conducted by Basu (1977) concluded that portfolios formed with low PE ratio stocks outperformed portfolios formed by high PE stocks. This is confirmed by Graph 2 which shows that in the period from 1975 to 2003‚ low PE stocks have significantly higher Sharpe ratios than high PE stocks. Graph 2: Source: Anderson and Brooks (2006) Anderson and Brooks (2006) suggest that the main advantage of PE ratios is that they easily comparable with an unlimited number of stocks. However‚ it is limited by virtue
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Introduction This report is aim to analyse the benefits of risk-adjusted performance measurements to Zeus Asset Management. Zeus Asset Management is a fund management firm founded in 1968 in Atlanta by Tir Jerry Schneider. It serves both institutional and individual investors and with more than $1.7 million assets under management. The director of research‚ John Abbot‚ is considering adopting risk-adjusted approach in performance assessment. Zeus’s competitiveness analysis Zeus’s main competitors
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FINC5001 GROUP ASSIGNMENT FINAL REPORT Executive Summary In this group assignment‚ by historical data analysis‚ we evaluate the two approaches Mean-Variance and CAPM specific in the stock risk estimation for minimize risk investor. The two approaches are consistent in the stock risk‚ but differ in the risk of portfolios we construct. Through our observation and the approach assumption analysis which refer to academic literatures‚ the former one represents more reasonable result ultimately as
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Compare and contrast CAPM and APT? Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and arbitrage pricing theory (APT) are both methods of assessing an investment’s risk in relation to its potential reward and whether the potential investment yield is worthwhile. CAPM developed by Sharpe 1964. The basic theory behind this model is that investor needs to be compensated for Time Value of Money and the risk that they are taking. The time value of money is represented by the risk-free (rf) rate in
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Zeus Asset Management Inc Executive Summary Zeus Asset Management Inc is an asset management firm with more than $1.7 billion in asset under management. Zeus is well known for relationship-oriented that served both individual and institutional investors with the investment philosophy of believing that they could get a superior return over the long run using a conservative‚ risk-averse and quality-oriented approach. Zeus have been measuring it’s return in an absolute basis however Abbott demanded
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“The contribution of behavioural finance theory is said to be of critical importance in understanding investor behaviour in modern finance” INTRODUCTION According to Gregory Curtis (2004‚ pg 16)‚ Sometime we behave like perfect economic beings. But other times we behave like‚ well‚ human beings. We make decisions on the basis of biases that don’t reflect real world facts. We allow our responses to decisions to depend on how the questions are framed. We engage in complex mental accounting‚ ignoring
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Model…………………………………………. 6 1. Advantages of CAPM…………………………………………………………………...6
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Keywords: CAPM‚ Financial Crisis 1 1. Introduction The capital assets pricing model (CAPM) is commonly used in the field of finance. The CAPM model was first introduced by Jack Treynor (1961‚ 1962) and William Sharp (1964)‚ and then was interpreted and developed by John Lintner and Jan Mossin from different views and perspectives. Based on the Markowitz’s Portfolio Theory‚ beta is defined as covariance of an asset which is related to market index. “The Sharpe-lintner-Mossin CAPM has been advanced
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54(23.64 - 8) = 32.09% c. How does Zemin’s historical average return compare with the return you believe to be a fair return‚ given the firm’s systematic risk? When comparing historic average return of Zemin with the fair return of the firm‚ CAPM can be instrumental
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has argued that to claim whether the CAPM is dead or alive‚ some improvements on the model must be considered. Rather than take the view that one theory is right and the other is wrong‚ it is probably more accurate to say that each applies in somewhat different circumstances (assumptions). Finally it’s argued that even the examination of the CAPM’s variants is unable to solve the debate into the model. Rather than asserting the death or the survival of the CAPM‚ we conclude that there is no consensus
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