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CHAPTER 5
◼ Stand-alone risk
◼ Portfolio risk
◼ Risk & return: CAPM / SML
5-1
Investment returns
5-2
What is investment risk?
5-3
Selected Realized Returns,
1926 – 2008
Average Standard
Return Deviation
Small-company stocks 17.3% 33.2%
Large-company stocks 12.7 20.2
L-T corporate bonds 6.1 8.6
L-T government bonds 5.7 9.4
U.S. Treasury bills 3.9 3.2
5-4
Investment alternatives
5-5
Why is the T-bill return independent of the
economy? Do T-bills promise a completely risk-
free return?
◼ T-bills will return the promised 8%, regardless of the
economy.
5-6
How do the returns of HT and Coll. behave in
relation to the market?
5-7
Return: Calculating the expected return for each
alternative
^
R=expected
rateofreturn
R=Ri Pi
^ n
i=1
^
kHT=(-22.%)
(0.1)+(-2%)
(0.2)
+(20%)(0.4)+(35%)(0.2)
+(50%)(0.1)=17.4%
5-8
Summary of expected returns for
all alternatives
Exp return
HT 17.4%
Market 15.0%
USR 13.8%
T-bill 8.0%
Coll. 1.7%
=Standard
deviation
= Variance
= 2
(k −kˆ) P
n
= i
2
i
i=1
5-10
Standard deviation calculation
i Pi
n
=
^
(k −k)2
i=1
(8.0-8.0)(0.1)+(8.0-8.0)(0.2)
1
2 2 2
T−bills=+(8.0-8.0)2(0.4)+(8.0-8.0)2(0.2)
+(8.0-8.0)2(0.1)
T−bills=0.0% Coll=13.4%
HT =20.0% USR=18.8%
M =15.3%
5-11
Comparing risk and return
5-12