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What is the expected return for Stock C calculated using CAPM?
What is the expected return for Stock C calculated using CAPM?
Which expected return is correct for Stock A?
Which expected return is correct for Stock A?
What is the expected return of the entire portfolio?
What is the expected return of the entire portfolio?
Which of the following is NOT a traditional technique in investment evaluation?
Which of the following is NOT a traditional technique in investment evaluation?
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What does a positive Net Present Value (NPV) indicate about a project?
What does a positive Net Present Value (NPV) indicate about a project?
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In Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, what aspects are typically considered?
In Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, what aspects are typically considered?
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Which statement about the Accounting Rate of Return is accurate?
Which statement about the Accounting Rate of Return is accurate?
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What are the primary uses of Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis?
What are the primary uses of Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis?
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What is the primary purpose of an optimal portfolio?
What is the primary purpose of an optimal portfolio?
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What does the efficient frontier represent in portfolio management?
What does the efficient frontier represent in portfolio management?
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What is the first step in building an optimal portfolio?
What is the first step in building an optimal portfolio?
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How can diversification impact portfolio management?
How can diversification impact portfolio management?
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What is the purpose of rebalancing a portfolio?
What is the purpose of rebalancing a portfolio?
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What characterizes the efficient set of portfolios?
What characterizes the efficient set of portfolios?
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What does the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) evaluate?
What does the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) evaluate?
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What is meant by the global minimum variance portfolio?
What is meant by the global minimum variance portfolio?
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What does the CAPM suggest about the relationship between risk and return?
What does the CAPM suggest about the relationship between risk and return?
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Which type of risk is associated with economy-wide events?
Which type of risk is associated with economy-wide events?
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Which of the following risks can be mitigated through diversification?
Which of the following risks can be mitigated through diversification?
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If the risk-free rate is 2% and the expected market return is 8%, what is the excess return?
If the risk-free rate is 2% and the expected market return is 8%, what is the excess return?
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How do you calculate the expected return of a stock using the CAPM?
How do you calculate the expected return of a stock using the CAPM?
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Given a stock with a beta of 1.5 and a market return of 8%, what would be the expected return if the risk-free rate is 2%?
Given a stock with a beta of 1.5 and a market return of 8%, what would be the expected return if the risk-free rate is 2%?
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What is the weight of Stock A in the given portfolio?
What is the weight of Stock A in the given portfolio?
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What is the expected return of the entire portfolio using CAPM based on the provided stocks?
What is the expected return of the entire portfolio using CAPM based on the provided stocks?
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Study Notes
Optimal Portfolio
- A portfolio is a collection of assets used to meet an investor's financial goals.
- An optimal portfolio balances risk and return according to the investor's plan.
- Efficient frontier: Shows the best possible portfolio returns for a given risk level or lowest risk for a given return.
- Diversification helps move portfolios towards the efficient frontier.
- Monitoring: Tracking each asset's performance in the portfolio.
- Rebalancing: Adjusting the portfolio to maintain the desired risk level.
- Market conditions: Adapting the portfolio based on economic and market trends.
- Investor objectives: Aligning investments with long-term financial goals.
Portfolio Selection
- Diversification is crucial for optimal risk management.
- There are an infinite number of possible portfolios of risky assets for analysis.
- Markowitz portfolio selection model: Used to identify optimal combinations of risky assets.
- Consider borrowing and lending possibilities.
- Choose the final portfolio based on return preferences relative to risk.
Efficient Portfolio
- Smallest portfolio risk for given expected return.
- Highest expected return for given portfolio risk.
- Efficient set: Subset of all possible portfolios.
- Lowest risk for given return level.
- All other attainable portfolios are dominated by the efficient set.
- Global minimum variance portfolio: Lowest risk within the efficient set.
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- CAPM: Used to determine if expected investment returns justify the associated risk.
- Expected return on the market: Rm + Market Risk Premium.
- Expected return on an individual security: Rf + Beta x (Rm – Rf).
Risk and Return (CAPM)
- Expected return on the Market (RM) and Market Risk Premium
- Expected return on an individual security (R): Rf + Beta × (RM – Rf)
Investment Evaluation Techniques
- Methods used to assess potential profitability of investment options.
- Traditional techniques: Payback period, accounting rate of return.
- Discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques: Net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR).
Stock Valuation
- Common stock valuation is more complex than bond valuation due to uncertainties in future cash flows.
- Intrinsic value: Theoretical value of a stock based on its fundamentals.
Industry and Company Analysis
- Industry analysis: Grouping companies by primary business activities.
- Industry is evaluated to understand competition, market position, and how factors (e.g., technology and demand) affect companies in that industry.
Types of Companies
- One-person company
- Private company
- Public company
Portfolio Performance Evaluation
- Comparing portfolio returns to other portfolios or benchmarks to evaluate effectiveness.
- Performance measurement: Accounting function measuring returns over a period.
- Performance evaluation: Determining if performance was due to skill or luck and analyzing factors contributing to performance.
- Risk assessment: Analyzing portfolio risk.
- Return assessment: Examining the portfolio's generated returns using absolute, relative and risk-adjusted figures
- Attribution analysis: Identifying sources of portfolio performance.
- Benchmark comparison: Comparing portfolio performance to benchmarks.
Behavioral Finance Theory and Concepts
- Behavioral finance: Field considering psychology's effects on financial decisions.
- Mental accounting: Assigning different valuations to the same amount of money.
- Prospect theory: Losses and gains are viewed differently and trigger different decision-making behaviors.
- Herd behavior: Mimicking the financial decisions of the majority.
- Anchoring: Using irrelevant information as a reference point for decisions.
- Self-attribution bias: Attributing success to personal skills while blaming others for failures.
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Explore the concepts of optimal portfolios and selection strategies in finance. Learn about risk and return balance, efficient frontier, and the importance of diversification. This quiz delves into the Markowitz portfolio selection model and monitoring techniques for managing investments effectively.
