Risk & Return: Risk of A Portfolio-Uncertainty Main View Two Aspects
Risk & Return: Risk of A Portfolio-Uncertainty Main View Two Aspects
Risk & Return: Risk of A Portfolio-Uncertainty Main View Two Aspects
Risk of a Portfolio-Uncertainty
Diversifiable risk
Total risk
Market Risk
Total Risk
Combination of Systematic and unsystematic
risk of securities
Beta Coefficient or Beta
A relative measure of non-diversifiable risk. It
shows the degree and direction of movement
of an asset’s return in response to a given
change in the market return.
Market Return
The return on the market portfolio of all
traded securities.
Interpreting Betas
The beta coefficient for market is considered to
be equal to 1.0. All other betas are viewed to
this value. Asset betas me be positive or
negative, but positive betas are the norm.
Important note for the users of Beta
Kj = Rf + {bjX(Km - Rf)}
Where,
Kj = Required rate of return on asset j.
Rf= Risk free rate of return
Bj=beta coefficient of non-diversifiable risk on asset j.
Km= Market return, i.e. return on the Market
portfolio of all assets.
Example; Beximco Apparels Ltd. wants to
determine the required rate of return on an
asset Z, that has a beta of 1.5. The risk free
rate of return is 7%; the return on the market
portfolio of assets is 11%.
Required;
Calculate the required rate of return of asset
Z.
Security Market Line
Depiction of the CAPM in a graph that
represents the required rate of return of an
individual security at each level of beta
16
R SML
15
E
Q 14
U Kz 13
I 12
R 6% risk
E Km 11 premium
D 10 4% for Z
R 9 market security
A risk
8 premium
T
E Rf 7
O 6
F
5
R
E 4
T 3
U 2
R
N 1
0 .5 1 1.5 2
Systematic risk, b
Shift in the SML
Reasons for Shifting;
Inflationary Expectation
Example;
Basic equation;
Rf = K* + IP
Where, K* = constant rate of return
IP = Inflationary Pressure
Current Situation;
Rf= 2% + 5% = 7%
Projected situation
IP becomes 3% more, IP = 5%+3% = 8%
Revised Rf = 2% + 8% = 10%
Therefore,
Kj = Rf + {bX(Km-rf)}
Kj = 10% + 1.5X(14%-10%) *{Km=11%+3%=14%)
= 16%
Rm 16
SML2
15
14
Rm 13
SML
12
11
Rf 10
Rf 7
0 .5 1.0 1.5
Beta
Popular Sources of Risk affecting Financial Managers and shareholders
Risk Seeking
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Risk
Exercises-01
Beta & CAPM:
A project which is under consideration has a
beta, b, of 1.5. At this time, the risk-free rate
of return, Rf, is 7%, and market return, Km, is
10%.
The project is actually expected to earn an
annual rate of return of 11%.
a. if Km were to increase by 10%, what would
you expect to happen to the project’s expected
rate of return? What if the Km were to decline
by 10%?
b. Use the CAPM to find the RRR on this
investment.
c. On the basis of your information in part b,
would you recommend this investment? Why or
why not?
c. Assume that as result of investors becoming
less risk averse, the Km drops by 1 to 9%.
What impact would this change have on your
response in b & c?
Exercises-02
Manipulation of CAPM
a. Find the RRR for an asset with a beta 0.9
when the risk-free rate and market return are
8% and 12% respectively.
b. Find the risk-free rate for a firm with a
required return of 15% and a beta of 1.25
when Km is 14%
C. Find the market return for an asset with a
RRR of 15% when risk-free rate and market
return 10% & 12.5% respectively.
d. Find the beta for an asset with a RRR of 15%
when risk-free rate and Km are 10% and 12.5%
respectively.