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Chap 007
Chap 007
• Market risk
– Systematic or nondiversifiable
• Firm-specific risk
– Diversifiable or nonsystematic
rp wr
D D
wEr E
rP Portfolio Return
wD Bond Weight
rD Bond Return
wE Equity Weight
rE Equity Return
E ( rp ) wD E ( rD ) wE E (rE )
w w 2wD wE CovrD , rE
2
p
2
D
2
D
2
E
2
E
2
= Variance of Security D
D
2
= Variance of Security E
E
Covariance
Cov(rD,rE) = DEDE
E = Standard deviation of
returns for Security E
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Correlation Coefficients
• When ρDE = 1, there is no diversification
P wE E wD D
Three-Asset Portfolio
E ( rp ) w1 E ( r1 ) w2 E ( r2 ) w3 E ( r3 )
Correlation Effects
• The amount of possible risk reduction
through diversification depends on the
correlation.
• The risk reduction potential increases as
the correlation approaches -1.
– If = +1.0, no risk reduction is possible.
E ( rP ) rf
SP
P
• The slope is also the Sharpe ratio.
Figure 7.7 The Opportunity Set of the Debt and Equity Funds
with the Optimal CAL and the Optimal Risky Portfolio
j i
2 1 2 n 1
P Cov
n n
Risk Sharing
• As risky assets are added to the portfolio, a
portion of the pool is sold to maintain a risky
portfolio of fixed size.
• Risk sharing combined with risk pooling is the
key to the insurance industry.
• True diversification means spreading a portfolio
of fixed size across many assets, not merely
adding more risky bets to an ever-growing risky
portfolio.
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