Portfolio Revision

It involves changing existing mix of securities. This

can be done by changing the securities currently
included in portfolio or by
altering the proportion of funds invested in
securities.
It leads to purchases & sales of securities
Objective of portfolio revision is to maximizing the
return for a given level of risk or minimization the risk
for the given level of return
Need for Portfolio Revision
Availability of additional funds for investments
Change in risk tolerance
Change in investment goals
Need to liquidate a part of the portfolio to
provide funds for some alternative use
Constraints of Portfolio Revision
Transaction Cost
Taxes
Statutory Stipulation
Intrinsic Difficulty
Portfolio Revision Strategies
Active Revision Strategy
Passive Revision Strategy
Active management
It is one in which the composition of
the portfolio is dynamic
The portfolio manager periodically
changes:
The portfolio components or
The components proportion within the
portfolio
Passive Management Strategy
It is a process of holding a well
diversified portfolio for a long term
with buy and hold approach. It refers
to the investors attempt to construct
a portfolio that resembles the overall
market returns.
Formula Plans
It consists of predetermined rules regarding
when to buy or sell & how much to buy or
sell. These predetermined rules call for
specified actions when there are changes in
the securities market.
Investment funds
i). Aggressive (Equity shares)
ii). Conservative or defensive (bonds &
debentures).
Assumptions
Investor fund allocated to Fixed
Income securities and Common Stocks
PF Aggressive in Low Market &
Defensive when market is rising
Stocks are bought and sold change in
Prices
Follow one formula which he chosen
Select the good stocks
Types of Formula Plans
Rupee Cost Averaging Plan
Constant Rupee Plan
Constant Ratio Plan
Variable Ratio Plan
Rupee Cost Averaging Plan
Passive long term strategy
The investor should select regular
commitment of buying shares ate
regular intervals.
Rupee Cost Average Plan
Quarters
Price
(Rs.)
shares
Bought
Total
No. of
Share
s
Invest.
(Rs)
Cum.
Invest.
Mkt.
Value
Un
realize
d
Profits
(Rs.)
Averag
e Cost
(Rs.)
Avg.
Price
(Rs.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (2x4) 8 [ 7-6] 9 [ 6/ 4 ] 10
15.1. 06 112 90 90 10080 10080 10080 ---- 112 112
15.4. 06 142.5 70 160 9975 20055 22800 2745 125.3 127
15.7. 06 162 62 222 10044 30099 35964 5865 135.6 139
15.10.0
6 130 77 299 10010 40109 38870 (1239) 134.1 137
15.01.
07 152 66 365 10032 50141 55480 5339 137.4 140
Constant Rupee Plan
Two Portfolios Aggressive &
Conservative
It enables the shift of investment
from bonds to stocks and vice-versa
by maintaining a constant amount
invested in the stock portion of
portfolio.
Constant Rupee Plan
Period
Mkt.
Price
(Rs)
Total No. of
Shares
Value of Stock
Portfolio
Value of
Defensive
Portfolio Total
1 50 200 10000 10000 20000
2 44 200 8800 10000 18800
3 40 200 8000 10000 18000
4 40 250 10000 8000 18000
Bought 50 Shares
5 44 250 11000 8000 19000
6 50 250 12500 8000 20500
7 50 250 10000 10500 20500
Sold 50 Shares
Constant Ratio Plan
It attempts to maintain a constant
ratio between the aggressive and
conservative portfolios. It is fixed by
the Investor.
Attitude towards Risk
Constant Ratio Plan
Mkt. Price
(Rs)
Total
No. of
Shares
Value
of Stock
Portfolio
Value of
Defensive
Portfolio
Total PF
Value
Ratio of Stock
Portion to Defensive
Portion
50 100 5000 5000 10000 1
48 100 4800 5000 9800 0.96
45 100 4500 5000 9500 0.9
Rs. 248 transferred form bond portion and 5.5 shares purchased
45 105.5 4748 4752 9499.5 1
40.5 105.5 4273 4752 9024.75 0.9
Bought 5.9 shares by transferring Rs.239 from bond portion
40.5 111.4 4512 4511 9023 1
44.5 111.4 4957 4511 9468 1.1
5 Shares are sold and invested in bonds to make the equal 1:1
Variable Ratio Plan
At various levels of market price, the
proportions of the stocks and bonds
change. Whenever the price of the
stock increases, the stocks are sold
and new ratio is adopted by
increasing the proportion of defensive
or conservative portfolio.
Long term trend estimation
Variable Ratio Plan
Share
Price
(Rs.)
Value of
Stock
Portfolio
Value of
Defensive
Portfolio
Total
PF
Value
Ratio of
Stock
Portion to
Defensive
Portion
PF
Adjustm
ent
Shares
in
Stock
Portion
100 10000 10000 20000 50 --- 100
90 9000 10000 19000 47.4 --- 100
80 8000 10000 18000 44.4 --- 100
80 12640 5400 18040 70.1 Bought 58 158

90 14220 5400 19620 72.5 158

100 15800 5400 21200 74.5
Sold 50
Shares 158
100 10800 10800 21600 50.0 108
Costs of Revision
Trading fees
Market impact
Management time
Tax implications
Window dressing
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Trading Fees
Commissions
Transfer taxes
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Market Impact
The market impact of placing the
trade is the change in market price
purely because of executing the trade
Market impact is a real cost of trading
Market impact is especially
pronounced for shares with modest
daily trading volume
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Management Time
Most portfolio managers handle more
than one account
Rebalancing several dozen portfolios
is time consuming
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Tax Implications
Individual investors and corporate
clients must pay taxes on the realized
capital gains associated with the sale
of a security
Tax implications are usually not a
concern for tax-exempt organizations
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Window Dressing
Window dressing refers to cosmetic
changes made to a portfolio near the
end of a reporting period
Portfolio managers may sell losing
stocks at the end of the period to
avoid showing them on their fund
balance sheets
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