business
Sales volatility and operating leverage determine
the level of business risk.
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Risk Premiums: Financial Risk
Uncertainty caused by the use of debt financing
Borrowing requires fixed payments which must
be paid ahead of payments to stockholders
Use of debt increases uncertainty of stockholder
income and causes an increase in the stocks risk
premium
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Risk Premiums: Liquidity Risk
How long will it take to convert an investment
into cash?
How certain is the price that will be received?
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Risk Premiums: Exchange Rate Risk
Uncertainty of return is introduced by acquiring
securities denominated in a currency different
from that of the investor.
Changes in exchange rates affect the investors
return when converting an investment back into
the home currency.
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Risk Premiums: Country Risk
Political risk is the uncertainty of returns caused
by the possibility of a major change in the
political or economic environment in a country.
Individuals who invest in countries that have
unstable political-economic systems must include
a country risk-premium when determining their
required rate of return.
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Risk Premiums and Portfolio Theory
From a portfolio theory perspective, the relevant
risk measure for an individual asset is its co-
movement with the market portfolio.
Systematic risk relates the variance of the
investment to the variance of the market.
Beta measures this systematic risk of an asset.
According to the portfolio theory, the risk
premium depends on the systematic risk.
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Fundamental versus Systematic Risk
Fundamental risk
Risk Premium= f (Business Risk, Financial Risk,
Liquidity Risk, Exchange Rate Risk, Country Risk)
Systematic risk
refers to the portion of an individual assets total
variance attributable to the variability of the total
market portfolio.
Risk Premium= f (Systematic Market Risk)
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Risk and Return:
The Security Market Line (SML)
Shows relationship between risk and return for all
risky assets in the capital market at a given time
Investors select investments that are consistent
with their risk preferences.
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Expected Return
Risk
(business risk, etc., or systematic risk-beta)
NRFR
Security
Market Line
Low
Risk
Average
Risk
High
Risk
The slope indicates the
required return per unit of risk
SML: Market Conditions or Inflation
A change in RRFR or expected rate of
inflation will cause a parallel shift in the
SML
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Risk
NRFR
Original SML
New SML
Expected Return
NRFR'
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SML: Market Conditions or Inflation
When nominal risk-free rate increases, the SML will
shift up, implying a higher rate of return while still
having the same risk premium.
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Risk
NRFR
Original SML
New SML
Expected Return
NRFR'
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