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Defining Return
Income received on an investment plus any change in market price, usually expressed as a percent of the beginning market price of the investment.
The owner of an investment has the right to any cash flows paid by the investment. The owner of an investment receives the benefit of increases in value and bears the risk for any decreases in value.
Income Returns
Cash payments, usually received regularly over the life of the investment. Examples: Coupon interest payments from bonds, Common and preferred stock dividend payments.
Investors also experience capital gains or losses as the value of their investment changes over time. For example, a stock may pay a $1 dividend while its value falls from $30 to $25 over the same time period.
Measuring Returns
Dollar Returns
How much money was made on an investment over some period of time? Total Dollar Return = Income + Price Change
By dividing the Total Dollar Return by the Purchase Price (or Beginning Price), we can better gauge a return by incorporating the size of the investment made in order to get the dollar return.
Return Example
The stock price for Stock A was $10 per share 1 year ago. The stock is currently trading at $9.50 per share, and shareholders just received a $1 dividend. What return was earned over the past year?
For a Treasury security, what is the required rate of return? Required rate of = return
For a Treasury security, what is the required rate of return? Required Risk-free rate of = rate of return return
Since Treasurys are essentially free of default risk, the rate of return on a Treasury security is considered the risk-free rate of return.
For a corporate stock or bond, what is the required rate of return? Required rate of = return
For a corporate stock or bond, what is the required rate of return? Required Risk-free rate of = rate of return return
For a corporate stock or bond, what is the required rate of return? Required Risk-free rate of = rate of return return
Risk + Premium
Returns
Expected
Return - the return that an investor expects to earn on an asset, given its price, growth potential, etc.
Return - the return that actually received or earned by investor.
Realized
RELATIVE RETURN
Relative Return = Total Return + 1
Relative Return =
Dt + (Pt - Pt-1 )
+1
Pt-1
Relative Return =
Dt + Pt
Pt-1
ADJUSTED RETURN
Return adjusted by inflation
RIA =
(1 + R ) (1 + IF)
-1
r= Ri 6% i Example: r 3%, =
R = 9% = 3% + 6% or r = 9% - 6% = 3% r = (R - i) / (1 + i) = (9%-6%) / (1.06) = 2.83%
R r E (i )
R(1 t ) i (r i)(1 t ) i r (1 t ) it
Annualized Returns
If we have return or income/price change information over a time period in excess of one year, we usually want to annualize the rate of return in order to facilitate comparisons with other investment returns. We typically express all investment as an effective annual rate (EAR)
Examples:
Suppose prices of zero coupon bond
treasuries with $100 face value and various maturities are as follows:
Horizon, T Price
Half-year 1 year 25 years $97.36 $95.52 $23.30
Total Return
(100/97.36) 1 (100/95.52) 1 (100/23.30) 1 0.0271 0.0469 3.2918
EAR
5.49% ? 6.0%
1 EAR 1 rf (T )
1/ T
RG = [P(Return Relatives)]1/n 1
R is the expected return for the asset, Ri is the return for the ith possibility, Pi is the probability of that return occurring, n is the total number of possibilities.
Expected Return
State of Probability Return Economy (P) Comp. A Comp. B Recession .20 4% -10% Normal .50 10% 14% Boom .30 14% 30% For each firm, the expected return on the stock is just a weighted average:
Expected Return
State of Probability Return Economy (P) Comp. A Comp. B Recession .20 4% -10% Normal .50 10% 14% Boom .30 14% 30% For each firm, the expected return on the stock is just a weighted average:
R = P1*R1 + P2*R2 + ...+ Pn*Rn
Expected Return
State of Probability Economy (P) Recession .20 Normal .50 Boom .30 Return
Comp. A Comp. B
4% 10% 14%
Expected Return
State of Probability Economy (P) Recession .20 Normal .50 Boom .30 Return
Comp. A Comp. B
4% 10% 14%
Based only on your expected return calculations, which stock would you prefer?
RISK?
Defining Risk
The variability of returns from those that are expected.
What rate of return do you expect on your investment (savings) this year? What rate will you actually earn? Does it matter if it is a bank CD or a share of stock?
Defining Risk
The possibility that an actual return will differ from our expected return. Uncertainty in the distribution of possible outcomes.
What is Risk?
Uncertainty in the distribution of possible outcomes.
Company A
0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 4 8 12
return
What is Risk?
Uncertainty in the distribution of possible outcomes.
Company A
0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 4 8 12
0.2 0.18 0.16 0.14 0.12 0.1 0.08 0.06 0.04 0.02 0 -10 -5
Company B
10
15
20
25
30
return
return
What is risk?
Risk is the uncertainty associated with the return on an investment. Risk can impact all components of return through:
Fluctuations in income returns; Fluctuations in price changes of the investment; Fluctuations in reinvestment rates of return.
Risk Sources
Interest Rate Risk
Affects income return
Financial Risk
Tied to debt financing
Market Risk
Overall market effects
Liquidity Risk
Marketability with-out sale prices
Inflation Risk
Purchasing power variability
Business Risk
6-46
Risk Types
Two general types:
Systematic (general) risk
Pervasive, affecting all securities, cannot be avoided Interest rate or market or inflation risks
6-47
Standard Deviation
(Ri -
2 R)
Pi
i=1
Summary
Company A Company B
Expected Return
Standard Deviation
10%
3.46%
14%
13.86%
Risk
R is the expected return for the asset, Ri is the return for the ith observation, n is the total number of observations.
(n)
Note, this is for a continuous distribution where the distribution is for a population. R represents the population mean in this example.
Coefficient of Variation
The coefficient of variation is the ratio of the standard deviation divided by the return on the investment; it is a measure of risk per unit of return. CV = s/RA The higher the coefficient of variation, the riskier the investment.