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Chapter 13.

Risk & Return in


Asset Pricing Models

• Portfolio Theory
• Managing Risk
• Asset Pricing Models
I. Portfolio Theory

• how does investor decide among


group of assets?
• assume: investors are risk averse
• additional compensation for risk
• tradeoff between risk and expected
return
goal

• efficient or optimal portfolio


• for a given risk, maximize exp.
return
• OR
• for a given exp. return, minimize
the risk
tools

• measure risk, return


• quantify risk/return tradeoff
Measuring Return

change in asset value + income


return = R =
initial value

• R is ex post
• based on past data, and is known
• R is typically annualized
example 1

• Tbill, 1 month holding period


• buy for $9488, sell for $9528
• 1 month R:
9528 - 9488
= .0042 = .42%
9488
• annualized R:
(1.0042)12 - 1 = .052 = 5.2%
example 2

• 100 shares IBM, 9 months


• buy for $62, sell for $101.50
• $.80 dividends
• 9 month R:
101.50 - 62 + .80
= .65 =65%
62
• annualized R:
(1.65)12/9 - 1 = .95 = 95%
Expected Return

• measuring likely future return


• based on probability distribution
• random variable

E(R) = SUM(Ri x Prob(Ri))


example 1
R Prob(R)
10% .2
5% .4
-5% .4

E(R) = (.2)10% + (.4)5% + (.4)(-5%)


= 2%
example 2
R Prob(R)
1% .3
2% .4
3% .3

E(R) = (.3)1% + (.4)2% + (.3)(3%)


= 2%
examples 1 & 2

• same expected return


• but not same return structure
• returns in example 1 are more
variable
Risk
• measure likely fluctuation in return
• how much will R vary from E(R)
• how likely is actual R to vary from
E(R)
• measured by
• variance (
• standard deviation 
 = SUM[(Ri - E(R))2 x Prob(Ri)]

SQRT(
example 1

 = (.2)(10%-2%)2
+ (.4)(5%-2%)2
+ (.4)(-5%-2%)2

= .0039
 = 6.24%
example 2

 = (.3)(1%-2%)2
+ (.4)(2%-2%)2
+ (.3)(3%-2%)2

= .00006
 = .77%
• same expected return
• but example 2 has a lower risk
• preferred by risk averse investors
• variance works best with symmetric
distributions
prob(R) prob(R)

R R
E(R) E(R)
symmetric asymmetric
II. Managing risk

• Diversification
• holding a group of assets
• lower risk w/out lowering E(R)
• Why?
• individual assets do not have same
return pattern
• combining assets reduces overall
return variation
two types of risk
• unsystematic risk
• specific to a firm
• can be eliminated through
diversification
• examples:
-- Safeway and a strike
-- Microsoft and antitrust cases
• systematic risk
• market risk
• cannot be eliminated through
diversification
• due to factors affecting all assets
-- energy prices, interest rates,
inflation, business cycles
example

• choose stocks from NYSE listings


• go from 1 stock to 20 stocks
• reduce risk by 40-50%

unsystematic
risk
total
risk

systematic
risk

# assets
measuring relative risk

• if some risk is diversifiable,


• then  is not the best measure of
risk
• σ is an absolute measure of risk
• need a measure just for the
systematic component
Beta, 
• variation in asset/portfolio return
relative to return of market portfolio
• mkt. portfolio = mkt. index
-- S&P 500 or NYSE index
% change in asset return
=
% change in market return
interpreting 
• if 
• asset is risk free
• if 
• asset return = market return
• if 
• asset is riskier than market index
 
• asset is less risky than market index
Sample betas
Amazon 2.23
Anheuser Busch -.107
Microsoft 1.62
Ford 1.31
General Electric 1.10
Wal Mart .80
(monthly returns, 5 years back)
measuring 

• estimated by regression
• data on returns of assets
• data on returns of market index
• estimate

R    R m  
problems

• what length for return interval?


• weekly? monthly? annually?
• choice of market index?
• NYSE, S&P 500
• survivor bias
• # of observations (how far back?)
• 5 years?
• 50 years?
• time period?
• 1970-1980?
• 1990-2000?
III. Asset Pricing Models

• CAPM
• Capital Asset Pricing Model
• 1964, Sharpe, Linter
• quantifies the risk/return tradeoff
assume

• investors choose risky and risk-free


asset
• no transactions costs, taxes
• same expectations, time horizon
• risk averse investors
implication

• expected return is a function of


• beta
• risk free return
• market return
E( R )  R f  [ E( R m )  R f ]
or

E( R )  R f  [ E( R m )  R f ]
where
E( R )  R f is the portfolio risk premium
E( R m )  R f is the market risk premium
so if 
E( R )  R f > E( R m )  R f
E( R ) > E( R m )

• portfolio exp. return is larger than


exp. market return
• riskier portfolio has larger exp.
return
so if 
E( R )  R f < E( R m )  R f
E( R ) < E( R m )

• portfolio exp. return is smaller than


exp. market return
• less risky portfolio has smaller exp.
return
so if 
E( R )  R f = E( R m )  R f
E( R ) = E( R m )

• portfolio exp. return is same than


exp. market return
• equal risk portfolio means equal exp.
return
so if 
E( R )  R f =0
E( R ) = Rf

• portfolio exp. return is equal to risk


free return
example

• Rm = 10%, Rf = 3%, = 2.5


E( R )  R f  [ E( R m )  R f ]
E( R )  3%  2.5[10%  3%]
E( R )  3%  17.5%
E( R )  20.5%
• CAPM tells us size of risk/return
tradeoff
• CAPM tells use the price of risk
Testing the CAPM

• CAPM overpredicts returns


• return under CAPM > actual return
• relationship between β and return?
• some studies it is positive
• some recent studies argue no
relationship (1992 Fama & French)
• other factors important in
determining returns
• January effect
• firm size effect
• day-of-the-week effect
• ratio of book value to market value
problems w/ testing CAPM

• Roll critique (1977)


• CAPM not testable
• do not observe E(R), only R
• do not observe true Rm
• do not observe true Rf
• results are sensitive to the sample
period
APT

• Arbitrage Pricing Theory


• 1976, Ross
• assume:
• several factors affect E(R)
• does not specify factors
• implications
• E(R) is a function of several
factors, F
each with its own 

E( R )  R f  1F1  2 F2  3F3  ....   N FN


APT vs. CAPM

• APT is more general


• many factors
• unspecified factors
• CAPM is a special case of the APT
• 1 factor
• factor is market risk premium
testing the APT
• how many factors?
• what are the factors?
• 1980 Chen, Roll, and Ross
• industrial production
• inflation
• yield curve slope
• other yield spreads
summary

• known risk/return tradeoff


• how to measure risk?
• how to price risk?
• neither CAPM or APT are perfect or
free of testing problems
• both have shown value in asset
pricing

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