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Capital Asset Pricing Theory
and
Arbitrage Pricing Theory
Chapter 19
The CAPM Theory
 Markowitz, William Sharpe, John Lintner and
Jan Mossin provided the basic structure for the
CAPM model.
 It is a model of linear general equilibrium return.
 The required rate return of an asset is having a linear
relationship with asset’s beta value i.e.,
undiversifiable or systematic risk.
Assumptions
 An individual seller or buyer cannot affect the price
of a stock.
 Investors make their decisions only on the basis of
the expected returns, standard deviations and
covariances of all pairs of securities.
 Investors are assumed to have homogenous
expectations during the decision-making period.
 The investor can lend or borrow any amount of funds
at the riskless rate of interest.
 Assets are infinitely divisible.
 There is no transaction cost.
 There is no personal income tax.
 Unlimited quantum of short sales, is allowed.
Lending and Borrowing
 It is assumed that the investor could borrow or lend
any amount of money at riskless rate of interest.
Rp = Portfolio return
Xf = The proportion of funds invested in risk free assets
1 – Xf = The proportion of funds invested in risky assets
Rf = Risk free rate of return
Rm = Return on risky assets
 The expected return on the combination of risky and
risk free combination is
p f f m f
R = R X + R (1 – X )
 The market portfolio comprised of all stocks in
the market.
 Each asset is held in proportion to its market
value to the total value of all risky assets.
Market Portfolio
The Capital Market Line
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Rp
Rf
S
CML
p
 The portfolio along the path Rf S is called lending
portfolio, that is some money is invested in the
riskless asset.
 If it crosses the point S, it becomes borrowing
portfolio.
 Money is borrowed and invested in the risky asset.
 The straight line is called capital market line (CML).
 The CML represents linear relationship between the
required rates of return for efficient portfolios and
their standard deviations.
The Capital Market Line (Contd.)
 ERp = portfolio’s expected rate of return
 Rm = expected return on market portfolio
 m = standard deviation of market portfolio
 p = standard deviation of the portfolio
m f
p f p
m
(R – R )
ER = R + × σ
σ
The Capital Market Line (Contd.)
Return
 The expected return of an efficient portfolio is
Expected return =
Price of time + (Price of risk × Amount of risk)
 Price of time is the risk free rate of return
 Price of risk is the premium amount higher and
above the risk free return
Security Market Line
 Capital market line does not show the risk-return
trade off for other portfolios and individual securities.
 Standard deviation includes the systematic and
unsystematic risk.
 Unsystematic risk can be diversified and it is not
related to the market.
 Systematic risk could be measured by beta.
 The beta analysis is useful for individual securities
and portfolios whether efficient or inefficient.
The SML helps to determine the expected return for a
given security beta
m
m f
i f im/σ
m
R – R
R – R = COV
σ
Security Market Line (Contd.)
Security Market Line
Y
Rp
Rrn
Rf
0
1
X
SML
Beta
S
Evaluation of Securities with
SML
R
S
T
A
B
C
U
V
W
Rf
Y
Rp
0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2
X
Beta
SML
 The stocks above the SML yield higher returns for the
same level of risk.
 They are underpriced compared to their beta value.
where Pi—present price
Po—purchase price
Div—dividend.
i o
i
o
P – P + Div
R =
P
Evaluation of Securities with
SML (Contd.)
Empirical Tests of the CAPM
 The studies generally showed a significant positive
relationship between the expected return and the systematic
risk.
 But the slope of the relationship is usually less than that of
predicted by the CAPM.
 The risk and return relationship appears to be linear. Empirical
studies give no evidence of significant curvature in the
risk/return relationship.
 The CAPM theory implies that unsystematic risk is not
relevant, but unsystematic and systematic risks are positively
related to security returns.
 The ambiguity of the market portfolio leaves the CAPM
untestable.
 If the CAPM were completely valid, it should apply to all
financial assets including bonds.
Present Validity of CAPM
 CAPM provides basic concepts which is truly of
fundamental value.
 The CAPM has been useful in the selection of
securities and portfolios.
 Given the estimate of the risk free rate, the beta of the
firm, stock and the required market rate of return, one
can find out the expected returns for a firm’s security.
ARBITRAGE
 Arbitrage is a process of earning profit by
taking advantage of differential pricing for the
same asset.
 The process generates riskless profit.
 In the security market, it is of selling security
at a high price and the simultaneous purchase
of the same security.
THE ASSUMPTIONS
 The investors have homogenous expectations.
 The investors are risk averse and utility
maximisers.
 Perfect competition prevails in the market and
there is no transaction cost.
Arbitrage Portfolio
 According to the APT theory, an investor tries to find
out the possibility to increase returns from his
portfolio without increasing the funds in the portfolio.
 He also likes to keep the risk at the same level.
 If X indicates the change in proportion,
DXA + DXB + DXC = 0
Factor Sensitivity
 The factor sensitivity indicates the responsiveness of
a security’s return to a particular factor. The
sensitiveness of the securities to any factor is the
weighted average of the sensitivities of the securities.
 Weights are the changes made in the proportion. For
example bA, bB and bC are the sensitivities, in an
arbitrage portfolio the sensitivities become zero.
bA DXA + bB DXB + bC DXC = 0
The APT Model
 According to Stephen Ross, returns of the securities are
influenced by a number of macro economic factors.
 The macro economic factors are: growth rate of
industrial production, rate of inflation, spread between
long term and short term interest rates and spread
between low grade and high grade bonds. The arbitrage
theory is represented by the equation:
Ri = l0 + l1 bi1 + l2 bi2 … + lj bij
where Ri = average expected return
l1 = sensitivity of return to bi1
bi1 = the beta co-efficient relevant to the particular factor
Arbitrage Pricing Equation
In a single factor model, the linear relationship between
the return Ri and sensitivity bi can be given in the
following form
Ri = lo + libi
 Ri = return from stock A
 lo = riskless rate of return
 bi = the sensitivity related to the factor
 li = slope of the arbitrage pricing line
APT and CAPM
 The simplest form of APT model is consistent with
the simple form of the CAPM model.
 APT is more general and less restrictive than CAPM.
 The APT model takes into account of the impact of
numerous factors on the security.
 The market portfolio is well defined conceptually. In
APT model, factors are not well specified.
 There is a lack of consistency in the measurements of
the APT model.
 The influences of the factors are not independent of
each other.
The Sharpe Index Model
Chapter 18
Need for Sharpe Model
 In Markowitz model a number of co-variances have
to be estimated.
 If a financial institution buys 150 stocks, it has to
estimate 11,175 i.e., (N2 – N)/2 correlation
co-efficients.
 Sharpe assumed that the return of a security is
linearly related to a single index like the market
index.
 It needs 3N + 2 bits of information compared to
[N(N + 3)/2] bits of information needed in the
Markowitz analysis.
Single Index Model
Stock prices are related to the market index and this
relationship could be used to estimate the return of
stock.
Ri = ai + bi Rm + ei
where Ri — expected return on security i
ai — intercept of the straight line or alpha co-efficient
bi — slope of straight line or beta co-efficient
Rm — the rate of return on market index
ei — error term
Risk
 Systematic risk = bi
2 × variance of market index
= bi
2 m
2
 Unsystematic risk = Total variance – Systematic risk
ei
2 = i
2 – Systematic risk
 Thus the total risk = Systematic risk + Unsystematic risk
= bi
2 m
2 + ei
2
Portfolio Variance
 The portfolio variance can be derived
where
= variance of portfolio
= expected variance of index
= variation in security’s return not related to the market index
xi = the portion of stock i in the portfolio
2
N N
2 2 2 2
p i i m i i
i=1 i=1
σ = x β + x e
 
   

   
 
 
   
 
 
2
p

2
m

2
i

Expected Return of Portfolio
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 For each security ai and bi should be estimated
 Portfolio return is the weighted average of the
estimated return for each security in the portfolio.
 The weights are the respective stocks’ proportions in
the portfolio.
N
p i i i m
i=1
R = x (α + β R )

Portfolio Beta
A portfolio’s beta value is the weighted average of the
beta values of its component stocks using relative
share of them in the portfolio as weights.
bp is the portfolio beta.
N
p i i
i=1
= x
b b

Selection of Stocks
 The selection of any stock is directly related to its
excess return-beta ratio.
where Ri = the expected return on stock i
Rf = the return on a riskless asset
bi = the expected change in the rate of return
on stock i associated with one unit change
in the market return
i f
i
R R
β

Optimal Portfolio
 The steps for finding out the stocks to be included in the
optimal portfolio are as:
 Find out the “excess return to beta” ratio for each stock under
consideration
 Rank them from the highest to the lowest
 Proceed to calculate Ci for all the stocks according to the ranked order
using the following formula
m
2 = variance of the market index
ei
2 = variance of a stock’s movement that is not associated with the
movement of market index i.e., stock’s unsystematic risk
 The cumulated values of Ci start declining after a particular
Ci and that point is taken as the cut-off point and that stock
ratio is the cut-off ratio C.
N
2 i f i
m 2
i=1 ei
i 2
N
2 i
m 2
i=1 ei
(R R )β
σ
σ
C
β
1+ σ
σ



Portfolio–
Markowitz Model
Chapter 17
Simple Diversification
 Portfolio risk can be reduced by the simplest kind of
diversification.
 In the case of common stocks, diversification reduces
the unsystematic risk or unique risk.
 But diversification cannot reduce systematic or
undiversifiable risk.
Diversification and Portfolio Risk
p
Unique
Risk
Market
Risk
Total Risk
5 10 15 20
Number of Stocks
Problems of Vast Diversification
 Purchase of poor performers
 Information inadequacy
 High research cost
 High transaction cost
The Markowitz Model
Assumptions:
 The individual investor estimates risk on the basis of
variability of returns.
 Investor’s decision is solely based on the expected
return and variance of returns only.
 For a given level of risk, investor prefers higher
return to lower return.
 Likewise, for a given level of return investor prefers
lower risk than higher risk.
Portfolio Return
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Rp = return on the portfolio
X1 = proportion of total portfolio invested in security 1
R1 = expected return of security 1
N
p 1 1
t =1
R = X R

Portfolio Risk
 p = portfolio standard deviation
 X1 = percentage of total portfolio value in stock X1
 X2 = percentage of total portfolio value in stock X2
 1 = standard deviation of stock X1
 2 = standard deviation of stock X2
 r12 = correlation co-efficient of X1 and X2
2 2 2 2
p 1 1 2 2 1 2 12 1 2
= X + X + 2X X (r )
à à à Ã

12
12
1 2
covariance of X
r =
σ σ
Proportion
 X1 = 2  (1 + 2) the precondition is that the
correlation co-efficient should be –1.0, Otherwise it is
Rp and p for varying degrees of correlation co-efficients
Proportion of X Proportion of Y Rp p p p p
security in security in rxy rxy rxy rxy
portfolio portfolio
X 1 – X +1 – 1 0 + 0.5
1.00 0.00 5.00 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
0.75 0.25 5.75 5.5 0.5 3.9 4.8
0.50 0.50 6.50 7.0 3.0 5.4 6.25
0.25 0.75 7.25 8.5 6.5 7.6 8.1
0.00 1.00 8.00 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
2
2 12 1 2
1 2 2
1 2 12 1 2
σ (r σ σ )
X =
σ + σ (2r σ σ )


Two Security Portfolios with
Different Correlation Coefficients
Rp
10
5
5 10
p
B
D C
K
J
A
r = – 1
r = – 1
r = + .5
r = 0
r = +1
Markowitz Efficient Frontier
C
D
E
H
F
I
G
A
Rp
p
15
10
5
5 10 15
B
 Each of the portfolio along the line or within the line
ABCDEFGHI is possible.
 When the attainable sets are examined, some are
more attractive than others.
 Portfolio B is more attractive than portfolios F and H
because B offers more return on the same level of
risk.
 Among all the portfolios, the portfolios which offer
the highest return at a particular level of risk are
called efficient portfolios.
 Here the efficient portfolios are A, B, C and D.
Markowitz Efficient Frontier (Contd.)
Utility Analysis
 Utility is the satisfaction the investor enjoys from the
portfolio return.
 The investor gets more satisfaction of more utility in
X + 1 rupees than from X rupee.
 Utility increases with increase in return.
Fair Gamble
 In a fair gamble which costs Re 1, the outcomes are
A and B events.
 Event ‘A’ will yield Rs 2.
 Occurrence of B event is a dead loss i.e. 0.
 The chance of occurrence of both the events are 50 : 50.
 The expected value of investment is
(½)2 + ½(0) = Re 1.
Type of Investors
 Risk averse investor rejects a fair gamble because the
disutility of the loss is greater for him than the utility
of an equivalent gain.
 Risk neutral investor is indifferent to the fair gamble.
 The risk seeking investor would select a fair gamble
i.e. he would choose to invest. The expected utility of
investment is higher than the expected utility of not
investing.
Indifference Curve and
Efficient Frontier
T
R
S
I4
I3
I2
I1
Rp
p
0
Indifference Map and
Efficient Frontier
 The utility of the investor or portfolio manager
increases when he moves up the indifference map
from I1 to I4.
 He can achieve higher expected return without an
increase in risk.
 Even though the points T and S are in the I2 curve, R
is the only attainable portfolio which maximises the
utility of the investor.
Leveraged Portfolios
 To have a leveraged portfolio, investor has to
consider not only risky assets but also risk free
assets.
 Secondly, he should be able to borrow and
lend money at a given rate of interest.
Risk Free Asset
 The features of risk free asset are:
 absence of default risk and interest risk.
 full payment of principal and interest amount.
 The return from the risk free asset is certain and the
standard deviation of the return is nil.
ASSET ALLOCATION
 Asset allocation is an investment strategy that
aims to balance risk and reward by apportioning a
portfolio's assets according to an individual's
goals, risk tolerance, and investment horizon. The
three main asset classes equities fixed-income,
and cash and equivalents have different levels of
risk and return, so each will behave differently
over time.
EFFICIENT FRONTIER
 The efficient frontier comprises investment portfolios that
offer the highest expected return for a specific level of risk.
 The standard deviation of returns in a portfolio measures
investment risk and consistency in investment earnings.
 Lower covariance between portfolio securities results in lower
portfolio standard deviation.
 Successful optimization of the return versus risk paradigm
should place a portfolio along the efficient frontier line.
 Optimal portfolios that comprise the efficient frontier usually
exhibit a higher degree of diversification.
MODERN PORTFOLIO
THEORY
 The modern portfolio theory (MPT) is a method that
can be used by risk-averse investors to construct
diversified portfolios that maximize their returns
without unacceptable levels of risk.
 The modern portfolio theory can be useful to
investors trying to construct efficient and diversified
portfolios using ETFs.
 Investors who are more concerned with downside
risk might prefer the post-modern portfolio theory
(PMPT) to MPT.
DIVERSIFICATION
 The process of diversification includes investing in more than one
type of asset. This means including bonds, shares, commodities,
REITs, hybrids, and more in your portfolio. Investing in several
different securities within each asset.
 Investing in several different securities within each asset. A diversified
portfolio spreads investments around in different securities of the
same asset type meaning multiple bonds from different issuers, shares
in several companies from different industries, etc.
 Investing in assets that are not significantly correlated to one another.
The idea here is to choose different asset classes and securities with
different lifetimes and cycles in order to minimize the impact of any
negative conditions that could adversely affect your portfolio.

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CAPM &CML.ppt

  • 1. Capital Asset Pricing Theory and Arbitrage Pricing Theory Chapter 19
  • 2. The CAPM Theory  Markowitz, William Sharpe, John Lintner and Jan Mossin provided the basic structure for the CAPM model.  It is a model of linear general equilibrium return.  The required rate return of an asset is having a linear relationship with asset’s beta value i.e., undiversifiable or systematic risk.
  • 3. Assumptions  An individual seller or buyer cannot affect the price of a stock.  Investors make their decisions only on the basis of the expected returns, standard deviations and covariances of all pairs of securities.  Investors are assumed to have homogenous expectations during the decision-making period.  The investor can lend or borrow any amount of funds at the riskless rate of interest.  Assets are infinitely divisible.  There is no transaction cost.  There is no personal income tax.  Unlimited quantum of short sales, is allowed.
  • 4. Lending and Borrowing  It is assumed that the investor could borrow or lend any amount of money at riskless rate of interest. Rp = Portfolio return Xf = The proportion of funds invested in risk free assets 1 – Xf = The proportion of funds invested in risky assets Rf = Risk free rate of return Rm = Return on risky assets  The expected return on the combination of risky and risk free combination is p f f m f R = R X + R (1 – X )
  • 5.  The market portfolio comprised of all stocks in the market.  Each asset is held in proportion to its market value to the total value of all risky assets. Market Portfolio
  • 6. The Capital Market Line Stronglyefficientmarket Allinformationis reflectedonprices. Weaklyefficientmarket Allhistoricalinformation isreflectedonsecurity Semistrongefficientmarket Allpublicinformationis reflectedonsecurityprices Stronglyefficientmarket Allinformationis reflectedonprices. Weaklyefficientmarket Allhistoricalinformation isreflectedonsecurity Semistrongefficientmarket Allpublicinformationis reflectedonsecurityprices Stronglyefficientmarket Allinformationis reflectedonprices. Weaklyefficientmarket Allhistoricalinformation isreflectedonsecurity Semistrongefficientmarket Allpublicinformationis reflectedonsecurityprices Rp Rf S CML p
  • 7.  The portfolio along the path Rf S is called lending portfolio, that is some money is invested in the riskless asset.  If it crosses the point S, it becomes borrowing portfolio.  Money is borrowed and invested in the risky asset.  The straight line is called capital market line (CML).  The CML represents linear relationship between the required rates of return for efficient portfolios and their standard deviations. The Capital Market Line (Contd.)
  • 8.  ERp = portfolio’s expected rate of return  Rm = expected return on market portfolio  m = standard deviation of market portfolio  p = standard deviation of the portfolio m f p f p m (R – R ) ER = R + × σ σ The Capital Market Line (Contd.)
  • 9. Return  The expected return of an efficient portfolio is Expected return = Price of time + (Price of risk × Amount of risk)  Price of time is the risk free rate of return  Price of risk is the premium amount higher and above the risk free return
  • 10. Security Market Line  Capital market line does not show the risk-return trade off for other portfolios and individual securities.  Standard deviation includes the systematic and unsystematic risk.  Unsystematic risk can be diversified and it is not related to the market.  Systematic risk could be measured by beta.  The beta analysis is useful for individual securities and portfolios whether efficient or inefficient.
  • 11. The SML helps to determine the expected return for a given security beta m m f i f im/σ m R – R R – R = COV σ Security Market Line (Contd.)
  • 13. Evaluation of Securities with SML R S T A B C U V W Rf Y Rp 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 X Beta SML
  • 14.  The stocks above the SML yield higher returns for the same level of risk.  They are underpriced compared to their beta value. where Pi—present price Po—purchase price Div—dividend. i o i o P – P + Div R = P Evaluation of Securities with SML (Contd.)
  • 15. Empirical Tests of the CAPM  The studies generally showed a significant positive relationship between the expected return and the systematic risk.  But the slope of the relationship is usually less than that of predicted by the CAPM.  The risk and return relationship appears to be linear. Empirical studies give no evidence of significant curvature in the risk/return relationship.  The CAPM theory implies that unsystematic risk is not relevant, but unsystematic and systematic risks are positively related to security returns.  The ambiguity of the market portfolio leaves the CAPM untestable.  If the CAPM were completely valid, it should apply to all financial assets including bonds.
  • 16. Present Validity of CAPM  CAPM provides basic concepts which is truly of fundamental value.  The CAPM has been useful in the selection of securities and portfolios.  Given the estimate of the risk free rate, the beta of the firm, stock and the required market rate of return, one can find out the expected returns for a firm’s security.
  • 17. ARBITRAGE  Arbitrage is a process of earning profit by taking advantage of differential pricing for the same asset.  The process generates riskless profit.  In the security market, it is of selling security at a high price and the simultaneous purchase of the same security.
  • 18. THE ASSUMPTIONS  The investors have homogenous expectations.  The investors are risk averse and utility maximisers.  Perfect competition prevails in the market and there is no transaction cost.
  • 19. Arbitrage Portfolio  According to the APT theory, an investor tries to find out the possibility to increase returns from his portfolio without increasing the funds in the portfolio.  He also likes to keep the risk at the same level.  If X indicates the change in proportion, DXA + DXB + DXC = 0
  • 20. Factor Sensitivity  The factor sensitivity indicates the responsiveness of a security’s return to a particular factor. The sensitiveness of the securities to any factor is the weighted average of the sensitivities of the securities.  Weights are the changes made in the proportion. For example bA, bB and bC are the sensitivities, in an arbitrage portfolio the sensitivities become zero. bA DXA + bB DXB + bC DXC = 0
  • 21. The APT Model  According to Stephen Ross, returns of the securities are influenced by a number of macro economic factors.  The macro economic factors are: growth rate of industrial production, rate of inflation, spread between long term and short term interest rates and spread between low grade and high grade bonds. The arbitrage theory is represented by the equation: Ri = l0 + l1 bi1 + l2 bi2 … + lj bij where Ri = average expected return l1 = sensitivity of return to bi1 bi1 = the beta co-efficient relevant to the particular factor
  • 22. Arbitrage Pricing Equation In a single factor model, the linear relationship between the return Ri and sensitivity bi can be given in the following form Ri = lo + libi  Ri = return from stock A  lo = riskless rate of return  bi = the sensitivity related to the factor  li = slope of the arbitrage pricing line
  • 23. APT and CAPM  The simplest form of APT model is consistent with the simple form of the CAPM model.  APT is more general and less restrictive than CAPM.  The APT model takes into account of the impact of numerous factors on the security.  The market portfolio is well defined conceptually. In APT model, factors are not well specified.  There is a lack of consistency in the measurements of the APT model.  The influences of the factors are not independent of each other.
  • 24. The Sharpe Index Model Chapter 18
  • 25. Need for Sharpe Model  In Markowitz model a number of co-variances have to be estimated.  If a financial institution buys 150 stocks, it has to estimate 11,175 i.e., (N2 – N)/2 correlation co-efficients.  Sharpe assumed that the return of a security is linearly related to a single index like the market index.  It needs 3N + 2 bits of information compared to [N(N + 3)/2] bits of information needed in the Markowitz analysis.
  • 26. Single Index Model Stock prices are related to the market index and this relationship could be used to estimate the return of stock. Ri = ai + bi Rm + ei where Ri — expected return on security i ai — intercept of the straight line or alpha co-efficient bi — slope of straight line or beta co-efficient Rm — the rate of return on market index ei — error term
  • 27. Risk  Systematic risk = bi 2 × variance of market index = bi 2 m 2  Unsystematic risk = Total variance – Systematic risk ei 2 = i 2 – Systematic risk  Thus the total risk = Systematic risk + Unsystematic risk = bi 2 m 2 + ei 2
  • 28. Portfolio Variance  The portfolio variance can be derived where = variance of portfolio = expected variance of index = variation in security’s return not related to the market index xi = the portion of stock i in the portfolio 2 N N 2 2 2 2 p i i m i i i=1 i=1 σ = x β + x e                        2 p  2 m  2 i 
  • 29. Expected Return of Portfolio Stronglyefficientmarket Allinformationis reflectedonprices. Weaklyefficientmarket Allhistoricalinformation isreflectedonsecurity Semistrongefficientmarket Allpublicinformationis reflectedonsecurityprices Stronglyefficientmarket Allinformationis reflectedonprices. Weaklyefficientmarket Allhistoricalinformation isreflectedonsecurity Semistrongefficientmarket Allpublicinformationis reflectedonsecurityprices Stronglyefficientmarket Allinformationis reflectedonprices. Weaklyefficientmarket Allhistoricalinformation isreflectedonsecurity Semistrongefficientmarket Allpublicinformationis reflectedonsecurityprices  For each security ai and bi should be estimated  Portfolio return is the weighted average of the estimated return for each security in the portfolio.  The weights are the respective stocks’ proportions in the portfolio. N p i i i m i=1 R = x (α + β R ) 
  • 30. Portfolio Beta A portfolio’s beta value is the weighted average of the beta values of its component stocks using relative share of them in the portfolio as weights. bp is the portfolio beta. N p i i i=1 = x b b 
  • 31. Selection of Stocks  The selection of any stock is directly related to its excess return-beta ratio. where Ri = the expected return on stock i Rf = the return on a riskless asset bi = the expected change in the rate of return on stock i associated with one unit change in the market return i f i R R β 
  • 32. Optimal Portfolio  The steps for finding out the stocks to be included in the optimal portfolio are as:  Find out the “excess return to beta” ratio for each stock under consideration  Rank them from the highest to the lowest  Proceed to calculate Ci for all the stocks according to the ranked order using the following formula m 2 = variance of the market index ei 2 = variance of a stock’s movement that is not associated with the movement of market index i.e., stock’s unsystematic risk  The cumulated values of Ci start declining after a particular Ci and that point is taken as the cut-off point and that stock ratio is the cut-off ratio C. N 2 i f i m 2 i=1 ei i 2 N 2 i m 2 i=1 ei (R R )β σ σ C β 1+ σ σ   
  • 34. Simple Diversification  Portfolio risk can be reduced by the simplest kind of diversification.  In the case of common stocks, diversification reduces the unsystematic risk or unique risk.  But diversification cannot reduce systematic or undiversifiable risk.
  • 35. Diversification and Portfolio Risk p Unique Risk Market Risk Total Risk 5 10 15 20 Number of Stocks
  • 36. Problems of Vast Diversification  Purchase of poor performers  Information inadequacy  High research cost  High transaction cost
  • 37. The Markowitz Model Assumptions:  The individual investor estimates risk on the basis of variability of returns.  Investor’s decision is solely based on the expected return and variance of returns only.  For a given level of risk, investor prefers higher return to lower return.  Likewise, for a given level of return investor prefers lower risk than higher risk.
  • 39. Portfolio Risk  p = portfolio standard deviation  X1 = percentage of total portfolio value in stock X1  X2 = percentage of total portfolio value in stock X2  1 = standard deviation of stock X1  2 = standard deviation of stock X2  r12 = correlation co-efficient of X1 and X2 2 2 2 2 p 1 1 2 2 1 2 12 1 2 = X + X + 2X X (r ) Ã Ã Ã Ã  12 12 1 2 covariance of X r = σ σ
  • 40. Proportion  X1 = 2  (1 + 2) the precondition is that the correlation co-efficient should be –1.0, Otherwise it is Rp and p for varying degrees of correlation co-efficients Proportion of X Proportion of Y Rp p p p p security in security in rxy rxy rxy rxy portfolio portfolio X 1 – X +1 – 1 0 + 0.5 1.00 0.00 5.00 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.75 0.25 5.75 5.5 0.5 3.9 4.8 0.50 0.50 6.50 7.0 3.0 5.4 6.25 0.25 0.75 7.25 8.5 6.5 7.6 8.1 0.00 1.00 8.00 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 2 2 12 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 12 1 2 σ (r σ σ ) X = σ + σ (2r σ σ )  
  • 41. Two Security Portfolios with Different Correlation Coefficients Rp 10 5 5 10 p B D C K J A r = – 1 r = – 1 r = + .5 r = 0 r = +1
  • 43.  Each of the portfolio along the line or within the line ABCDEFGHI is possible.  When the attainable sets are examined, some are more attractive than others.  Portfolio B is more attractive than portfolios F and H because B offers more return on the same level of risk.  Among all the portfolios, the portfolios which offer the highest return at a particular level of risk are called efficient portfolios.  Here the efficient portfolios are A, B, C and D. Markowitz Efficient Frontier (Contd.)
  • 44. Utility Analysis  Utility is the satisfaction the investor enjoys from the portfolio return.  The investor gets more satisfaction of more utility in X + 1 rupees than from X rupee.  Utility increases with increase in return.
  • 45. Fair Gamble  In a fair gamble which costs Re 1, the outcomes are A and B events.  Event ‘A’ will yield Rs 2.  Occurrence of B event is a dead loss i.e. 0.  The chance of occurrence of both the events are 50 : 50.  The expected value of investment is (½)2 + ½(0) = Re 1.
  • 46. Type of Investors  Risk averse investor rejects a fair gamble because the disutility of the loss is greater for him than the utility of an equivalent gain.  Risk neutral investor is indifferent to the fair gamble.  The risk seeking investor would select a fair gamble i.e. he would choose to invest. The expected utility of investment is higher than the expected utility of not investing.
  • 47. Indifference Curve and Efficient Frontier T R S I4 I3 I2 I1 Rp p 0
  • 48. Indifference Map and Efficient Frontier  The utility of the investor or portfolio manager increases when he moves up the indifference map from I1 to I4.  He can achieve higher expected return without an increase in risk.  Even though the points T and S are in the I2 curve, R is the only attainable portfolio which maximises the utility of the investor.
  • 49. Leveraged Portfolios  To have a leveraged portfolio, investor has to consider not only risky assets but also risk free assets.  Secondly, he should be able to borrow and lend money at a given rate of interest.
  • 50. Risk Free Asset  The features of risk free asset are:  absence of default risk and interest risk.  full payment of principal and interest amount.  The return from the risk free asset is certain and the standard deviation of the return is nil.
  • 51. ASSET ALLOCATION  Asset allocation is an investment strategy that aims to balance risk and reward by apportioning a portfolio's assets according to an individual's goals, risk tolerance, and investment horizon. The three main asset classes equities fixed-income, and cash and equivalents have different levels of risk and return, so each will behave differently over time.
  • 52. EFFICIENT FRONTIER  The efficient frontier comprises investment portfolios that offer the highest expected return for a specific level of risk.  The standard deviation of returns in a portfolio measures investment risk and consistency in investment earnings.  Lower covariance between portfolio securities results in lower portfolio standard deviation.  Successful optimization of the return versus risk paradigm should place a portfolio along the efficient frontier line.  Optimal portfolios that comprise the efficient frontier usually exhibit a higher degree of diversification.
  • 53. MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY  The modern portfolio theory (MPT) is a method that can be used by risk-averse investors to construct diversified portfolios that maximize their returns without unacceptable levels of risk.  The modern portfolio theory can be useful to investors trying to construct efficient and diversified portfolios using ETFs.  Investors who are more concerned with downside risk might prefer the post-modern portfolio theory (PMPT) to MPT.
  • 54. DIVERSIFICATION  The process of diversification includes investing in more than one type of asset. This means including bonds, shares, commodities, REITs, hybrids, and more in your portfolio. Investing in several different securities within each asset.  Investing in several different securities within each asset. A diversified portfolio spreads investments around in different securities of the same asset type meaning multiple bonds from different issuers, shares in several companies from different industries, etc.  Investing in assets that are not significantly correlated to one another. The idea here is to choose different asset classes and securities with different lifetimes and cycles in order to minimize the impact of any negative conditions that could adversely affect your portfolio.