Investments - Risk & Return
Investments - Risk & Return
Investments - Risk & Return
Investing involves decisions for the future Key variable with future = Uncertainty Expected Returns is basis of Investments Biggest Threat: UNCERTAINTY = RISK Uncertainty represents RISK conceptually Investors must estimate & manage Risk Risk & Return are opposite sides of the same coin R&R involve a trade-off with each other
Returns
Objective of Investors ?
Returns
Objective of Investors
Constraint: risk
Returns
Components of investment returns ?
Returns
Components of investment returns
Yield
Income component of a securitys return from cash flows
Returns
Components of investment returns
Returns
Examples of components
Returns
Examples of components
What is Risk?
What is Risk?
UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE OUTCOMES
Definition of Risk:
Risk is the Probability (chance) the ACTUAL OUTCOME will be different from the EXPECTED OUTCOME. Which outcome are we discussing?
Specifically, investors are worried the actual outcome (of returns from their investments) will be less than the expected returns.
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An Overview
Price risk Interest Rate risk Market risk Inflation risk Business risk
An Overview
Price risk Variability in securitys returns due to price fluctuations Interest Rate risk Variability in ER due to changes in interest rates Market risk Variability in ER due to changes in overall market Inflation risk Variability in ER due to changes in purchasing power Business risk Variability in ER due to exposure to a particular industry
Liquidity risk Variability in ER due to inability to trade in secondary markets. Time & price concession required to sell securities Exchange rate risk Variability in ER due to currency fluctuations. Country risk (political risk) Variability in ER due to instability of the political system.
Financial Risk
Effects of Financial Leverage?..
Financial Leverage refers to the extent to which a firm relies on Debt. More Debt means MORE leverage The larger the proportion of assets financed by debt, the larger the variability in returns, other things being equal.
Share Price
# of Shares Interest Rate
20
400,000 10%
20
200,000 10%
EPS
0
1,000,000 12.5% 2.50
0
1,500,000 18.75% 3.75
EPS
ROE
EPS
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ROE
EPS
MEASURING RETURNS
TOTAL RETURN
The Total Return for a given time period is a decimal number (or a percentage) relating all the cash flows received by an investor during designated time period to the purchase price of the Asset. TR = Any Cash Payment Received + Price change over time period Price at which the Asset is Purchased Or TR = CFt + (P.e P.b) PB = CFT + PC PB
1. It is all inclusive 2. Allows comparison b/w different assets 3. Includes realized & unrealized gains
RETURN RELATIVE
Total return of an investment for a given period expressed on a base of 1.0
Why?
To calculate cumulative wealth index OR geometric means, both of which cannot use negative returns. RR = TR in decimal + 1.0 = {C + PE}/PB Or, TR = RR 1.0
TR tracks changes in wealth, CWI measures LEVELS of wealth, rather than changes.
Measures ending wealth (cumulative wealth) over some period on the base of beginning $ 1.
TR2006
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Thus, TR in Domestic terms = Return earned on Foreign Asset + Return earned on Foreign Currency Investment
Total Return in Domestic Terms (Exactly) = {RR earned on Foreign Asset Multiplied by (Ending Value of Foreign Currency/ Beginning Value of Foreign Currency)} Minus 1
TR = Return on Walmart + Return on FC Return on Walmart = (55 50)/50 = 10% Return on FC = (57 60)/60 = -5% TR = 10% + (-5%) = 5%
Arithmetic Mean
Arithmetic Mean = X X = Sum of all Values Number of Observations
Geometric Mean
When percentage changes in value over time are involved, as a result of compounding, Geometric mean is needed to describe accurately the true average return over multiple periods. G = [(1+TR1)(1+TR2) . (1+TRN)]1/N 1 The Geometric Mean Returns measures the compound growth of returns over time (Multiple periods).
5
6
10%
-5%
Geometric Mean
=[(1+0.1)(1+.15)(1+(0.05))(1+0.07)(1+.10)(1+(-0.05) ] 1/6 1
= 5.05%
Nominal Returns
Real Returns
The risk for one security can be calculated using the standard deviation measure. Why? Std deviation is the measure of dispersion of a data set. So, in terms of returns, std deviation actually represents RISK of that investment. The standard deviation is a reliable measure of variability The standard deviation is a measure of the total risk of an asset or portfolio.
Variance of return
VarR = 2 =
R R
N i =1 i
N 1
SDR = = VarR
1
2
10%
15%
3
4
-5%
7%
5
6
10%
-5%
2
3 4 5 6
15%
-5% 7% 10% -5%
Stock 1
10% 15% -5% 7% 10% -5%
(X X)
4.67 9.67 -10.33 1.67 4.67 -10.33 Variance
(X X)2
21.81 93.51 106.71 2.79 21.81 106.71 = 353.34/5 = 70.66
Risk premiums
A risk premium is the additional return investors expect to receive by taking on increasing amounts of risk for example Time Premium, Default Premium, Equity Risk Premium. ERP = [(1+TR common stock) / (1+RF)] 1
ERP
1
2 3 4 5
$3
$5 $0 $2 $4
25
35 40 45 $36
45
40 45 36 $30
Q2:Assuming EBIT of $2 Million, 2.5 million & 3 million under Recession, normal & Expansionary economic environment & using the following data explain how financial leverage is going to lead to more variability in ER?
Share Price
# of Shares Interest Rate
20
500,000 12%
20
250,000 12%
Q4: Suppose you invest in two Bonds when Bond A is trading at $950 with a coupon rate of 12% & Bond B is trading at 1150 with a coupon rate of 8%. After 1 year, you sell Bond A for $900 & Bond B for $1200, Calculate Relative Return for two Bonds.
Q6: An investor in Japan invests in Canadian Company at C$350 when exchange rate was Euro60/C$ & Euro 35/Japanese Yen. One year later, Canadian Company is $355 & there is no dividend. The Exchange rate is now Euro57/C$ & Euro 45/Japanese yen. Calculate Approximate Total Return for a Japanese investor?
5
6
12%
-15%
Q10: