Relationship between beta and stock returns Mayur Agrawal Varun Agrawal Debabrata Mohapatra Sung Kyun Park Vikas Yadav
Factor affecting stock returns Beta alone cannot explain differences in stock-returns. Other variables (e.g. size, book to market ratio, P/E ratio) have significant predictive ability. Ref: 1.Gabriel Hawawini, Donald B Keim, “The Cross Section of Common Stock Returns: A review of the evidence and some new findings” 2.Eugene E. Fama, Kenneth R. French, “ Common Risk Factors in the Returns on Stock and Bonds”
Portfolio Development Factors affecting stock returns Stock Beta Historical Stock Volatility Market Capitalization Price-to-book ratio
Beta Parameters: Past data for Beta calculation = 5 years Readjustment time = 1 year Analysis Duration = Dec 3, Dec 3, 2008 Relative Market Cap Weighted Return
Volatility
Portfolio allocation based on multiple parameters Sorting of stocks based on volatility
Re-sorting of each bin of stock based on beta
Volatility and Beta
Market Capitalization Stock Price *Number of shares outstanding
Market Cap and Beta
Beta portfolio subdivision