Notes: Active Portfolio Management By Zhipeng Yan Active Portfolio Management By Richard C. Grinold and Ronald N. Kahn Part I Foundations......................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 1 Introduction..................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2 Consensus Expected Returns: The CAPM ..................................................... 3 Chapter 3 Risk .
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Changing Trend of Investment Pattern in India and Emergence of Mutual Fund Industry ABSTRACT: This project is about how the Investor’s Behavior is changing and they are now leaving behind the sacred investment options like the fixed deposits‚ company deposits‚ gold etc. Investors are now looking towards equity linked investment options. Like most developed and developing countries the mutual fund cult has been catching on in India. There are various reasons for this. Mutual Fund makes it easy and
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CAPM 6 CAPM’s application 6 Steps in practice 6 Part B - Actively managed investment Problem defined 10 Solution: Black – Litterman Model 11 Application for Dow Jones Plus Fund 12 Review on the Portfolio 13 Conclusion 14 Part C – Portfolio performance and Style analysis Portfolio performance Sharpe’s Measure 16 Treynor’s Measure 16 Jensen’s Measure 17 M2 Measurement 17 Style analysis Style analysis 18 Benchmark indices 18 Fund’s return 19 Conclusion 19 Reference
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Cookies Portfolio The main goal of the Cookies unit was to solve the Unit Problem. The unit problem introduced us to the Woos‚ the owners of a cookie bakery. The Woos want to find the most profitable combination of plain and iced cookies to bake and sell in their store. We were given several constraints for this problem. According to the Woo’s recipes‚ a dozen normal cookies requires one pound of cookie dough‚ and a dozen iced cookies requires .7 pounds of cookie dough. The Woo family only
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International Portfolio Management Fall 2010 PROBLEM SET 1 Investment Policy and Bond Portfolio management Due date: Friday‚ September 17‚ 5:00 pm. No late problem sets will be accepted. 1. Assume that at retirement you have accumulated $825‚000 in a variable annuity contract. The assumed investment return is 5.5% and your life expectancy is 18 years. What is the hypothetical constant benefit payment? PV = -825‚000‚ i = 5.5‚ n = 18‚ PMT = 73‚358.93. 2. You manage a
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this report is to construct and evaluate two portfolios‚ index tracking portfolio and speculative capital growth portfolio both began their lives on 21st April 2008 and ended on 20th May 2008. The purpose of the former portfolio is to replicate the return on the ASX/S&P 500 New All Ordinaries price index and the latter one is formed aiming at outperforming the market and maximizing the capital gains. 11 stocks have been selected for the tracker portfolio. The criteria for such selection are through
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MBA Modern Portfolio Theory Corporate Finance II Final Paper Table of Contents 1. Title Page pg. 1 2. Table of Contents pg. 2 3. Introduction/ Executive Summary pg. 3 4. Modern Portfolio Theory pg. 3 5. Portfolio Management pg. 4 6. Controlling the Risk pg. 5 7. Diversification pg. 6 8. CAPM pg. 7 9. Beta: Advantages and Disadvantages pg. 8 10. Options pg. 10 11. Hedging
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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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It is ironic that Kapil Sibal declared at 125th Birth Anniversary celebrations of great Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan that exam-centric education system would have to go. One wonders what Ramanujan himself would say – “Mr. Minister‚ even I am a product of exam centric education system”? Kapil Sibal says he would like to replace the current system with a child-centric one. Now that is a very interesting term. So how does the minister define the term? Expressing his determination to do away
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The job of a locksmith is no longer restricted to just picking locks or duplicating keys. Today‚ professional locksmiths offer a variety of services‚ which are often accessible through service providers. These services are not varied through their specific use‚ but their applications also go across different industries. From home and car protection up to industrial security‚ there is a corresponding locksmith service that will be of great help to any individual. Below are some of the common types
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