Chapter 1 - Investments: Background and Issues

 Investment vs. investments

 Real assets vs. financial assets
 Financial markets and the economy
 Investment process
 Competitive markets
 Players in investment markets
 Recent trends
 Investments as a profession

 Investment vs. investments

Investment: the commitment of current resources in the expectation of deriving
greater resources in the future

For example:
You cut current consumption to purchase stocks and anticipate that stock prices
will rise in the future
You forgo current leisure and income to take the investments class and expect
that a degree from CSUN will enhance your future career

Investments
The detailed study of the investment process - focus of this class

 Real assets vs. financial assets

Real assets: assets used to produce goods and services
Financial assets: claims on real assets or income generated by real assets

Financial assets
Fixed-income securities: paying a fixed stream of income over a specified period
-CDs, bonds, T-bills, etc
Equity: ownership in a corporation - stocks
Derivative securities: their payoffs depend on the values of other assets - futures,
options, swaps, etc (FIN 436 - Futures and Options for more details)

Balance sheet for U.S. households, 2008 (Table 1.1 - Digital Image)

Real assets: $26,395 billion (37.5%) Liabilities: $14,496 billion (20.6%)

Financial assets: $44,071 billion (62.5%) Net worth: $55,970 billion (79.4%)

Total $70,466 billion (100%) Total $70,466 billion (100%)

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 Financial markets and the economy
Informational role of financial markets
Consumption timing
Allocation of risk
Separation of ownership and management: agency problem
Corporate governance: accounting scandal, analyst scandal, IPO share allocation

 Investment process
(1) Investment policy: objective, risk-return trade-off
(2) Asset allocation: choice of broad asset classes
(3) Security selection: choice of particular securities to be held in the portfolio
(4) Security analysis: valuation of securities
(5) Portfolio construction and analysis: selection of the best portfolio
(6) Portfolio rebalancing: adjustment of the portfolio

 Competitive markets
Risk-return trade off: no free lunch rule indicates that assets with higher expected
returns entail greater risk

Efficient markets: security prices should reflect all the information available in
the market quickly and efficiently

 Players in investment markets

Government: federal, state, and local

Business: firms and corporations, including financial intermediaries

Individuals: individual investors, institutional investors

Financial intermediaries: institutions that connect borrowers and lenders such as

banks, investment companies, insurance companies, and credit unions, etc

Investment bankers: specializing in the sale of new securities to the public in the
primary market

Primary markets vs. secondary markets

Primary markets are markets for new issues of securities

Secondary markets are markets for trading previously issued securities

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 Recent trends
Globalization: integration of global financial markets
Securitization: pooling loans into standardized securities
Financial engineering: creation of new securities by combining primitive and
derivative securities into one composite hybrid (for example, combining stocks
and options) or by separating returns on an asset into classes (for example,
separating principal from interest payment in a fixed income security)
Computer network

 Investments as a profession
Investment bankers
Traders and brokers
Security analysts and/or CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst)
Portfolio managers
Financial planners
Financial managers

 ASSIGNMENTS

1. Concept Checks and Summary

2. Key Terms
2. Intermediate: 9 and 10

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 Chapter 2 - Asset Classes and Financial Instruments

 Money markets
 Bond markets
 Equity markets
 Market indexes
 Derivative markets

 Money markets
Money markets vs. capital markets
Money markets: short-term, highly liquid, and less-risky debt instruments
Capital markets: long-term debt and stocks

Securities in money markets:

T-bills: short-term government securities issued at a discount from face value and
returning the face amount at maturity

T-bills are issued weekly with initial maturities of 4 weeks, 13 weeks, 26 weeks,
and 52 weeks. The minimum denomination is $100, even though $10,000
denominations are more common. It is only subject to federal taxes and is tax
exempt from state and local taxes.

Bid vs. asked price

Bid price is the price you will receive if you sell a T-bill to a dealer
Asked price is the price you pay to buy a T-bill from a dealer
Asked price > bid price, the difference is called bid-ask spread - profit for a
dealer

T-bills are quoted in yields based on prices (Figure 2.2 - Digital Image)

For example, a 161 day T-bill sells to yield 1.19% means that a dealer is willing
to sell the T-bill at a discount of 1.19%*(161/360) = 0.532% from its face value
of $10,000, or at $9,946.80 [10,000*(1 – 0.00532) = 9,946.80]. If an investor
buys this T-bill, the return over 161 days will be ($10,000/$9,946.80) - 1 =
0.535%. The annualized return will be 0.535%*(365/161) = 1.213%.

Similarly, a dealer is willing to buy the 161 day T-bill at a discount of 1.20% or
at $9,946.33 for a face value of $10,000.
[10,000*(1 – 0.0120*(161/360)) = $9,946.33]

CDs: a bank time deposit

Commercial paper: a shot-term unsecured debt issued by large corporations

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 Banker’s acceptance: an order to a bank by a customer to pay a sum of money in
a future date

Repurchase agreements (Repos): short-term sales of government securities with

an agreement to buy them back later at a higher price

Other short-term debts

 Bond markets
T-notes and T-bonds: debt issued by the federal government with original
maturity of more than one year. The minimum denomination is $1,000.

T-notes: up to 10 years in maturity and pay semiannual interests

T-bonds: up to 30 years in maturity and pay semiannual interests

Coupon rate and coupon payments

Prices are quoted as a percentage of $100 face value (in units of 1/32 of a point)
(Figure 2.4 - Digital Image)

For example, a quoted price of 96:10 means a price of $96 (or $96.3125) for
a face value of $100, or $963.125 for a $1,000 face value bond.

Inflation-protected T-bonds (TIPS): the principal amount is adjusted in

proportion to increases in the Consumer Price Index to earn a constant stream of
income in real dollars

Municipal bonds: tax-exempt bonds issued by state and local governments

Equivalent taxable yield: r = rm /(1 – t)

After tax return: rm = r*(1 – t)

Example: suppose your marginal tax rate is 28%. Would you prefer to earn a 6%
taxable return or 4% tax-free yield? What is the equivalent taxable yield of the
4% tax-free yield?

Answer: 6%*(1-28%) = 4.32% or 4%/(1-28%) = 5.56%

You should prefer 6% taxable return because you get a higher return after tax,
ignoring the risk

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 Federal agency debt: issued by government agencies, such as Freddie Mac,
Fannie Mac, and Ginnie Mac

Corporate bonds: issued by corporations (rated from AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, …)

Mortgages and mortgage-backed securities

Mortgage lenders originate different loans, including fixed or variable loans and
then bundle them in packages and sell them in the secondary market.

International bonds

 Equity markets
Common stock: ownership of a corporation

Characteristics: residual claim and limited liability

Stock market listing for General Electric (Figure 2.8 - Digital Image)
Stock Symbol (GE)
Close (Closing price is $25.25)
Net Change (-$0.43, the change from the closing price on the previous day)
Volume (trading volume is 44,302,631 shares)
52 week high and low (range of price, for GE, $42.15 - $22.16)
Dividend ($1.24 is the annual dividend, or $0.31 last quarter)
Dividend yield (1.24/25.25 = 4.9%)
P/E (price to earnings ratio is 12)

Preferred stock: hybrid security with both bond and common stock
features

Cumulative and. non-cumulative preferred stocks

Tax treatment for firms: 70% of preferred stock dividends received by a firm is
tax-exempt (70% exclusion)

70% exclusion doesn’t apply to individuals

 Market indexes
Averages vs. indexes

Averages: reflect general price behavior in the market using the arithmetic
average, price weighted
Indexes: reflect general price behavior in the market relative to a base value,
market value weighted

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Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA): a stock market average made up of 30
high-quality industrial stocks and believed to reflect the overall stock market

Current Dow Companies (Table 2.6 - Digital Image)

Closing P1 + Closing P2 + ------ + Closing P30

DJIA = ----------------------------------------------------------
DJIA divisor

S&P 500 index: a market value-weighted index made up of 500 big company
stocks and believed to reflect the overall market

 Current closing market value of stocks

S&P indexes = ------------------------------------------------------------

 Based period closing market value of stocks

Market value (market cap) = market price * number of shares outstanding

Note: stocks in DJIA and S&P indexes can change

Other averages and indexes

Dow Jones transportation average (20 transportation stocks, price weighted)

Dow Jones utility average (15 utility stocks, price weighted)
Dow Jones composite average (65 stocks, including 30 industrial, 20
transportation, and 15 utility stocks, price weighted)

NYSE composite index: behavior of stocks listed on the NYSE

Nasdaq 100 index: OTC market stock behavior

Russell 2000 index: small stock behavior

Wilshire 5000 index (NYSE and OTC): overall stock market behavior

Market indexes, example 1

You are given the following information regarding stocks X, Y, and Z:

Stock price # of shares outstanding

Date X* Y Z X* Y Z
0 $50 $50 $50 100 100 100
1 26 51 51 200 100 100
2 27 52 52 200 100 100

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* Stock X has a 2-for-1 stock split before trading on day 1. Date 0 is the base
date. The current divisor is 3.0 and the base value for an S&P type of index is
supposed to be10.

Q1. What would be the value of an S&P type index at the end of date 1?

26*200 + 51*100 + 51*100

S&P index = ------------------------------------- x 10 = 10.27
50*100 + 50*100 + 50*100

Rate of return on date 1 = (10.27/10) – 1 = 2.7%

Q2. What would be the value of an S&P type index at the end of date 2?

27*200 + 52*100 + 52*100

S&P index = ------------------------------------- * 10 = 10.53
50*100 + 50*100 + 50*100

Rate of return on two days = (10.53/10) – 1 = 5.3%

Q3. What would be the value of a DJIA type average at the end of date 2?

At the end of date 0: DJIA type average = (50 + 50 + 50) / 3 = 50

Before date 1: DJIA type average = (25 + 50 + 50) / d = 50, solve for d = 2.5
(Rational: A 2-for-1 stock split for stock X will split the price in half but it should
not affect the average itself. Therefore, the divisor should be adjusted.)

At the end of date 2: DJIA type average = (27 + 52 + 52) / 2.5 = 52.4

Rate of return on two days = (52.4 / 50) – 1 = 4.8%

Market indexes, example 2

Consider a price weighted market average composed of three securities, A, B, and
C, with prices of 20, 30 and 40 respectively. The current divisor is 3.00. What
will be the new divisor if stock B issues a 10% stock dividend?

Answer: closing average before stock dividend = (20 + 30 + 40) / 3.00 = 30.00

Adjust the price of stock B: 30 / (1 + 0.1) = 27.27 (new stock price for B if B
issues 10% stock dividend)

Calculate the new divisor: (20 + 27.27 + 40) / d = 30.00 (stock dividend should
not affect the closing average) and solve for the new divisor, d = 2.91

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 Derivative markets
Derivative assets or contingent claims: payoffs depend on the prices of other
(underlying) assets

Options: the rights to buy or sell an asset at a specified price on or before a

specified expiration date (rights)

A call option gives the right to buy an asset

A put option gives the right to sell an asset

Example1 - you buy a March 140 IBM call option at $5.00

Call option: right to buy
Stock option: underlying asset is IBM stock
Contract size: 100 shares
Exercises price: $140 to buy one share of IBM stock
Expiration date: the third Friday in March
Option premium: $500
Rationale: you expect IBM stock price is going to rise

Example 2 - you buy a March 25 Intel put option for $2.00

Put option: right to sell
Stock option: underlying asset is Intel stock
Contract size: 100 shares
Exercises price: $25 to sell one share of Intel stock
Expiration date: the third Friday in March
Option premium: $200
Rationale: you expect that Intel stock price is going to fall

Futures contracts: call for the exchange of certain goods for cash at an arranged-
upon price (future’s price) at a specified future date (obligations)

Example 3 - you buy a June gold futures contract at $1,300 per ounce
Commodity futures contract: underlying asset is a commodity
Contract size: 100 ounces
Futures price: $1,300 per ounce to buy gold
Delivery month: June
Rationale: you expect gold price is going to rise

Example 4 - a farmer sells an October corn futures contract at 475

Commodity futures contract: underlying asset is a commodity
Contract size: 5,000 bushels
Futures price: $4.75 per bushel to sell corn
Delivery month: October
Rationale: the farmer wants to lock in the price, hedging

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 ASSIGNMENTS

1. Concept Checks and Summary

2. Key Terms
3. Intermediate: 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, and CFA1

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 Chapter 3 - Securities Markets

 New issues
 How securities are traded
 U.S. securities markets
 Trading costs
 Margin trading and short sales

 New issues
Recall primary markets and secondary markets

Primary markets: for new issues, either IPOs or existing firms issuing new
securities (seasoned offerings)

IPOs: initial public offerings, shares being sold to the public for the first time

Investment banker: firm specializing in the sale of new securities

Underwriting: the process of purchase new shares from the issuing firm and resell
the shares to the public

Prospectus: a document that describes the firm issuing the security and provides
the information about the firm

Selling process for large new issues: the role of investment bankers
Underwriting; Advising; Distributing

Best efforts vs. underwritten issues

Underwriting syndicate: a group of investment bankers formed by a leading

underwriter to spread the financial risk associated with selling new
securities

Issuing firm (Figure 3.1 - Digital Image)

Lead underwriter Underwriting

syndicate

Investment banker A Investment banker B Investment banker B

Individual/Private Investors

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 Private placement: new securities are sold directly to a small group of individuals
or wealthy investors

Initial return of IPOs: very high first day returns all over the world
(Figure 3.2 - Digital Image)

IPOs in the long run: in general poor performance, especially in next three years
(Figure 3.3 - Digital Image)

 How securities are traded

Types of markets

Direct search markets: buyers and sellers seek each other directly, which are the
least organized markets, for example, a student buys a used car from another
student

Brokered markets: brokers offer search services for profits/commissions, for

example, the real estate market

Dealer markets: dealers specializing in particular assets buy and sell them in their
own accounts for profits, for example, the over-the-counter (OTC) markets

Auction markets: traders converge at one place to buy and sell assets, for
example, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Auction markets are the most
efficient markets because all traders will get the best price possible.

Types of brokers
Full service broker vs. discount broker

Types of accounts
Cash account vs. margin account (without or with borrowing capacity)

Bid price - the highest price a dealer is willing to pay for a given security
Asked price - the lowest price a dealer is willing to sell a given security
Bid-ask spread: the difference of the two prices, which is the profit for a dealer

Types of orders:
Market order: to buy or sell at the best price available

Limit order: to buy at or below a specified price or sell at or above a specified

price

Stop order (stop-loss order): to sell when price reaches or drops below a specified
level or to buy when price reaches or rises above a specified level. It becomes a
market order when the stop price is reached.

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 Stop-limit order: a combination of stop and limit orders

Comparison of a limit order and a stop order (Figure 3.5 - Digital Image)

Price falls below the limit Price rises above the limit
Buy Limit-buy order Stop-buy order
Sell Stop-loss order Limit-sell order

Trading mechanics
Dealer markets: trade through dealers, for example, in OTC markets
Electronic communication networks (ECNs): direct trade over computer network
without market makers or dealers
Specialist markets: trade through specialists, for example, in NYSE

Specialist: a trader who makes a market in the shares of one or more stocks and
maintains a fair and orderly market by dealing personally in the market

 U.S. securities markets

Nasdaq: National Association Security Dealers Automated Quotations System
Nasdaq stock market: a computer-linked price quotation system for the OTC
markets with about 3,200 firms listed for trading

NYSE: New York Stock Exchange, the largest exchange in the U.S. with about
2,800 firms listed for trading

Block trade: a large transaction in which at least 10,000 shares of stock are
bought or sold

Program trade: a coordinated purchase or sale of an entire portfolio

Settlement: a trade must be settled in 3 working days, called T+3 settlement

 Trading costs
Full service brokers charge more than discount brokers

Fixed-commission schedule - small transactions, for example, $7.95 a trade for up

to 1,000 shares

Negotiated commissions - large transactions (block trade)

Explicit vs. implicit cost
Commissions are explicit costs while bid-ask spread is an implicit (hidden) cost

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 Margin trading and short sales
Types of transactions:
Long purchase - direct buy
Short selling - sale of borrowed securities

Margins:
Margin trading - borrow money and buy stock to magnify returns by reducing the
amount of capital that must be put in by investors

Margin requirements - the minimum amount of equity put in by an investor

Initial margin - the minimum amount of equity that must be provided by an

investor at the time of purchase, 50% minimum

Maintenance margin - the minimum amount of equity that must be maintained in

the margin account at all time, 25% minimum

Margin call - notification of the need to bring additional equity

(1) Buying on margin (borrow money and buy stock):

Market value of stock - Loan Equity in account

Margin = -------------------------------------- = ------------------------------ (1)
Market value of stock Market value of stock

Buying on margin, example 1

Suppose you bought 100 shares of XYZ at $50.00 per shares in your margin
account. The initial margin is 50% and the maintenance margin is 25%.
a) At what price, will you receive a margin call?
b) If the price drops to $40, what will happen to your account?
c) If the price drops to $30, how much money should you provide to retain the
minimum margin requirement?

a) 100*50 = $5,000 (total cost to purchase 100 shares)

Equity = $2,500 (the amount you provide which is 50% of total cost)
Loan = $2,500 (the amount you borrow which is 50% of total cost)

Let P be the price at which your maintenance margin drops to 25%, using (1),
100*P - 2,500
----------------------- = 0.25, solve for P = $33.33
100*P
If the price drops below $33.33, you will receive a margin call.

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 b) If the price drops to $40 > $33.33, your account is restricted but there is no
margin call.

c) Let X be the amount of money you need to provide to reduce the loan,
100*30 - (2,500 - X)
------------------------------ = 0.25, solve for X = $250
100*30

(2) Short sale on margin (you borrow shares from your broker and sell them now)

Rational: you believe the stock is currently overpriced in the market and expect
the price will drop in the future.

Up-tick (a price that is higher than that of the previous trade)

Up-tick rule in short sale: a rule designed to restrict short selling from further
driving down the price of a stock that has dropped more than 10% in one day. At
that point, short selling would be permitted if the price of the security is above the
current national best bid (uptick). It will enable long sellers to stand in the front
of the line and sell their shares before any short sellers once the circuit breaker (a
10% drop in one day) is triggered.

Value of assets - Loan Equity

Margin = ---------------------------------- = -------------- (2)
Value of stock owed Loan

Short sale on margin, example 2

Suppose you short sell 100 shares of ABC at $100 per share in your margin
account. The initial margin is 60% and the maintenance margin is 30%.
a) At what price, will you receive a margin call?
b) What will happen if the price rises to $110 per share?
c) If the price drops to $80 per share after your short sale, what is the return from
short sale if the interest charge totals $500?

a) 100*100 = $10,000 (short sale proceeds)

10,000*60% = $6,000 (the initial margin you should provide which is 60% of
short sale proceeds)
Value of assets = $16,000

Let P be the price at which your margin drops to 30%, using (2),
16,000 - 100*P
------------------------ = 0.30, solve for P = $123.08
100*P

If the price rises above $123.08 you will receive a margin call.

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 b) If the price rises to $110 < $123.08, your account is restricted but you will
not receive a margin call.

Money made 100*(100 - 80) - 500

c) Rate of return = ---------------------- = ------------------------------ = 25%
Money invested 6,000

 ASSIGNMENTS

1. Concept Checks and Summary

2. Key Terms
3. Intermediate: 14, 15, 21, and CFA 1, 2, 3

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 Chapter 4 - Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies

 Investment companies
 Mutual funds
 Costs of investing in mutual funds
 Mutual fund returns
 Investing in mutual funds

 Investment companies
An investment company is a type of financial intermediary. It sells itself to the
public and uses the funds to invest in a portfolio of securities.

Mutual funds are investment companies (open-end).

Advantages of investing in mutual funds:

Economies of scale
Professional management
Diversification and divisibility
Record keeping and administration

NAV: the underlying value on a per share basis of a mutual fund

It is determined by the closing-bell prices and it varies every day

NAV = (market value of assets - liabilities) / number of shares outstanding

For example, a mutual fund has $120 million in assets and 5 million of liabilities.
If it has 5 million shares outstanding, the net asset value (NAV) is $23 per share.

Managed investment companies: open-end vs. closed-end

Open-end fund: investors can buy shares from or sell shares back to the fund at
NAV (it may involve in purchase or redemption charges), with no limit on the
number of shares the fund can issue

Closed-end fund: it is traded at prices that can differ from NAV and the number
of shares outstanding is fixed

Unit investment trust: money pooled from many investors that is invested in a
portfolio fixed for the life of the fund

Hedge fund: a private investment pool, open to wealthy or institutional investors,

that is exempt from SEC regulations

Real estate investment trusts (REITs): similar to closed-end funds that invest in
real estate or loans secured by real estate

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 Mutual funds
Mutual funds are common names for open-end investment companies

More than 90% of mutual funds are open-end funds

Capital gains vs. current income

Investment policy: each fund has its policy contained in the fund’s prospectus

Money market funds: invested in short-term and low-risk instruments

Equity funds: mainly invested in stocks, growth funds vs. income funds

Balanced funds: a balanced return from fixed income securities and long-term
capital gains

Bond funds: invested in various bonds, more current income

Index funds: mimic market indexes (for example, S&P 500 index)

Sector funds: restrict investments in particular sectors (for example, financial

service sector)

International funds: invested in international stocks

 Costs of investing in mutual funds

Operating expenses: costs to operate the fund, including administrative expenses,
ranging from 0.2% to 2.0%

Loads: commission charges, sales charges, or redemption charges

Front-end load: deduct a % charge from the initial investment (for example, 5%)

Low-load fund: less than 3% of front charge

Offering price = NAV / (1 – load) or NAV = offering price * (1 - load)

No-load fund: selling at NAV, or offering price = NAV

Back-end load: a commission change on the sale of shares

Other fees: for example, 12b-1 fees to cover marketing and distribution costs

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 Mutual fund returns
Sources of return: dividend income; capital gains distributions; unrealized capital
gains

NAV1 – NAV0 + I1 + G1
Rate of return = -------------------------------------
NAV0

I1: income distribution during the period

G1: capital gains distribution during the period

Note: All fees are deducted directly from NAV

Example on return of a mutual fund, problem 4-21 on page 105

At the start of the year: $200 million in assets with no liabilities and 10 million
shares outstanding
At the end of the year: dividend income $2 million; no capital gains distribution;
fund price rises by 8%, and 1% of 12b-1 fees is charged at the end of the year

Answer:
NAV0 = $20
NAV1 = 20(1.08)*(1-0.01) = $21.384
I1 = $0.2 and G1 = 0

21.384 – 20.00 + 0.2

Rate of return = ------------------------------ = 7.92%
20.00

 Investing in mutual funds

Wealth accumulation
Diversification
Professional management
Low cost

Speculation and short-term trading

Selection process
Objectives
What a fund offers – investment policy
Main holdings
Load vs. no-load funds
Open-end vs. closed-end funds

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 Taxation on mutual fund income

Turnover ratio: the ratio of the trading activity of a portfolio to the assets of the
portfolio

Example: see concept check 4.3

Long-term capital gains

Short-term capital gains
Dividends

If it is a retirement account (Roth IRA, regular IRA, 401K or 403B): all taxes are
either exempt or deferred

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs): offshoots of mutual funds that allow investors to

trade index portfolios, for example, Spider (SPDR) for S&P 500, Diamonds
(DIA) for Dow Jones Industrial Average, Qubes (QQQQ) for NASDAQ 100

 ASSIGNMENTS

1. Concept Checks and Summary

2. Key Terms
3. Intermediate: 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, and 24

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 Chapter 5 - Return and Risk

 Rates of return
 Risk and risk premium
 Historical return
 Inflation and real return
 Asset allocation

 Rates of return
Components of return: cash dividend and capital gains (or capital losses)

Total return ($) = return from cash dividend + return from capital gains (or
losses)

Total return (%) = dividend yield + capital gain yield

Holding period return (HPR):

Ending price – Beginning price + Cash dividend

HPR = --------------------------------------------------------------
Beginning price

Example
Div = $4
P0 = $100 P1= $110

0 1

110 – 100 + 4 10 4
HPR = ----------------------- = -------- + -------- = 10% + 4% = 14%
100 100 100

Capital gains yield: % change in price, 10%

Dividend yield: % return from dividend, 4%

Returns over multiple periods

Table 5-1: Quarterly cash flows and rates of return of a mutual fund
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
Assets at the start of quarter 1.0 mil 1.2 mil 2.0 mil 0.8 mil
Holding period return (HPR) 10.0% 25.0% (20%) 25.0%
Total assets before net inflow 1.1 mil 1.5 mil 1.6 mil 1.0 mil
Net inflow 0.1 mil 0.5 mil (0.8 mil) 0.0 mil
Assets at the end of quarter 1.2 mil 2.0 mil 0.8 mil 1.0 mil

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 Arithmetic mean: simple average, the sum of returns in each period divided by
the number of periods - best forecast of performance in the future

Arithmetic mean = (10 + 25 – 20 + 25) / 4 = 10%

Geometric mean: time-weighted average return (considers compounding)

(1 + 0.1)*(1+0.25)*(1-0.2)*(1+0.25) = (1 + rG)4

Solve for rG = 8.29%

Dollar-weighted average return: internal rate of return for a project

Quarter
0 1 2 3 4
Net cash flow -1.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.8 1.0

IRR = 4.17%

APR (annual percentage rate) vs. EAR (effective annual rate)

For example, APR = 6%, n = 4 (quarterly compounding), EAR = 6.14%

 Risk and risk premium

Probability distribution: a list of possible outcomes with associated probabilities

Expected return: the mean value of the distribution

Variance and standard deviation: measure of dispersion around the mean (risk)

Example
State of the Economy Scenario, s Probability, p(s) HPR, r(s)
Boom 1 0.25 44%
Normal 2 0.50 14%
Recession 3 0.25 -16%

Expected return = = 14%

Variance = = 450;

Standard deviation = = 21.21%

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 Risk premium: expected return in excess of the risk-free rate, an additional return
to compensate for taking risk

Risk aversion: reluctant to accept risk

, where A is the risk aversion coefficient or

For example, if the risk premium is 8%, the standard deviation is 20%, then the
risk aversion coefficient A = 4. The higher the risk aversion is for an investor, the
higher the value of A, and the higher the risk premium.

Sharpe (reward-to-volatility) measure = S = = = 0.4

(more discussions in Chapter 18)

 Historical return
Using historical data to estimate mean and standard deviation

Example: MO

Historical returns: summary statistics for the U.S market and the world during
1926 - 2008 (Table 5.2 - Digital Image)

Interpretation of the numbers

Normal distribution: 68.26% (1 rule), 95.44% (2 rule), and 99.74% (3
rule)

68. 26%

95. 44%

99. 74%

mean-2 mean+2
mean

Size effect: average returns generally are higher as firm size declines

(Figure 5.1 - Digital Image)

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 Inflation and real return
Nominal interest rate vs. real interest rate
r  R – i (the real rate, r is approximately equal to the nominal rate, R minus the
inflation rate, i)

R = r + E(i)
Nominal interest rate = the real interest rate + expected inflation rate

Inflation rate is measured by consumer price index (CPI)

U.S. history of interest rates, inflation, and real interest rates

(Figure 5.5 and Table 5.4 - Digital Image)

 Asset allocation
Asset allocation: portfolio choice among different investment classes

Risky assets vs. risk-free assets

All risky assets form a value-weighted risky portfolio, P
All risk-free assets form a risk-free asset with a risk-free rate, rf

Complete portfolio: a portfolio including risky assets and risk-free assets

Complete portfolio’s expected return and risk:

and

Where E(rc) and c are the expected rate of return and standard deviation for a
complete portfolio, E(rp) and p are the expected rate of return and standard
deviation for the risky assets, rf is the return on the risk-free asset, y is the weight
on risky-assets, and 1-y is the weight on the risk-free asset.

E(rc)

P
E(rp) y = 1.5
CAL
rf
y = 0.5

p 

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 The capital allocation line (CAL): a plot of risk-return combinations available by
varying portfolio allocation (weights) between the risk-free asset and the risky
portfolio

Example: E(rp) = 15%, p = 22%, rf = 7%, y = 50%, then

E(rc) = 11%, c = 11%, the Sharpe measure =

Challenge: if y = 1.5 what will happen to the complete portfolio? Where is it

located on CAL? What is S? What does it mean (y = 1.5)?

Risk aversion vs. risk tolerance

Passive investment strategy: holding a combination of a well-diversified market

portfolio and a risk-free portfolio, assuming all risky assets are fairly priced in the
market.

Capital market line (CML): a capital allocation line using the market index
portfolio as the risky portfolio (more discussions in Chapters 6 and 7)

E(rc)

M
E(rM) y = 1.5
CML
rf
y = 0.5

M 

 ASSIGNMENTS

1. Concept Checks
2. Key Terms
3. Intermediate: 5, 6, 12-16, and CFA 1-6

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 Chapters 6&7 - Efficient Diversification, CAPM and APT

 Diversification and portfolio risk

 Portfolio construction with two risky assets
 Modern portfolio theory
 Beta coefficient
 Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
 Arbitrage pricing theory (APT)

 Diversification and portfolio risk

Risk of holding a single asset:

Probability distribution (a revisit)

Expected return: E(r)

Variance ( ) and standard deviation ( )

68. 26%

95. 44% .

99. 74%

Mean or E(r)

Mean or E(r) determines the center of the distribution while (or )

determines how wide the distribution is. The large the , the wider the
distribution, and the higher the risk.

Risk of holding a portfolio: standard deviation of returns of the portfolio

As the number of stocks increases in a portfolio, the portfolio’s total risk,

decreases. It is known as the diversification effect.

Portfolio’s total risk = firm’s specific risk + market risk

= Diversifiable risk + non-diversifiable risk
= non-systematic risk + systematic risk

(Figure 6.1 - Digital Image)

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 Firm’s specific risk

Market risk
# of securities
in a portfolio

 Portfolio construction with two risky assets

Example: portfolio construction with two risky assets

State of economy Probability (p) rA rB

Recession 0.3 100% -10%
Normal 0.4 15% 0%
Boom 0.3 -70% 30%

Estimate the distribution for each stock

E(rA) = 15%, = 4,335 and = 65.84% (refer to Chapter 5)

E(rB) = 6%, = 264 and = 16.25% (refer to Chapter 5)

Estimate the correlation between two risky assets

Covariance: = -1,020

Since =( )*( )*( ), where is called correlation coefficient

Correlation coefficient, = -0.953

=1 perfectly and positively; 0 < <1 positively but not perfectly;

=0 no correlation; -1 < <0 negatively but not perfectly;

= -1 perfectly and negatively

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 rA rA
*

* *
=1 * * = -1
* *
* rB rB
* *
*

What will the diagrams look like if 0 < <1, -1 < < 0, and = 0?

Portfolio’s return and risk

Three rules for two-risky-assets portfolio

(1) The return on a portfolio is a weighted average of the returns on the

component securities (A and B), with the investment proportion as weights;

(2) The expected return on a portfolio is a weighted average of the expected

returns on the component securities (A and B), with the investment
proportion as weights;

(3) The variance of the portfolio is given by

=
=

Suppose you invest 10% in stock A and 90% in stock B. What is the expected
rate of return of the portfolio? What is the standard deviation of the return of the
portfolio?

E(rp) = 6.9%, = 73.59, and = 8.58%

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 If you compare stock B with the portfolio, what do you find? The portfolio
dominates stock B in both risk (lower risk) and return (higher expected return)

Let us construct more portfolios by changing weights

Portfolio % in A % in B E(rp), % ,%
1 100 0 15.00 65.84
2 75 25 12.75 45.52
3 50 50 10.50 25.29
4 25 75 8.25 6.08
5 0 100 6.00 16.25
6 19.34 80.66 7.74 3.96

Plot all the portfolios in a diagram

E(rp)
A

MVP*
B

How to determine the weights for MVP?

By choosing the optimal weights you minimize the variance (risk)

; and (for two risky assets)

Effect of (correlation coefficient), refer to Figure 6.4 - Digital Image

E(rp)

= -1 A

=1
= -1
B

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 = -1, perfectly negative correlation, perfect diversification

= 1, perfectly positive correlation, no diversification

-1< <1, there are benefits to diversification. Where negative correlation is

present, there will be even greater diversification benefits.

 Modern portfolio theory

Markowitz mean-variance model (for n risky assets)

Efficient portfolio - a portfolio with the highest expected return for a given level
of risk or a portfolio with the lowest risk for a given expected return

Efficient frontier – the set of efficient portfolios

MVP – minimum variance (risk) portfolio

Investment opportunity set: the set of all attainable portfolios, including efficient
and inefficient portfolios

E(rp)
Efficient set

Investment opportunity set

MVP

Inefficient set

Indifference curves: curves describing investor’s preferences for risk and return,
or representing a set of combinations of risk and return that provides the same
level of satisfaction

Nonsatiation: more is preferred to less

Risk aversion: most investors are risk-averse

Utility: a measure of the level of satisfaction

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E(rp) I2 I1
Favorite
A B

Mean-variance criterion: investors desire portfolios that lie to the “northwest”,

which means that investors prefer higher return with less risk

I2 is preferred to I1 because I2 provides a higher level of satisfaction (lower risk

with same return, i.e., A is better than B, or higher return with same risk, i.e., C is
better than D)

Choosing the optimal portfolio by combining the indifference curves with the
efficient set

E(rp)

O*

O* is the optimal choice (tangency point) where the utility (satisfaction) is

maximized

Points to remember:
All portfolios on the efficient set are “equally” good
All risky assets with no borrowing or lending opportunities
Different investors may have different estimated efficient set
Different investors may have different indifference curves

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When there is a risk-free asset in the market and borrowing and lending are
allowed

Portfolio returns and risk

E(rp)
New efficient set
CML

O* M

rf

When a risk-free asset exists, there is a risk a free rate, rf. We can draw a line
from rf, which is tangent to the original efficient set at point M. The line is called
the Capital Market Line (CML), which becomes the new efficient set. The
optimal choice for the investor is point O* because the indifference curve is
tangent to the new efficient set (CML) at that point.

Capital Market Line (CML) - concepts, formulas, and implication

E(rp)
CML
M

E(rm)

E(rm) - rf
rf

: It is the Capital Market Line (CML) formula

CML has the risk-free rate as the intercept and the reward-to-variability ratio as
the slope

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 Two-fund separation theorem - all investors hold a combination of the risk-free
asset and a well-diversified market portfolio, which includes all risky assets in the
market (market value weighted)

Asset allocation line revisited: the risky portfolio actually is a well-diversified

market portfolio

E(r)

M
E(r m) CML
E(r m) - rf
rf

E(rC) = y*E(r m) + (1-y)*rf

Where y is the weight on the market portfolio and (1-y) is the weight on the risk-
free asset

Rearranging: E(rC) - rf = y*(E(r m) - rf) = y*E(r m) – y*rf

C = y*m

For example, given E(r m) = 12%, m = 20%, rf = 5%

If y = 60%, E(rC) = y*E(r m) + (1-y)*rf = 0.6*12% + 0.4*5% = 9.2%

C = y*m = 0.6*20% = 12%

 Beta coefficient
A measure of the market risk (systematic risk) for a stock or a portfolio

Characteristic line (CL): a regression line used to estimate the beta coefficient

The slope of the CL is the estimated beta coefficient for stock i

Example: MO

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Single index model
Asset returns are related to the returns of a market index

Excess return: rate of return in excess of the risk-free rate (R = r - rf)

, where is an error term and the average of error terms is

zero.

Ri

ai

Rm

Taking the variance on both sides of the single index model:

Total risk = market risk + specific risk

= systematic risk + firm’s specific risk

is the proportion of total variance attributed to market fluctuations

Example: In a CAPM equilibrium, the risk-free rate is 5% and the expected rate
of return on the market is 10% with a standard deviation of 18% ( = 18%). A
common stock i has an expected return of 12% with a standard deviation of 30% (
= 30%). What percentage of the total risk for stock i is the firm’s specific risk?
What percentage is due to the market risk?

Answer
Step 1: Solve for the beta of stock i, using CAPM
12% = 5% + i (10% - 5%), solving for i = 1.4

Step 2: Solve for the firm’s specific risk, using the formula above,
900 = (1.4)2(18) 2 + , solving for = 264.96

Step 3: Calculate the percentages,

264.96/900 = 29.44% (firm’s specific), 635.04/900 = 70.56% (market)

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 Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
Assumptions: many investors, homogeneous expectations, one-period utility
maximization, perfect capital markets, risk-free borrowing and lending, and
capital markets in equilibrium

It relates the required (expected) return to the market risk, or beta

CAPM model

E(ri)

SML
Slope = E(rm) - rf
rf

Intercept = risk-free rate

Slope = market risk premium

SML - the graphical presentation of CAPM

Over-and-under valued securities

Example: MO

Beta of MO is 0.86, if expected return on the market is 12% and the risk free rate
is 5%, the required rate of return for MO is

5% + 0.86*(12% - 5%) = 11.02%

Checking the average return over the past 5 years we find that it is 1.22% per
month or 14.64% per year (simple interest)

The stock’s alpha = 14.64% – 11.02% = 3.62% (under priced) since the realized
return is higher than the CAPM predicts (above the SML)

Limitations with CAPM: rely on the market portfolio and expected returns

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 Arbitrage pricing theory (APT)
An equilibrium model of expected returns with multi-factors

Multi-factor model:

For example, firm size, book-to-market ratio, default-risk, etc.

Arbitrage: the process of earning risk-free profit by taking the advantage of

mispricing in a particular asset

Three characteristics for arbitrage

1. No initial investment from pocket
2. No risk
3. Positive return

APT model

Applications
Single index model: consider market factor to estimate beta of GM and use
CAPM to estimate the required rate of return of GM

1. Collect data (monthly returns of GM, S&P 500 index monthly returns, and
monthly T-bill rates from January 1999 to December 2003, 60 observations)
2. Calculate Excess returns of GM and S&P 500 (R = r - rf)
3. Run the regression:
4. Look for slope = 1.24
5. Then use CAPM to estimate the expected return of GM:

6. Assume rf = 4.00%, market risk premium = 5.5%, expected return = 10.82%

Two factor model of Merton: consider market factor and interest rate factor to
estimate betas and use multifactor model to estimate expected return of GM

1. Collect data
2. Run the regression: to estimate betas
3. Use the two-factor model to estimate expected rate of return

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 Assume that the risk-free rate is 4.00%, the expected market risk premium is 6%
and the expected interest rate risk premium is 3%. If the market beta of stock i is
1.2 and interest rate beta of the stock is 0.7, the expected return for stock i is

E(ri) = 4% + 1.2*(6%) + 0.7*(3%) = 13.3%

Three factor model of Fama and French: considers market factor, size factor, and
book-to-market ratio

1. Collect data and run a multifactor regression:

to estimate betas for
stock i
2. Use three-factor model to estimate expected rate of return for stock i

3. Assuming for Dell (using monthly data over the period 2002-2006),
, , and
From French’s website, , , and ,
then Dell’s expected risk premium
1.132*7.99% - 0.8026*4.40% + 0.2742*2.94% = 6.32%

 ASSIGNMENTS

Chapter 6
1. Concept Checks
2. Key Terms
3. Intermediate: 8-12 and CFA 1-3

Chapter 7
1. Concept Checks
2. Key Terms
3. Intermediate: 4-7, 17-19, and CFA 1-14

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 Chapter 8 - Market Efficiency

 Random walks and efficient market hypothesis (EMH)

 Implications of EMH
 The role of portfolio manager in an efficient market
 Evidence of market efficiency and anomalies
 Interpretation of EMH

 Random walks and efficient market hypothesis (EMH)

Random walk: stock price changes are random and unpredictable
Efficient market: prices of securities in the market fully and quickly reflect all
available information, which means that there is no arbitrage opportunity

Figures 8.1 and 8.2 - Digital Image

Forms of efficiency:
Weak-form efficiency: stock prices already reflect all information contained in
the history of past trading

Semistrong-form efficiency: stock prices already reflect all publicly available

information in the market

Strong-form efficiency: stock prices already reflect all relevant information in the
market, including inside information

 Implications of EMH
Technical analysis vs. fundamental analysis

Technical analysis: research on recurrent and predictable patterns in the market

Relative strength: compare the recent performance of a stock with that of the
market or other stocks

Resistance level: a price level above which it is supposedly unlikely for a stock or
stock index to rise

Support level: a price level below which it is supposedly unlikely for a stock or
stock index to fall

Moving averages: 50-day and 200-day moving averages

If the market is efficient, what will happen to technical analysis?

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 Fundamental analysis: research on determinants of stock value, such as earnings
and dividends prospects, expectations of future interest rates, and risk of the firm

Active vs. passive portfolio management

Active: search for mispriced (overvalued or undervalued) securities, buy and sell
often to timing the market

Passive: buy and hold a well-diversified portfolio, buy and hold strategy

 The role of portfolio manager in efficient market

Diversification to reduce firm’s specific risks

Tax consideration for different investors

Resource allocation

Demand for investment varies with age, tax bracket, risk aversion, and
employment, etc., so portfolio managers can tailor portfolios for different
investors.

 Evidence of market efficiency and anomalies

Three main issues
(1) The magnitude issue: fund managers deal with portfolios worth hundreds of
millions. Only one tenth of 1% will be worth a lot.
(2) Selection bias: if a manager knows a way to make money for sure, he/she
will keep it secret.
(3) Lucky event: sometimes, a fund has a superior performance. It can just be a
lucky event (bet the right stocks).

Weak-form tests: patterns in stock returns

Serial correlation test: involves measuring the correlation between stock returns
for various lags and the results indicate fairly weak and positive correlation for
short-horizon returns and fairly strong and negative correlation for long-horizon
returns

Momentum effect: the tendency of poorly-performing stocks and well-performing

stocks in one period to continue that abnormal pattern in following periods

Buying past winners and selling past losers will make abnormal profits

Reversal effect: the tendency of poorly performing stocks and well-performing

stocks in one period to experience reversals in the following period
Implication: short- and intermediate-horizon momentum and long-run reversal

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 Semi-strong form tests: market anomalies
Anomalies: patterns that seem to contradict the EMH

P/E ratio effect: low P/E ratio stocks have earned higher average risk-adjusted
returns than high P/E ratio stocks

Small-firm effect: small firm stocks have earned higher abnormal returns,
primary in January

Figure 8.3 - Digital Image

Neglected-firm effect: less well-known firm stocks have earned abnormal returns

Book-to-market effect: high book-to-market value stocks have earned abnormal

returns

Figure 8.4 - Digital Image

Post-earnings-announcement price effect: stock prices don’t reflect new

information rapidly

Figure 8.5 - Digital Image

Strong-form tests: inside information

Insiders make superior profits with inside information: the market is not strong-
form efficient

 Interpretation of EMH
Risk premium or inefficiency?

For example, Fama and French’s three factor model indicates higher returns are
associated with more risks

Anomalies or data mining?

 ASSIGNMENT

1. Concept Checks
2. Key Terms
3. Intermediate: 10-16 and CFA 1-6

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