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Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management: Gareth Myles
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management: Gareth Myles
Portfolio Management
Lecture 1
Gareth Myles
Website
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module website is
people.ex.ac.uk/gdmyles/GDM.html
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A complete set of notes
Powerpoint slides
Exercises
Solutions
Assessments/Assignments
Past exams
The
Financial Data
Many
And Losses
Variability
The
Variability
Variability
Variability
Variability
Today
Overview
This
Two
Overview
Real
Financial
Financial Investment
There
Markets
A market
Or
Markets
Characteristics of Markets
There
The
Characteristics of Markets
Trades
firms
Trades on the secondary market do not raise
additional capital for firms
The secondary market is still important
Characteristics of Markets
A second
of trading
Call/continuous
Characteristics of Markets
Markets
Some
Brokers
A broker
is a representative appointed by an
individual investor
Brokers have two conflicting roles
An advisor: a broker can offer investment advice
and information
A sales person: brokers are rewarded through
commission and have an incentive to encourage
trade
A full-service
Brokers
A
Securities
Securities
Money
market securities
1.
Treasury Bills
Securities
New 91- and 182- day T-bills are issued weekly, by
auction whereas 52-week T-bills are issued
monthly.
An active secondary market with very low
transactions costs exists for trading T-bills
T-bills are sold at a discount from face value and
pay no explicit interest payments.
T-bills
Securities
Capital
1.
market securities
Securities
Fixed
Securities
1.1
1.2
Corporate bonds
Securities
2.
Securities
3.
Derivative instruments
Securities
3.2 A future is the obligation to buy or sell a
particular security or bundle of securities at a
particular time for a stated price
A future is simply a delayed purchase or sale of a
security
3.3 The corporation can issue contingent claims.
Corporate-issued contingent claims include rights
and warrants, which allow the holder to purchase
common stocks from the corporation at a set price
for a particular period of time
Securities
5.
Indirect investing
Return
Return
V1 V0
r
V0
V1 V0
r
100
V0
Return
Example
An
Example
12500 10000
r
100 25%
10000
An
Creditworthiness
The
Priority
Bond
Liquidity
Liquidity
Underlying Activities
The
Use
a. Technical analysis the examination of past prices for
trends
b. Fundamental analysis true value based on future
expected returns
Portfolio Construction
Identify
assets
Choose extent of diversification
4.
Portfolio Evaluation
Assess
5.
Portfolio Revision
Repeat
Limit
This
of Order
Market
uncertain
execution certain
Limit
a
maximum if buying
a minimum if selling
execution uncertain
price certain
of Order
or
A maximum price is placed above the stop-price for a buy
Price is certain within a range
Execution is uncertain
Margin Account
A margin
For
Margin Account
Margin
Purchase
Initial
margin requirement
Actual
margin
Margin Account
A margin
A margin
If
on margin purchase
Total
Return
is increased
if price falls
40 - 50
Cash Re turn
20%
50
Short Sales
A short
own
This is achieved by borrowing share
certificates from someone else
The borrowing process is arranged by a broker
To allow shares to be borrowed the broker
either
a. Uses shares held in street name
b. Borrows from another broker
Short Sales
Broker
Provides
margin
Lends
stock
Pays
price
Told C
owns stock
Receives
stock
Short
Initial
Buyer
Seller A
Owner B
Firm
Broker
Cash for
dividends
Dividends, reports,
voting rights
Reports
Short
Initial
Buyer
Seller A
Owner B
Firm
Dividends, reports,
voting rights
Short Sales
Margin
There