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What is the annual coupon payment for a bond with a 5% coupon rate and a face value of $1,000?
What is the annual coupon payment for a bond with a 5% coupon rate and a face value of $1,000?
How many compounding periods are there for a bond held for 5 years if it pays one coupon per year?
How many compounding periods are there for a bond held for 5 years if it pays one coupon per year?
What does the duration of a bond measure?
What does the duration of a bond measure?
In the YTM calculation, what is represented by the variable P?
In the YTM calculation, what is represented by the variable P?
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Which strategy describes an investing approach that focuses on bonds with a high duration value?
Which strategy describes an investing approach that focuses on bonds with a high duration value?
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What is the primary objective of a diversification strategy for companies?
What is the primary objective of a diversification strategy for companies?
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What is the main purpose of hedging in investment?
What is the main purpose of hedging in investment?
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What does active monitoring in the workplace help to prevent?
What does active monitoring in the workplace help to prevent?
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What defines junk funds in the context of bonds?
What defines junk funds in the context of bonds?
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What is a key feature of a zero-coupon bond?
What is a key feature of a zero-coupon bond?
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Which statement best describes floating rate securities?
Which statement best describes floating rate securities?
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What distinguishes general obligation bonds from revenue bonds?
What distinguishes general obligation bonds from revenue bonds?
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Which of the following describes limited-tax general obligation bonds?
Which of the following describes limited-tax general obligation bonds?
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What is the characteristic of serial maturity in municipal securities?
What is the characteristic of serial maturity in municipal securities?
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Which type of municipal bonds relies on revenue generated from specific projects?
Which type of municipal bonds relies on revenue generated from specific projects?
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What does the term 'coupon rate' refer to in bond terminology?
What does the term 'coupon rate' refer to in bond terminology?
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What is the primary reason individuals tend to underestimate their own talent?
What is the primary reason individuals tend to underestimate their own talent?
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What does 'fundamental value' represent in investment valuation?
What does 'fundamental value' represent in investment valuation?
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Which strategy helps mitigate the impact of any single investment's performance?
Which strategy helps mitigate the impact of any single investment's performance?
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What should investors focus on to avoid emotional decision-making?
What should investors focus on to avoid emotional decision-making?
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What is portfolio rebalancing primarily intended to do?
What is portfolio rebalancing primarily intended to do?
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How often should investors examine their portfolio allocations?
How often should investors examine their portfolio allocations?
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What potential drawback might arise from investors assuming they can predict market outcomes?
What potential drawback might arise from investors assuming they can predict market outcomes?
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Why is it generally considered ill-advised not to rebalance a portfolio?
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What is the primary goal of riding the yield curve strategy in bond trading?
What is the primary goal of riding the yield curve strategy in bond trading?
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four key themes of behavioral finance?
Which of the following is NOT one of the four key themes of behavioral finance?
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What does the concept of 'loss aversion' describe in investor behavior?
What does the concept of 'loss aversion' describe in investor behavior?
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What does 'anchoring' refer to in the context of behavioral finance?
What does 'anchoring' refer to in the context of behavioral finance?
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Which bias involves a tendency to search for information that confirms prior beliefs?
Which bias involves a tendency to search for information that confirms prior beliefs?
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Which bias is characterized by holding onto losing investments too long?
Which bias is characterized by holding onto losing investments too long?
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In behavioral finance, how does 'framing' influence investor choices?
In behavioral finance, how does 'framing' influence investor choices?
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What is a common misconception about the rational investor in standard finance?
What is a common misconception about the rational investor in standard finance?
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What is the primary purpose of benchmark comparison in portfolio analysis?
What is the primary purpose of benchmark comparison in portfolio analysis?
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Which of the following is NOT a source of performance identified in attribution analysis?
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How is risk in a portfolio typically assessed?
How is risk in a portfolio typically assessed?
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What does risk-adjusted performance metrics help investors evaluate?
What does risk-adjusted performance metrics help investors evaluate?
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What does return assessment involve?
What does return assessment involve?
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In portfolio performance evaluation, which analysis focuses on identifying investment strategies?
In portfolio performance evaluation, which analysis focuses on identifying investment strategies?
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What does the analysis of interaction effects in attribution analysis refer to?
What does the analysis of interaction effects in attribution analysis refer to?
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Which of the following best describes the relationship between risk and return in portfolio evaluation?
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What does the slope of the characteristic line represent?
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Which measure evaluates portfolio performance based on standard deviation of returns?
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How do the Treynor and Sharpe measures rank a completely diversified portfolio?
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What is the purpose of the Information Ratio?
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What indicates a poorly diversified portfolio when comparing Sharpe and Treynor measures?
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What type of risk does the Treynor performance measure primarily evaluate?
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Which of the following describes the key difference between relative rankings of the Sharpe and Treynor measures?
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Which composite performance measure assesses risk-efficient portfolios?
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Management of Fixed Income Investment
- Fixed income investments represent debt securities providing a fixed income stream in the form of interest payments.
- These investments typically involve lending money to a borrower (government, corporation, or entity) in exchange for predetermined interest payments and return of the principal at maturity.
Introduction
- Fixed income investments are debt securities that provide a fixed stream of income to investors.
- Investors lend money to a borrower (government, corporation, or other entity) in exchange for predetermined interest payments and the return of the principal amount at maturity.
How It Works?
- Companies and governments issue debt securities to raise money for day-to-day operations or large projects.
- These fixed-income instruments pay a predetermined interest rate to investors, who, in turn, lend their money.
- Investors receive repayment of the original investment amount at maturity, also known as the principal.
Key Characteristics of Fixed Income Securities
- Fixed interest payments- Investors receive regular interest payments based on a predetermined rate.
- Maturity date- The principal amount is repaid on a specific future date.
- Credit risk- The risk that the borrower may default on their obligations.
- Interest rate risk- Changes in interest rates affect the investment's value.
Types of Fixed Income Products
- Treasury bills- Short-term fixed income securities that mature within a year and don't pay coupon payments.
- Treasury notes- Fixed-income securities with maturities between 2 and 10 years, paying a fixed interest rate, and sold in multiples of $100.
- Treasury bonds- Function similarly to treasury notes, but mature in 20 or 30 years and are sold in multiples of $100.
- Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS)- Protect investors from inflation; the principal amount adjusts with inflation.
- Municipal bonds- Government-issued, but backed by a state, municipality, or country, instead of the federal government.
- Corporate bonds- Vary in terms of price and interest rate based on the stability and creditworthiness of the issuing company. Higher credit ratings usually result in lower coupon rates.
- Junk bonds or high-yield bonds- Corporate bonds offering a higher coupon rate due to a higher risk of default.
Bond Fundamentals
- Fixed Income Security- Borrower agrees to make income payments fixed by contract.
- Bonds (debt obligations)- Borrower makes interest payments.
- Preferred Stock- An equity issue with fixed income payments (dividends).
- Term to Maturity- The date when the debt ends (exact date). The term denotes the number of years until then.
- Par Value- The amount an issuer agrees to pay at maturity.
- Coupon- Periodic interest payment made to bondholders.
- Coupon Rate- The interest rate, typically paid semiannually for US issues. Multiplying by par value yields the dollar value of the coupon.
- Zero-coupon bonds- No periodic interest payments; principal and interest paid at term.
- Floating rate security- Coupon rate is reset periodically.
Municipal Securities
- Obligations of state and local governments.
- Structures are either serial maturity or term maturity.
- Serial maturity- Portion of debt is retired each year.
- Term Maturity- Debt retired in maturities ranging from 20-40 years, with a sinking fund provision beginning 5-10 years before maturity.
- Types of municipal securities:
- General obligation bonds
- Revenue bonds
- Hybrid bonds
General Obligation Bonds
- Secured by the issuer's unlimited taxing power.
- Limited-tax general obligation bonds are backed by taxes with a limited revenue source.
- Full faith and credit obligations are used by larger issuers with access to taxes beyond property taxes.
- Double-barreled revenue source includes fees, grants, etc. as well as taxing power.
Revenue Bonds
- Issued for project or enterprise financing; the revenues from the project are promised to bondholders.
- Examples: airports, universities, sports complexes, and water revenue bonds.
- All revenues are placed in a revenue fund with disbursements to funds covering:
- Operation and maintenance fund
- Sinking fund
- Debt service reserve fund
- Renewal and replacement fund
- Reserve maintenance fund
- Surplus fund
Hybrid Bond Securities
- Insured bonds- Backed by insurance policies in addition to the credit of the municipal issuer.
- Refunded bonds or prefunded bonds- Initially issued as general obligation bonds or revenue bonds, now secured by an escrow fund consisting of U.S. government obligations.
Eurobonds
- Underwritten by an international syndicate.
- Offered simultaneously to investors in several countries.
- Issued outside the jurisdiction of any single country.
- Primarily traded in the OTC market.
- Types of Eurobonds:
- Euro straights - fixed rate coupon bond with annual coupons
- Dual currency issues - interest and principal are paid in different currencies
- Convertible Eurobond - can be converted to another asset
Preferred Stock
- Not a debt instrument, but a senior security with dividends set as a percentage of par value (dividend rate).
- Dividends are a distribution of earnings, and 70% of dividend income is exempt from federal taxation if the recipient is qualified.
- Preferred returns to holders are fixed.
- Preferred holders have priority over common stockholders for dividends and liquidation and distribution.
- Types of preferred stock:
- Cumulative preferred- Dividends accrue until fully paid if the issuer cannot make a payment.
- Non-cumulative preferred- Dividends are not accumulated if the issuer cannot make a payment.
- Perpetual preferred- Issues without a maturity date.
Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Instead of dividing cash flow proportionately, they distribute principal and interest unequally among classes.
- Principal and interest are divided between two classes.
Asset-Backed Securities
- Securities backed by:
- Credit card receivables
- Auto loans
- Home equity loans
- Manufactured housing loans
Credit Risk
- In analyzing the risk of asset-backed securities, factors include:
- Credit rating of the collateral.
- Quality of the seller/servicer.
- Cash flow stress and payment structure.
- Legal structure.
How to Invest in Fixed Income
- Individual bonds, fixed-income mutual funds (bond funds), and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) provide exposure to various bonds and debt instruments.
- ETFs are more accessible and cost-effective for individual investors.
- Investors can use laddering strategies – investing in a series of short-term bonds with different maturities for steady interest income.
Major Assets Class, Fixed Income Securities
- Asset classes:
- Fixed income securities
- Equity
- Cash and cash equivalents
- Real estate
- Derivatives
Calculating Bond Values: Yield to Maturity and Duration
- Calculating Yield to Maturity (YTM) involves finding the annualized rate of return on a bond held until maturity.
- The formula considers the coupon payment, face value of the bond, current market price, and the number of compounding periods.
- Duration measures a bond's price sensitivity to interest rate changes.
- It's expressed in years and represents the weighted average time until cash flows are received.
Yield to Maturity (YTM)
- Represents the annualized rate of return investors expect to earn if they hold a bond until its maturity date, presuming all coupon payments are reinvested at the same rate.
- A widely used metric to compare the attractiveness of different bonds.
Calculating YTM Formula
- YTM = [C + (FV - PV) / N] / [(FV + PV) / 2]
- C = Coupon payment
- FV = Face value of the bond
- PV = Bond's current market price
- N = Number of compounding periods
Duration
- Measures a bond's price sensitivity to interest rate changes.
- Expressed in years.
- Weighted average time until a bond's cash flows are received.
Managing Interest Rate Risk in Fixed Income
- Diversification
- Duration
- Hedging
- Active Monitoring
- Yield Curve Analysis
Diversification
- A strategy whereby companies expand their businesses to help them expand into new products or markets.
- Aims to promote financial security, industry growth and also help the companies in acquiring a larger audience.
Duration
- Investing strategy focusing on bonds with a high duration value.
- Investors are likely to buy long-term bonds with a long time until maturity to increase the risk of interest rate changes.
Hedging
- Risk management strategy to offset losses by taking an opposite position in a related asset.
- Reduction in risk typically means a reduction in potential profits.
Active Monitoring
- Ensures H&S standards are correct in the workplace to prevent accidents or incidents.
- Active monitoring refers to inspections and audits to detect and prevent adverse events before they occur.
Yield Curve Analysis
- Trading strategy that involves buying long-term bonds early before they mature to profit from declining yields.
- Investors hope to achieve capital gains using this strategy.
Behavioral Finance and Investor Psychology
- Behavioral finance- A sub-field of behavioral economics.
- Explains stock market anomalies like severe rises and falls in stock price.
- Explains why people make certain financial choices.
- Assumes information structure and characteristics of market participants systematically influence individuals' investment decisions.
Characteristics of Behavioral Finance
- Heuristics
- Framing
- Emotions
- Market impact
Heuristics
- Mental shortcuts that simplify complex judgments.
- Investors use these shortcuts to decide.
Framing
- How choices are presented strongly influences perceptions.
- Choices depend on how questions are framed, even if objective facts remain unchanged.
Emotions
- Emotions and related unconscious needs, fantasies, and fears drive human decisions.
- Affect decision-making strategies significantly.
Market Impact
- Standard finance assumes investors' mistakes don't affect market prices if prices deviate from fundamental value.
- Rational investors capitalize on mispricing for profit.
Explaining Biases
- Loss aversion
- Belief perseverance
- Anchoring
- Overconfidence
- Representativeness
- Confirmation Bias
- Self Attribution Bias
- Hindsight Bias
- Escalation Bias
Loss Aversion
- Investors tend to hold onto losing investments longer than winners.
- Loss aversion refers to the tendency for people to prefer avoiding losses rather than acquiring equivalent gains.
Belief Perseverance
- People hold onto their opinions too firmly and for too long.
Anchoring
- Individuals estimating something start with an arbitrary value, adjusting from that point.
Overconfidence
- Analysts overestimate growth rates for growth companies, overemphasize good news, and ignore negative news.
Representativeness
- Analysts overestimate growth rates for growth companies, overemphasize good news, and ignore negative news.
Confirmation Bias
- Investors search for and favor information supporting existing opinions and decisions.
Self Attribution Bias
- People attribute success to their abilities but blame failure on external factors.
Hindsight Bias
- After an event, people believe they predicted it.
Escalation Bias
- Investors continue to invest more in failed projects because they feel responsible for the failure.
Fusion Investing
- Combines fundamental value with investor sentiment in investment valuation.
Elements of Investment Valuation
- Fundamental value- The objective, rational component of an asset's valuation; based on economic and financial data.
- Investor sentiment- The subjective, emotional component of investment activity, leading to price deviations from intrinsic value.
Strategies
- Self-awareness
- Diversification
- Long-term perspective
- Professional advice
Self-awareness
- Being aware of cognitive biases and emotional tendencies.
- Avoiding impulsive decisions.
Diversification
- Spreading investments across different asset classes to reduce risk and minimize the impact of individual investment performance.
Long-term perspective
- Focusing on long-term goals and avoiding short-term market fluctuations.
Professional advice
- Seeking objective guidance from financial advisors to develop sound investment plans.
Portfolio Rebalancing and Optimization
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Rebalancing- Adjusting a portfolio's asset allocations to match an investor's risk tolerance and desire for reward.
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Portfolio optimization- Constructing an investment portfolio to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
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Methods of portfolio optimization:
- Modern portfolio theory
- Mean-variance optimization
- Black-Litterman Model
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- Risk Parity
Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)
- Based on the idea that investors can balance risk and return by diversifying investments across different assets.
Mean-Variance Optimization
- A method of portfolio optimization using MPT; seeks to construct portfolios that maximize expected returns for a given level of risk.
Black-Litterman Model
- Based on Bayesian statistics, this approach identifies investor views on expected returns of various assets.
- These views are used to construct portfolios that maximize returns while minimizing risk.
Monte Carlo Simulation
- A method of portfolio optimization that uses random sampling to estimate probability distributions for asset class or security returns.
Risk Parity
- A portfolio optimization method that aims to achieve an equal risk contribution from each asset class or security.
Factors Affecting Portfolio Optimization
- Risk tolerance
- Investment time horizon
- Market conditions
- Asset class selection
- Correlation and covariance
Portfolio Optimization Tools and Software
- Excel Solver
- Portfolio Optimization Software
- Algorithmic Trading Platforms
- Robo-advisors
Benefits and Challenges in Portfolio Optimization
- Benefits:
- Maximize Returns
- Minimize Risk
- Achieve Diversification
- Reduce Transaction Costs
- Challenges:
- Data quality and availability
- Model assumptions and limitations
- Changing market conditions
- Behavioral biases
Applications of Portfolio Optimization
- Asset allocation
- Risk management
- Performance evaluation
- Portfolio rebalancing
Portfolio Evaluation
- Benchmark comparison- Comparing the portfolio's performance to the market or similar portfolios.
- Attribution analysis- Identifying the sources of a portfolio's performance.
- Risk assessment- Assessing the level of risk a portfolio holds.
Key Performance Metrics
- Absolute Return Measures:
- Total Return
- Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
- Risk-Adjusted Return Measures:
- Sharpe Ratio
- Treynor Ratio
- Jensen's Alpha
- Information Ratio
Composite Portfolio Performance Measures
- Sharpe Ratio
- Jensen's Alpha
- Treynor Ratio
- Information Ratio
Strategies for Investing Abroad
- Direct investment
- Mutual Funds/ETFs
- Foreign-listed ADRs
Currency Diversification
- Reduces risk by spreading investments across multiple currencies to lessen the impact of currency movements.
- Opportunities to capitalize on currency appreciation.
Geographic Diversification
- Spreading investments across different countries and regions.
- Reduces exposure to specific economic downturns and political instability.
- Access to growth opportunities in emerging and developing markets.
Types of Diversification
- Diversifying Across Asset Classes- Equities (publicly traded companies); Bonds (debt issued by government or corporations); Real Estate (income properties); Commodities (raw materials).
- Diversified Portfolio Example- Portfolio is broken into segments: Diversified Commodities (5%); Diversified Bonds (10%); Diversified Real Estate (15%); Foreign Emerging Stocks (10%); Foreign Developed Stocks (15%); US Large-Cap Stocks (25%); US Small-Cap Stocks (20%).
Monitoring and Rebalancing an International Portfolio - Maintaining a well-diversified international portfolio.
- Market performance
- Rebalancing
- Risk tolerance
Conclusion and Key Takeaways
- Portfolio diversification provides significant advantages.
- Expand investment opportunities by accessing global markets.
- Reduce portfolio risk by diversifying assets and economies.
- Enhance potential returns by taking advantage of growth opportunities globally.
Specific Investment Securities
- U.S. Treasury Securities:
- Bills
- Notes
- Bonds
- TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities)
- Municipal Securities:
- General obligation bonds
- Revenue bonds
- Hybrid bonds
- Federal Agency Securities:
- Government-sponsored enterprises securities market
- Federally related institutions securities
- Government-sponsored enterprises securities:
- Federal Farm Credit Bank System
- Farm Credit Financial Assistance Corporation
- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
- Federal National Mortgage Association
- Federal Home Loan Bank
- Financing Corporation (FDIC)
- Resolution Trust Corporation
- Student Loan Marketing Association
- Corporate Bonds
- Types:Embedded option; Bare option; Term bonds (bullet); Serial bonds; Medium-term notes
- EuroBonds
- Types: Euro straights; Dual currency issues; Convertible Eurobond
- Revenue Bonds
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