Return and Risk Returns – Nominal vs. Real Holding Period Return Multi-period Return Return Distribution Historical Record Risk and Return
Investments 72 Real vs. Nominal Rate Real vs. Nominal Rate – Exact Calculation: R: nominal interest rate (in monetary terms) r: real interest rate (in purchasing powers) i: inflation rate Approximation (low inflation): Example 8% nominal rate, 5% inflation, real rate? Exact: Approximation:
Investments 73 Single Period Return Holding Period Return: Percentage gain during a period HPR: holding period return P 0 : beginning price P 1 : ending price D 1 : cash dividend Example You bought a stock at $20. A year later, the stock price appreciates to $24. You also receive a cash dividend of $1 during the year. What’s the HPR? P0P0 P 1 +D 1 t = 0t = 1
Investments 74 Multi-period Return: APR vs. EAR APR – arithmetic average EAR – geometric average T: length of a holding period (in years) HPR: holding period return APR and EAR relationship
Investments 75 Multi-period Return - Examples Example 1 25-year zero-coupon Treasury Bond Example 2 What’s the APR and EAR if monthly return is 1%
Investments 76 Return (Probability) Distribution Moments of probability distribution Mean: measure of central tendency Variance or Standard Deviation (SD): measure of dispersion – measures RISK Median: measure of half population point Return Distribution Describe frequency of returns falling to different levels
Investments 77 Risk and Return Measures You decide to invest in IBM, what will be your return over next year? Scenario Analysis vs. Historical Record Scenario Analysis:
Investments 78 Risk and Return Measures Scenario Analysis and Probability Distribution Expected Return Return Variance Standard Deviation (“Risk”)
Investments 79 Risk and Return Measures More Numerical Analysis Using Excel
Investments 710 Risk and Return Measures Example Current stock price $ Forecast by analysts: optimistic analysts (7): $35 target and $4.4 dividend neutral analysts (6): $27 target and $4 dividend pessimistic analysts (7): $15 target and $4 dividend Expected HPR? Standard Deviation?
Investments 711 Historical Record Annual HPR of different securities Risk premium = asset return – risk free return Real return = nominal return – inflation From historical record Risk Premium and Real Return are based on APR, i.e. arithmetic average
Investments 712 Risk and Horizon S&P 500 Returns 1970 – 2005 How do they compare* ? Mean0.0341*260 = 8.866% Std. Dev *260 = % SURPRISED??? DailyYearly Mean0.0341%Mean8.9526% Std. Dev %Std. Dev % * There is approximately 260 working days in a year
Investments 713 Consecutive Returns It is accepted that stock returns are independent across time Consider 260 days of returns r 1,…, r 260 Means: E(r year ) = E(r 1 ) + … + E(r 260 ) Variances vs. Standard Deviations: (r year ) (r 1 ) + … + (r 260 ) Var(r year ) = Var(r 1 ) + … + Var(r 260 )
Investments 714 Consecutive Returns Volatility Daily volatility seems to be disproportionately huge! S&P 500 Calculations Daily:Var(r day ) = ^2 = Yearly:Var(r year ) = *260 = Yearly: Bottom line: Short-term risks are big, but they “cancel out” in the long run!
Investments 715 Accounting for Risk - Sharpe Ratio Reward-to-Variability (Sharpe) Ratio E[r] – r f - Risk Premium r – r f - Excess Return Sharpe ratio for a portfolio: or
Investments 716 Normality Assumption The normality assumption for simple returns is reasonable if the horizon is not too short (less than a month) or too long (decades).
Investments 717 Other Measures of Risk - Value at Risk Term coined at J.P. Morgan in late 1980s Alternative risk measurement to variance, focusing on the potential for large losses VaR statements are typically made in $ and pertain to a particular investment horizon, e.g. –“Under normal market conditions, the most the portfolio can lose over a month is $2.5 million at the 95% confidence level”
Investments 718 Wrap-up What is the holding period return? What are the major ways of calculating multi-period returns? What are the important moments of a probability distribution? How do we measure risk and return?