1."Why is expected return considered forward-looking? What are the challenges for practitioners to utilize expected return?" (Cornett‚ Adair‚ and Nofsinger‚ 2012‚ p. 246). Expected return is “forward-looking” in the sense that it represents the return investors expect to receive in the future as compensation for the market risk taken. The challenge is that practitioners cannot precisely know what the future holds and thus what the expected return should be. Thus‚ we create methods to estimate the
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1. Convert prices to total return (% change in the price) = (Pt – Pt-1) / Pt-1 2. Remove outliers – sort data and remove anything +/- 20% 3. Calculate historical average and historical risk X-BAR = Σx/n Calculate the sum of the total return and divide by the number of observations • Variance = σ2 = Σ(x – x bar) 2 / (n-1) Fix X-BAR‚ double click to apply to all dates‚ get the sum‚ divide by (n-1) Risk = σ = √σ = SQRT(Variance) = standard deviation 4. Average Matrix Excel Options
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d RELIANCE CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD. (RCAM) SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT REPORT ON RISK ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT May-July 2012 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of post graduate degree in international business and finance AMITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL‚ NOIDA Faculty Guide Submitted By: Ms. VIBHA SINGH SAURAV SINHA Industry
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CHAPTER 05 RISK AND RETURN: PAST AND PROLOGUE 1. The 1% VaR will be less than –30%. As percentile or probability of a return declines so does the magnitude of that return. Thus‚ a 1 percentile probability will produce a smaller VaR than a 5 percentile probability. 2. The geometric return represents a compounding growth number and will artificially inflate the annual performance of the portfolio. 3. No. Since all items are presented in nominal figures‚ the input should also use nominal
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Title Page……………………………………………………1 Content…………………………………………………...…2 Problem…………………………………………………...3-4 Answers…………………………………………………..5-7 Problem: The Financial advisor’s investment case: Inferior investment alternatives Although investing requires the individual to bear risk‚ the risk can be controlled through the construction of diversified portfolios and by excluding any portfolio that offers an inferior return for a given amount of risk. While this concept seems obvious‚ one of your clients‚ Laura
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1. [Financial Risk and Return Considerations] Explain how you would choose between the following situations. Develop your answers from the perspective of the principles of entrepreneurial finance presented earlier in the chapter. You may arrive at your answers with or without making actual calculations. A. You have $1‚000 to invest for one year (this would be a luxury for most entrepreneurs). You can earn a 4% interest rate for one year at the Third First bank or a 5% interest rate
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Suggested Answers to Previous Semesters Exam Questions Question 4 (Semester 2‚ 2005) 96633337 Juan (a) Expected Portfolio Return and Risk Expected Return Risk Covariance = (0.002)(0.06)(0.09)=0.0000108 (b) Minimum Variance (Pendix Ltd) The minimum variance for this portfolio is 0.693‚ indicating that risk is minimized when 69.3 percent of the portfolio is invested in Pendix’s shares. A rational investor would not allow Pendix’s shares to
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Homework ES 1. (TCO 8) The historical returns on large-company stocks‚ as reported by Ibbotson and Sinquefield‚ are based on: (Points : 3) the largest 20 percent of the stocks traded on the NYSE. the stocks of the largest 10 percent of the publicly traded firms in the U.S. all of the stocks listed on the NYSE. the stocks of the 500 companies included in the S&P 500 index. 2. (TCO 8) If the financial markets are efficient‚ then: (Points : 3)
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Risk and Return -II PGDM/MMS- SEM-II PROF. V. RAMACHANDRAN FACULTY- SIESCOMS ‚ NERUL 1 PORTFOLIOS & RISK What is an Investment Portfolio A group of Assets that is owned by an Investor Single Security is riskier than Investing in a Portfolio. Portfolio may contain- Equity Capital‚ Bonds ‚ Real Estate‚ Savings Accounts‚ Bullion‚ Collectibles etc. In other words the Investor does not put all his eggs in to one Basket. 2 Diversification –Risk Reduction Let us assume you put your money
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HEAD: RISK Risk and Return Tradeoff Memo The process of portfolio construction can be quite complex. Analysts go through reams of statistics – past performance‚ future potential‚ and industry knowledge and rely on personal insights into the market to arrive at the final list (UOP‚ 2009). Every investor aims to maximize returns while minimizing risk. Individual securities must be evaluated not only on the risk-return trade-off in isolation but also on their contribution to the risk-return
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