Lecture Evaluating Risk Return
Lecture Evaluating Risk Return
Lecture Evaluating Risk Return
Expected Retur
Return ns
Expected Retur
Return ns
High variance
investment
Expected
Return
Return Distribution
Comparison
Adjusted Closing prices of IBM
250
200
150
Adj Close
100
50
Returns of IBM
0.15
0.1
Returns
0.05
-0.05
-0.1
Calculation of Risk using Historical
Returns-- IBM
t n
(R t Average return) 2
Semi variance
t 1 n
Q. Unicom is a regulated utility serving northern Illinois. The
following table lists the stock prices and dividends on Unicom
from 1989 to 1998.
Years Price Dividends
1989 $36.10 $3.00
1990 33.60 3.00
1991 37.80 3.00
1992 30.90 2.30
1993 26.80 1.60
1994 24.80 1.60
1995 31.60 1.60
1996 28.50 1.60
1997 24.25 1.60
1998 35.60 1.60
Required: (a) Estimate the average annual return you would have
made on your investment.
(b) Estimate the standard variance and variance in annual returns.
A Breakdown of Risk
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Total Risk = Un-diversifiable risk +
Total Risk (Variance) of Portfolio
Diversifiable risk
Total Risk
Unique risks
(unsystematic)
Market risks
(systematic)
Number of securities
Beta () of an Asset
The Beta of an asset, is a market-sensitivity measure
It is a measure of the variability of that asset relative to the
variability of the market as a whole
Thus it is an index of the systematic risk of an asset.
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Capital Asset Pricing Model
(CAPM)
According to CAPM, the expected return on an asset, i, is related to
the risk of the asset as follows:-
E ( Ri ) R f i [ E ( Rm ) R f ]
Where,
E(Ri) = Expected rate of return on asset i, or the assets RRR