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INVESTMENT:
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Investment involves making of a sacrifice in the present with the hope ofderiving future benefits. Two most important features of an investment are
current sacrifice and future benefit. Investment is the sacrifice of certain present
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values for the uncertain future reward. It involves numerous decision such as
type, mix, amount, timing, grade etc, of investment the decision making has to
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be continues as well as investment may be defined as an activity that commitsfunds in any financial/physical form in the present with an expectation of
receiving additional return in the future. The expectation brings with it a
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probability that the quantum of return may vary from a minimum to a maximum.
This possibility of variation in the actual return is known as investment risk.
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Thus every investment involves a return and risk. Investment has many meaningand facets. However, investment can be interpreted broadly from three angles -
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- economic,
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- layman,- financial.
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Economic investment includes the commitment of the fund for net
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addition to the capital stock of the economy. The net additions to the capitalstock means an increase in building equipments or inventories over the amount
of equivalent goods that existed, say, one year ago at the same time.
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The layman uses of the term investment as any commitment of funds for
a future benefit not necessarily in terms of return. For example a commitment of
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money to buy a new car is certainly an investment from an individual point ofview.
Financial investment is the commitment of funds for a future return, thus
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investment may be understood as an activity that commits funds in any
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financial or physical form in the presence of an expectation of receiving
additional return in future. In the present context of portfolio management, the
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investment is considered to be financial investment, which imply employment offunds with the objective of realizing additional income or growth in value of
investment at a future date. Investing encompasses very conservative position as
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well as speculation the field of investment involves the study of investment
process. Investment is concerned with the management of an investors' wealth
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which is the sum of current income and the present value of all future incomes.In this text investment refers to financial assets. Financial investments are
commitments of funds to derive income in form of interest, dividend premium,
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pension benefits or appreciation in the value of initial investment. Hence the
purchase of shares, debentures post office savings certificates and insurance
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policies all are financial investments. Such investment generates financial assets.These activities are undertaken by any one who desires a return, and is willing to
accept the risk from the financial instruments.
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INVESTMENT VERSES SPECULATION:
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Often investment is understood as a synonym of speculation. Investment
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and speculation are some what different and yet similar because speculationrequires an investment and investment are at lest some what speculative.
Probably the best way to make a distinction between investment and speculation
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is by considering the role of expectation. Investments are usually made with the
expectation that a certain stream of income or a certain price that has existed
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will not change in the future. Where as speculation are usually based on theexpectation that some change will occur in future, there by resulting a return.
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Thus an expected change is the basis for speculation but not for
investment. An investment also can be distinguished from speculation by the
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time horizon of the investor and often by the risk return characteristic of
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investment. A true investor is interested in a good and consistent rate of returnfor a long period of time. In contrast, the speculator seeks opportunities
promising very large return earned within a short period of time due to changing
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environment. Speculation involves a higher level of risk and a more uncertain
expectation of returns, which is not necessarily the case with investment.
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Basis
Investment
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Type of contract
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CreditorOwnership
Basis of acquisition Usually by outright purchase
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Often- on-margin
Length of commitment Comparatively long term
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For a short time onlySource of income
Earnings of enterprise
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Change in market price
Quantity of risk
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SmallLarge
Stability of income Very stable
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Uncertain and erratic
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Psychological attitude of ParticipantsCautious and conservative
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Daring and careless Reasons for purchase Scientific analysis of
intrinsic worthHunches, tips, "inside dope", etc.
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The identification of these distinctions of these distinctions helps to
define the role of the investor and the speculator in the market. The investor can
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be said to be interested in a good rate of return of a consistent basis over a
relatively longer duration. For this purpose the investor computes the real worth
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of the security before investing in it. The speculator seeks very large returnsfrom the market quickly. For a speculator, market expectations and price
movements are the main factors influencing a buy or sell decision. Speculation,
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thus, is more risky than investment.
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In any stock exchange, there are two main categories of speculators
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called the bulls and bears. A bull buys shares in the expectation of selling themat a higher price. When there is a bullish tendency in the market, share prices
tend to go up since the demand for the shares is high. A bear sells shares in the
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expectation of a fall in price with the intention of buying the shares at a lower
price at a future date. These bearish tendencies result in a fall in the price of
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shares.A share market needs both investment and speculative activities.
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Speculative activity adds to the market liquidity. A wider distribution of
shareholders makes it necessary for a market to exist.
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INVESTMENT PROCESS
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An organized view of the investment process involves analyzing the
basic nature of investment decisions and organizing the activities in the decision
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process.
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Investment process is governed by the two important facets ofinvestment they are risk and return. Therefore, we first consider these two basic
parameters that are of critical importance to all investors and the trade off that
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exists between expected return and risk.
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Given the foundation for making investment decisions the trade offbetween expected return and risk- we next consider the decision process in
investments as it is typically practiced today. Although numerous separate
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decisions must be made, for organizational purposes, this decision process has
traditionally been divided into a two step process: security analysis and portfolio
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management. Security analysis involves the valuation of securities, whereas4
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portfolio management involves the management of an investor's investmentselections as a portfolio (package of assets), with its own unique characteristics.
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Security Analysis
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Traditional investment analysis, when applied to securities, emphasizes
the projection of prices and dividends. That is, the potential price of a firm's
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common stock and the future dividend stream are forecasted, then discountedback to the present. This intrinsic value is then compared with the security's
current market price. If the current market price is below the intrinsic value, a
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purchase is recommended, and if vice versa is the case sale is recommended.
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Although modern security analysis is deeply rooted in the fundamentalconcepts just outlined, the emphasis has shifted. The more modern approach to
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price and dividend estimates.
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Portfolios are combinations of assets. In this text, portfolios consist ofcollections of securities. Traditional portfolio planning emphasizes on the
character and the risk bearing capacity of the investor. For example, a young,
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aggressive, single adult would be advised to buy stocks in newer, dynamic,
rapidly growing firms. A retired widow would be advised to purchase stocks and
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bonds in old-line, established, stable firms, such as utilities.Modern portfolio theory suggests that the traditional approach to
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portfolio analysis, selection, and management may yield less than optimum
results. Hence a more scientific approach is needed, based on estimates of risk
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The characteristics of investment can be understood in terms of as- return,
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- risk,
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- safety,
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- liquidity etc.
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Return: All investments are characterized by the expectation of a return. In fact,
investments are made with the primary objective of deriving return. The
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expectation of a return may be from income (yield) as well as through capitalappreciation. Capital appreciation is the difference between the sale price and
the purchase price. The expectation of return from an investment depends upon
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the nature of investment, maturity period, market demand and so on.
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Risk: Risk is inherent in any investment. Risk may relate to loss of capital,delay in repayment of capital, nonpayment of return or variability of returns.
The risk of an investment is determined by the investments, maturity period,
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repayment capacity, nature of return commitment and so on.
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Risk and expected return of an investment are related. Theoretically, thehigher the risk, higher is the expected returned. The higher return is a
compensation expected by investors for their willingness to bear the higher risk.
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Safety: The safety of investment is identified with the certainty of return of
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desires from investments. Every investor expects to get back the initial capital
on maturity without loss and without delay.
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Liquidity: An investment that is easily saleable without loss of money or time is
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said to be liquid. A well developed secondary market for security increase theliquidity of the investment. An investor tends to prefer maximization of
expected return, minimization of risk, safety of funds and liquidity of
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- Financial assets
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Real assets: Real assets are tangible material things like building, automobiles,
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land, gold etc.Financial assets: Financial assets are piece of paper representing an indirect
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claim to real assets held by some one else. These pieces of paper represent debt
or equity commitment in the form of IOUs or stock certificates. Investments in
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financial assets consist of ?- Securitiesed (i.e. security forms of) investment
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- Non-securities investment
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The term `securities' used in the broadest sense, consists of those papers
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which are quoted and are transferable. Under section 2 (h) of the SecuritiesContract (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCRA) `securities' include:
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Shares., scrip's, stocks, bonds, debentures, debenture stock orother marketable securities of a like nature in or of any incorporated company or
other body corporate.
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Government securities.iii)
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Such other instruments as may be declared by the central
Government as securities, and,
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iv)Rights of interests in securities.
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Therefore, in the above context, security forms of investments include
Equity shares, preference shares, debentures, government bonds, Units of UTI
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and other Mutual Funds, and equity shares and bonds of Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs). Non-security forms of investments include all those
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investments, which are not quoted in any stock market and are not freelymarketable. viz., bank deposits, corporate deposits, post office deposits, National
Savings and other small savings certificates and schemes, provident funds, and
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insurance policies. Another popular investment in physical assets such as Gold,
Silver, Diamonds, Real estate, Antiques etc. Indian investors have always
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considered the physical assets to be very attractive investments. There are alarge number of investment avenues for savers in India. Some of them are
marketable and liquid, while others are non marketable, Some of them are
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highly risky while some others are almost risk less. The investor has to choose
proper avenues from among them, depending on his specific need, risk
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preference, and return expectation. Investment avenues can be broadlycategorized under the following heads: -
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1.Corporate securities
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. Equity shares.Preference shares
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. Debentures/Bonds
. GDRs /ADRs
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. Warrants
. Derivatives
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Security Analysis and Portfolio Management2.Deposits in banks and non banking companies
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3.Post office deposits and certificates
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4.Life insurance policies
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5.Provident fund schemes
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6.Government and semi government securities7.Mutual fund schemes
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8.Real assets
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CORPORATE SECURITIES
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Joint stock companies in the private sector issue corporate securities.
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These include equity shares, preference shares, and debentures. Equity shareshave variable dividend and hence belong to the high risk high return category;
preference shares and debentures have fixed returns with lower risk. The
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classification of corporate securities that can be chosen as investment avenues
can be depicted as shown below.
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Equity Shares-: By investing in shares, investors basically buy the ownership
right to that company. When the company makes profits, shareholders receive
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their share of the profits in the form of dividends. In addition, when a company
performs well and the future expectation from the company is very high, the
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price of the company's shares goes up in the market. This allows shareholders tosell shares at profit, leading to capital gains. Investors can invest in shares either
through primary market offerings or in the secondary market. Equity shares can
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be classified in different ways but we will be using the terminology of Investors.
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Blue Chips (also called Stalwarts) : These are stocks of high quality,
financially strong companies which are usually the leaders in their industry.
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They are stable and matured companies. They pay good dividends regularly and
the market price of the shares does not fluctuate widely. Examples are stocks of
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Colgate, Pond's Hindustan Lever, TELCO, Mafatlal Industries etc.Growth Stocks: Growth stocks are companies whose earnings per share is
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grows faster than the economy and at a rate higher than that of an average firm
in the same industry. Often, the earnings are ploughed back with a view to use
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them for financing growth. They invest in research and development anddiversify with an aggressive marketing policy. They are evidenced by high and
strong EPS. Examples are ITC, Dr. Reddy's Bajaj Auto, Sathyam Computers
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and Infosys Technologies ect.. The high growth stocks are often called
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Income Stocks: A company that pays a large dividend relative to the marketprice is called an income stock. They are also called defensive stocks. Drug,
food and public utility industry shares are regarded as income stocks. Prices of
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income stocks are not as volatile as growth stocks.
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Cyclical Stocks: Cyclical stocks are companies whose earnings fluctuate withthe business cycle. Cyclical stocks generally belong to infrastructure or capital
goods industries such as general engineering, auto, cement, paper, construction
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etc. Their share prices also rise and fall in tandem with the trade cycles.
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Discount Stocks: Discount stocks are those that are quoted or valued belowtheir face values. These are the shares of sick units.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementUnder Valued Stock: Under valued shares are those, which have all the
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potential to become growth stocks, have very good fundamentals and good
future, but somehow the market is yet to price the shares correctly.
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Turn Around Stocks: Turn around stocks are those that are not really doing
well in the sense that the market price is well below the intrinsic value mainly
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because the company is going through a bad patch but is on the way to recovery
with signs of turning around the corner in the neat future. Examples- EID ?
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Parry in 80's, Tata Tea (Tata Finlay), SPIC, Mukand Iron and steel etc.Preference Shares: Preference shares refer to a form of shares that lie in
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between pure equity and debt. They have the characteristic of ownership rights
while retaining the privilege of a consistent return on investment. The claims of
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these holders carry higher priority than that of ordinary shareholders but lowerthan that of debt holders. These are issued to the general public only after a
public issue of ordinary shares.
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Debentures and Bonds: These are essentially long-term debt instruments.
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Many types of debentures and bonds have been structured to suit investors withdifferent time needs. Though having a higher risk as compared to bank fixed
deposits, bonds, and debentures do offer higher returns. Debenture investment
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requires scanning the market and choosing specific securities that will cater to
the investment objectives of the investors.
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Depository Receipts (GDRs/ADRs): Global Depositary Receipts are
instruments in the form of a depositary receipt or certificate created by the
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overseas depositary bank outside India and issued to non-resident investors
against ordinary shares or Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) of an
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issuing company. A GDR issued in America is an American Depositary Receipt
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(ADR). Among the Indian companies, Reliance Industries Limited was the firstcompany to raise funds through a GDR issue. Besides GDRs, ADRs are also
popular in the capital market. As investors seek to diversify their equity
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holdings, the option of ADRs and GDRs are very lucrative. While investing in
such securities, investors have to identify the capitalization and risk
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characteristics of the instrument and the company's performance in its homecountry (underlying asset).
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Warrants: A warrant is a certificate giving its holder the right to purchase
securities at a stipulated price within a specified time limit or perpetually.
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Sometimes a warrant is offered with debt securities as an inducement to buy theshares at a latter date. The warrant acts as a value addition because the holder of
the warrant has the right but not the obligation of investing in the equity at the
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indicated rate. It can be defined as a long-term call option issued by a company
on its shares.
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A warrant holder is not entitled to any dividends; neither does he have a
voting right. But the exercise price of a warrant gets adjusted for the stock
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dividends or stock splits. On the expiry date, the holder exercises an option to
buy the shares at the predetermined price. This enables the investor to decide
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whether or not to buy the shares or liquidate the debt from the company. If themarket price is higher than the exercise price, it will be profitable for the
investor to exercise the warrant. On the other hand, if the market price falls
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below the exercise price, the warrant holder would prefer to liquidate the debt of
the firm.
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Derivatives: The introduction of derivative products has been one of the most
significant developments in the Indian capital market. Derivatives are helpful
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risk-management tools that an investor has to look at for reducing the risk
inherent in as investment portfolio. The first derivative product that has been
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offered in the Indian market is the index future. Besides index futures, otherderivative instruments such as index options, stock options, have been
introduced in the market. Stock futures are traded in the market regularly and in
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terms of turnover, have exceeded that of other derivative instruments. The
liquidity in the futures market is concentrated in very few shares. Theoretically
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the difference between the futures and spot price should reflect the cost ofcarrying the position to the future of essentially the interest. Therefore, when
futures are trading at a premium, it is and indication that participants are bullish
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of the underlying security and vice versa. Derivative trading is a speculative
activity. However, investors have to utilize the derivative market since the
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opportunity of reducing the risk in price movements is possible throughinvestments in derivative products.
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DEPOSITS:
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Among non-corporate investments, the most popular are deposits
with banks such as savings accounts and fixed deposits. Savings deposits carry
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low interest rates whereas fixed deposits carry higher interest rates, varying withthe period of maturity, Interest is payable quarterly or half-yearly or annually.
Fixed deposits may also be recurring deposits wherein savings are deposited at
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regular intervals. Some banks have reinvestment plans whereby savings are re-
deposited at regular intervals or reinvested as the interest gets accrued. The
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principal and accumulated interests in such investment plans are paid onmaturity.
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Savings Bank Account with Commercial Banks:
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A safe, liquid, and convenient investment option, a savings bank
account is an ideal investment avenue for setting aside funds for emergencies
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or unexpected expenses. Investors may prefer to keep an average balance
equal to three months of their living expenses. A bank fixed deposit is
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recommended for those looking for preservation of capital along with currentincome in the short term. However, over the long-term the returns may not
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Many companies have come up with fixed deposit schemes to
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mobilize money for their needs. The company fixed deposit market is a riskymarket and ought to be looked at with caution. RBI has issued various
regulations to monitor the company fixed deposit market. However, credit
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rating services are available to rate the risk of company fixed deposit
schemes.
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The maturity period varies from three to five years. Fixed deposits in
companies have a high risk since they are unsecured, but they promise higher
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returns than bank deposits.
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Fixed deposit in non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) is anotherinvestment avenue open to savers. NBFCs include leasing companies, hire
purchase companies, investment companies, chit funds, and so on. Deposits
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in NBFCs carry higher returns with higher risk compared to bank deposits.
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National Savings Certificates (NSC) is also marketed by post office to
investors. The interest on the amount invested is compounded half-yearly and
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is payable along with the principal at the time of maturity, which is six years
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There are a variety of post office savings certificates that cater to specific
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yielding investment opportunity. Interest on these instruments is exempt from
incometax. Some of these deposits are also exempt from wealth tax.
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Life Insurance Policies:
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Insurance companies offer many investment schemes to investors. These
schemes promote savings and additionally provide insurance cover. LIC is
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the largest life insurance company in India. Some of its schemes include life
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reasonable interest on their investment insurance premiums. Life insurance
policies are also eligible for exemption from income tax.
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Provident Fund Scheme:
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Provident fund schemes are deposit schemes, applicable to employees in the
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public and private sectors. There are three kinds of provident funds applicable todifferent sectors of employment, namely, Statutory Provident Fund, Recognised
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a voluntary provident fund scheme that is open to any investor, employed or not.
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can join the PPF, which is operated by the State Bank of IndiaEquity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSSs):
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Investing in ELSSs gets investors a tax rebate of the amount invested.
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ELSSs are basically growth mutual funds with a lock-in period of three years.
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higher returns.Pension Plan:
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UTI, LIC, and ICICI are some financial institutions that offer retirement plans to
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Government and Semi-Government Securities:
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Government and semi-government bodies such as the public sector
undertakings borrow money from the public through the issue of government
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securities and public sector bonds. These are less risky avenues of investment
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Money market instruments are traded in the Wholesale Debt Market (WDM)trades and retail segments. Instruments traded in the money market are short-
term instruments such as treasury bills and repos. The government also
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introduced the pricatisation programme in many corporate enterprises and these
securities are traded in the secondary market. These are the semi-government
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securities. PSU stocks have performed well during the years 2003-04 in thecapital market.
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Mutual Fund Schemes:
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The Unit Trust of India is the first mutual fund in the country. A number
of commercial banks and financial institutions have also set up mutual funds.
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Mutual funds have been set up in the private sector also. These mutual fundsoffer various investment schemes to investors. The number of mutual funds that
have cropped up in recent years is quite large and though, on an average, the
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mutual fund industry has not been showing good returns, select funds have
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options.REAL ASSETS
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Investments in real assets are also made when the expected returns are
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very attractive. Real estate, gold, silver, currency, and other investments such as
art are also treated as investments since the expectation from holding of such
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assets is associated with higher returns.Real Estate: Buying property is an equally strenuous investment decision. Real
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estate investment is often linked with the future development plans of the
location. It is important to check the value while deciding to purchase a
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movable/immovable property other than buildings. Besides making a personal
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assessment from the market, the assistance of government-approved valuers mayalso be sought. A valuation report indication the value of the each of the major
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approved valuer against the payment of a fee. In case of a plantation, a valuation
report may also be obtained from recognized private valuers.
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Bullion Investment: The bullion market offers investment opportunity in the
form of gold, silver, and other metals. Specific categories of metals are traded in
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the metals exchange. The bullion market presents an opportunity for an investor
by offering returns and end value in future. It has been observed that on several
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occasions, when the stock market failed, the gold market provided a return oninvestments. The changing pattern of prices in the bullion market also makes
this market risky for investors. Gold and Silver prices are not consistent and
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keep changing according to the changing local/global demands in the market.
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many investors who have followed a buy and hold strategy in the bullionmarket.
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Return and Risk ? The Basis of Investment Decisions :
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An organized view of the investment process involves analyzing the
basic nature of investment decisions and organizing the activities in the decision
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process. Common stocks have produced, on average, significantly larger returnsover the years than savings accounts or bonds. Should not all investors invest in
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pursue higher returns investors must assume larger risks. Underlying all
investment decisions is the trade off between expected return and risk.
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importance to all investors and the trade- off that exists between expected returnand risk.
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Given the foundation for making investment decisions the trade off
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investments as it is typically practiced today. Although numerous separatedecisions must be made, for organizational purposes, this decision process has
traditionally been divided into a two step process: security analysis and portfolio
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management. Security analysis involves the valuation of securities, whereas
portfolio management involves the management of an investor's investment
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selections as a portfolio (package of assets), with its own unique characteristics.Return: Why invest? Stated in simplest terms, investors wish to
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earn a return on their money. Cash has an opportunity cost: By holding cash,
you forego the opportunity to earn a return on that cash. Furthermore, in an
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inflationary environment, the purchasing power of cash diminishes, with highrates of inflation bringing a relatively rapid decline in purchasing power. In
investments it is critical to distinguish between an expected return (the
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anticipated return for some future period) and a realized return (the actual return
over some past period). Investors invest for the future for the returns they expect
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to earn but when the investing period is over, they are left with their realizedreturns. What investors actually earn from their holdings may turn out to be
more or less than what they expected to earn when they initiated the investment.
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This point is the essence of the investments process; Investors must always
consider the risk involved in investing.
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Risk: Risk is explained theoretically as the fluctuation in returns
from a security. A security that yields consistent returns over a period of time is
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Security Analysis and Portfolio Managementtermed as " risk less security " or " risk free security ". Risk is inherent in all
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walks of life. An investor cannot foresee the future definitely; hence, risk will
always exist for an investor. Risk is in fact the watchword for all investors who
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enter capital markets. Investment risk can be an extraordinary stress for manyinvestors. When the secondary market does not respond to rational expectations,
the risk component of such markets are relatively high and most investors fail to
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recognize the real risk involved in the investment process. Risk aversion is the
criteria commonly associated with many small investors in the secondary
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market. Many small investors look upon the market for a definite return andwhen their expectations are not met, the effect on the small investors' morale is
negative. Hence these investors prefer to lock up their funds in securities that
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would rather give them back their investment with small returns than those
securities that yield high returns on an average but are subject to wild
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fluctuations.There are different types and therefore different definition of risk.
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Risk is defined as the uncertainty about the actual return that will earn on an
investment. When one invest, expects some particular return, but there is a risk
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that he ends up with a different return when he terminates the investment. Themore the difference between the expected and the actual the more is the risk. It
is not sensible to talk about the investment returns with out talking about the
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risk, because the investment decision involves a trade-off between the two,
return and risk.
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Factors influence risk: What makes financial assets risky. Traditionally,
investors have talked about several factors causing risk such as business failure,
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market fluctuations, change in the interest rate inflation in the economy,
fluctuations in exchange rates changes in the political situation etc. Based on the
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factors affecting the risk the risk can be understood in following manners-20
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Interest rate risk: The variability in a security return resulting from changes in
the level of interest rates is referred to as interest rate risk. Such changes
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generally affect securities inversely, that is other things being equal, securityprice move inversely to interest rate.
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Market risk: The variability in returns resulting from fluctuations in overall
market that is, the agree get stock market is referred to as market risk. Market
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risk includes a wide range of factors exogenous to securities them selves, likerecession, wars, structural changes in the economy, and changes in consumer
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market risk.
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Inflation risk: Inflation in the economy also influences the risk inherent ininvestment. It may also result in the return from investment not matching the
rate of increase in general price level (inflation). The change in the inflation rate
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also changes the consumption pattern and hence investment return carries an
additional risk. This risk is related to interest rate risk, since interest rate
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generally rise as inflation increases, because lenders demands additionalinflation premium to compensate for the loss of purchasing power.
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Business risk: The changes that take place in an industry and the environment
causes risk for the company in earning the operational revenue creates business
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risk. For example the traditional telephone industry faces major changes today inthe rapidly changing telecommunication industry and the mobile phones. When
a company fails to earn through its operations due to changes in the business
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situations leading to erosion of capital, there by faces the business risk.
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Financial risk: The use of debt financing by the company to finance a larger
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proportion of assets causes larger variability in returns to the investors in thefaces of different business situation. During prosperity the investors get higher
return than the average return the company earns, but during distress investors
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faces possibility of vary low return or in the worst case erosion of capital which
causes the financial risk. The larger the proportion of assets finance by debt (as
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opposed to equity) the larger the variability of returns thus lager the financialrisk.
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Liquidity risk: An investment that can be bought or sold quickly without
significant price concession is considered to be liquid. The more uncertainty
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about the time element and the price concession the greater the liquidity risk.The liquidity risk is the risk associated with the particular secondary market in
which a security trades.
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Exchange rate risk: The change in the exchange rate causes a change in the
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value of foreign holdings, foreign trade, and the profitability of the firms, thereby returns to the investors. The exchange rate risk is applicable mainly to the
companies who operate oversees. The exchange rate risk is nothing but the
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variability in the return on security caused by currencies fluctuation.
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Political risk: Political risk also referred, as country risk is the risk caused dueto change in government policies that affects business prospects there by return
to the investors. Policy changes in the tax structure, concession and levy of duty
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to products, relaxation or tightening of foreign trade relations etc. carry a risk
component that changes the return pattern of the business.
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TYPES OF RISK
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Thus far, our discussion has concerned the total risk of an asset, which is
one important consideration in investment analysis. However modern
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investment analysis categorizes the traditional sources of risk identified
previously as causing variability in returns into two general types: those that are
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pervasive in nature, such as market risk or interest rate risk, and those that arespecific to a particular security issue, such as business or financial risk.
Therefore, we must consider these two categories of total risk. The following
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discussion introduces these terms. Dividing total risk in to its two components, a
general (market) component and a specific (issue ) component, we have
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systematic risk and unsystematic risk which are additive:Total risk = general risk + specific risk
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= market risk + issuer risk
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= systematic risk + non systematic risk
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Systematic risk: Variability in a securities total return that is directly associated
with overall moment in the general market or economy is called as systematic
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risk. This risk cannot be avoided or eliminated by diversifying the investment.
Normally diversification eliminates a part of the total risk the left over after
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diversification is the non-diversifiable portion of the total risk or market risk.Virtually all securities have some systematic risk because systematic risk
directly encompasses the interest rate, market and inflation risk. The investor
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cannot escape this part of the risk, because no matter how well he or she
diversifies, the risk of the overall market cannot be avoided. If the stock market
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declines sharply, most stock will be adversely affected, if it rises strongly, moststocks will appreciate in value. Clearly mark risk is critical to all investors.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementNon-systematic risk: Variability in a security total return not related to overall
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market variability is called un systematic (non market) risk. This risk is unique
to a particular security and is associated with such factors as business, and
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financial risk, as well as liquidity risk. Although all securities tend to have somenonsystematic risk, it is generally connected with common stocks.
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MEASURING RETURNS:
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Return is the out come of an investment. Measurement of return occupies
a strategic importance in investment analysis as the investment is undertaken
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with a view to get returns in futureTotal Return
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A correct returns measure must incorporate the two components of
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return, yield and price changes. Returns across time or from different securities
can be measured and compared using the total return concept. Formally, the total
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return (TR) for a given holding period is a decimal (or percentage) numberrelating all the cash flows received by an investor during any desired time period
to the purchase price of the asset. Total return is defined as
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TR = any cash payments received + Price changes over
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the period
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Price at which the asset is purchased
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All the items are measured in rupees. The price change over the period,
defined as the difference between the beginning (or purchase) price and the
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ending (or sale) price, can be either positive (sales price exceeds purchase price),
negative (purchase price exceeds sales price), or zero. The cash payments can be
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either positive or zero. Netting the two items in the numerator together and
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dividing by the purchase price results in a decimal return figure that can easilybe converted into percentage form. Note that in using the TR, the two
components of return, yield and price change have been measured.
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The general equation for calculating TR is
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PB
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CFt = Cash flows during the measurement periodPE = price at the end of the period t or sale price
PB = purchase price of the asset or price at the beginning of the
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PC = change in price during the period, or PE minus PB
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The cash flows for a bond comes from the interest payments received,
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and that for a stock comes for the dividends received. For some assets, such as
warrant or a stock that pays no dividends, there is only a price change. Although
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one year is often used for convenience, the TR calculation can be applied toperiods of any length.
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In summary, the total return concept is valuable as a measure of return
because it is all-inclusive measuring the total return per rupees of original
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investment. Total return is the basic measure of the actual return earned byinvestors on any financial assets for any specific period of time. It facilitates the
comparison of asset returns over a specified period whether the comparison is of
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Security Analysis and Portfolio Managementdifferent assets, such as stocks versus bonds, or of different securities have to be
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sold within the same type, such as several common socks.
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solves this problem by adding 1.0 to the total return.
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? RR = TR in decimal form +1.0? TR in decimal form = RR ? 1.0
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Although return relatives may be less than 1.0, they will be
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greater than zero, thereby eliminating negative numbers.
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Relative Return = RR = CFt + PEPB
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SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR RETURNS:
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The total return, return relative, are useful measures or return for a
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specified period of time. Also needed in investment analysis are statistics to
describe a series of returns. Two such measures used with returns data are
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described below:Arithmetic Mean The best-known statistics to most people is the arithmetic
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mean. It is customarily designated by the symbol , of a set of values is
calculated as:
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Or the sum of each of the values being considered divided by the total
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number of values n.Geometric Mean The arithmetic mean return is an appropriate measure of the
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central tendency of a distribution consisting of returns calculated for a particular
time period, such as 10 years. However, when percentage changes in value over
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time are involved as a result of compounding, the arithmetic mean of thesechanges can be misleading. A different mean, the geometric mean, is needed to
describe accurately the "true" average rate of return over multiple periods.
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Calculation of the Arithmetic and Geometric mean for the years 1996-2005
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for the Sensex Stock Composite Index
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Year
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Sensex TRs (%)Sensex Return Relative
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1996-3.14
0.9687
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1997
30.00
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1.300011998
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1.30001
1999
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9.941.09942
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1.29
1.01286
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200137.11
1.37113
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2002
22.68
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1.226832003
33.10
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1.33101
2004
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28.341.28338
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20.88
1.2088
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Arithmetic mean = [-3.14 + 30.00 +.... + 20.88]/10
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= 18.76%Geometric mean = [(0.9687) (1.30001)(1.30001)(1.09942)...
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(1.2088)] 1/10 - 1
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= 1.18 - 1= 0.18, or 18%
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The geometric mean returns measure the compound rate of growth over
time. It is often used in investments and finance to reflect the steady growth rate
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of invested funds over some past period; that is, the uniform rate at which
money actually grew over time per period. Therefore, it allows measuring the
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realized change in wealth over multiple periods. It is calculated as follows:G = [(1+TR1)(1+TR2).... (1+TRn)] 1/n ?
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1 Where TR is a series of total returns in decimal form.
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The geometric mean will always be less than the arithmetic mean unlessthe values being considered are identical. The spread between the two depends
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spread between the two means.
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past. It is a backward-looking concept, measuring the realized compound rate of
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Risk is often associated with the dispersion in the likely outcomes.
Dispersion refers to variability. It is assumed to arise out of variability, which is
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consistent with our definition of risk as the chance that the actual outcome of an
investment will differ from the expected outcome. If an assets' return has no
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variability, in effect it has no risk. Thus a one-year treasury bill purchased toyield 10 percent and held to maturity will, in fact, yield (a nominal) 10 percent.
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The risk can be measured with an absolute measure of dispersion, orvariability. The most commonly used measure of dispersion over some period of
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observation from the arithmetic mean of the observations and is a reliable
measure of variability, because all the information in a sample is used.
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The standard deviation is a measure of the total risk of an asset or a
portfolio. It captures the total variability in the assets or portfolio's return,
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whatever the source(s) of that variability. The standard deviation is the square
root of variance, which can be calculated as follows:
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one security or the total risk of a portfolio of securities. The historical standarddeviation can be calculated for individual securities or portfolio of securities
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evaluating the total risk for a particular historical period and in estimating the
total risk that is expected to prevail over some future period.
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COMMON STOCK VALUATION:
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The use of present-value theory by bond and preferred-stock investors is
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benefits are generally constant and reasonably certain. One deals with
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straight preferred stock. Bonds represent constant income flows with a finite,measurable life.
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Common-stock valuation is different because earnings and dividendstreams are uncertain as to the timing of receipt and the amount of the dividend.
The value of a common stock at any moment in time can be thought of as the
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discounted value of a series of uncertain future dividends that may grow or
decline at varying rates over time. The more theoretical present-value approach
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One year Holding Period:
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It is easiest to start with common-stock valuation where the expected
holding period is one year. The benefits any investor receives from holding a
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common stock consists of dividends plus any change in price during the holdingperiod. Suppose that we buy one share of the X Co. at the beginning of the year
for Rs.25. We hold the stock for one year. One Rupees in dividends is collected
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at year-end, and the share is sold for Rs.26.50. The rate of return achieved is the
composite of dividend yield and change in price (capital gains yield). Thus we
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Rs.1Dividend y ield
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P
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The total rate of return achieved is .04 + .06 = .10, or 10 percent.
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P0 = selling price today
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Should a rate of return of 15 percent have been required, the purchase
price would have been too high at Rs.25. (The Rs.1 dividend is assumed fixed,
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and the selling price of Rs.26.50 remains constant). To achieve a 15 percent
return, the value of the stock at the beginning of the year would have had to be
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Rs.1.00
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we be able to sell the stock at the end of one year (if the purchase price is Rs.25and the dividend is Rs.1) in order to attain a rate of return of 15 percent?
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Rs.25 = Rs.0.87 + Rs.0.87 P1
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Rs.27.74 = P1 (selling price)
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Multiple-Year Holding Period:
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Consider holding a share of the X Co. for five years. In most cases the
dividend will grow from year to year. To look at some results, let us stipulate the
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following:g = annual expected growth in earnings, dividends and price = 6 %
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e0 = most recent earnings per share =
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P = price per share
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P/E = price earnings ratio = 12.5N = holding period in years = 5
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N[(e0)(d/e)] (1 + g) n(P/E) [(e0)(1 + g) N+1]
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This imposing formula says, "Sum the present value of all dividends to
be received over the holding period, and add this to the present value of the
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selling price of the stock at the end of the holding period to arrive at the presentvalue of the stock."
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Let us write out the string of appropriate numbers. Since the current
earnings per share e0 are Rs.1.89 and the dividend payout d/e is 50 percent, the
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most recent dividend per share is e0 time's d/e or Rs.1.89 times 50 percent, orRs. 945. This was stipulated in the beginning of the problem. After one year, the
dividend is expected to be Rs..943 times (1 + g) 1 .So the first year's dividend
will be Rs.1. The process is repeated for years 1 through 5 as follows:
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Dividend
Dividend
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DividendDividend
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Rs.1.00
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Rs.1.12Rs.1.19
Rs.1.26
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The next step is to discount each dividend at the required rate of return of
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10 percent. Thus:
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Rs.1.00
Rs.1.06
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Rs.1.12
Rs.1.19
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The string of fractions reduces to
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Rs.1.00
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Rs.1.19
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Rs.1.26
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1.10
1.21
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1.333
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1.611Thus the present value of the stream of dividends is equal to Rs.4.225
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over the five-year period if the required rate of return is 10 percent and the
dividends grow at a rate of 6 percent per year. Although the number of Rupees
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of dividends is Rs.5.63, their present value is only Rs.4.225 as indicated, sincethe dividends grow at only 6 percent and the investor requires a 10 percent rate
of return.
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The price of the stock at the end of the holding period (year 5) is the last
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part of our equation. Let us assume that the current price of the stock is Rs.25,forecasted earnings per share e1 are Rs.2.00 [Rs.1.89 (1.06)], and the price-
earnings ratio (P/E) is 12.5. Holding P/E at 12.5, the earnings, expected to grow
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at 6 percent per year, should amount to Rs.2.68 [Rs.1.89 (1.06) 6] for year6.Thus:
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Selling price at the end of year 5 = (1.25)[(Rs.1.89)(1.06)
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6] = Rs.33.45The present value of the selling price is Rs.33.45/(1.10), or Rs.20.78.
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Adding the present value of the stream of dividends to the present value of the
expected selling price of the stock yields Rs.4.22 + Rs.20.78, or Rs.25.00
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Notice that throughout this explanation, the analyst or investor estimates
the variables g, d/e, and P/E. The current price of the stock (P) and current
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earnings (e0) are observed.
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Mc DONALD'S STOCK. Let us estimate the return on McDonald's stock as an
investment to be held for five years. McDonald's operates the largest fast-food
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restaurant system in the country. Assume that its common stock can be
purchased at the beginning of 1985 for Rs.52. A thoroughgoing analysis of
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expected future earnings, dividends, and price-earnings ratio (P/E) has providedthe following predictions:
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Year
Earnings per share
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Dividends per share
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2001
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Rs.5.05
Rs.0.82
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20025.80
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2003
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1.25
2005
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8.801.45
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It is estimated that at the end of 2005 the stock will sell for twelve times
2005 earnings. Given the estimated earnings in 2005 of Rs.8.80, the forecast
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selling price at the end of the fifth year is Rs.105 (Rs.8.80 X 12).
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What rate of return would equate the flow of dividends and the terminalprice shown above back to the current price of Rs.52? Alternatively stated, what
yield or return is required on an investment of Rs?
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In order that an investor may withdraw dividends each year as indicated
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In effect, we want the rate of return that will solve the following:Rs.0.82
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Rs.1.10
Rs.1.25 Rs.1.45 Rs.105
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Where r is the rate of return. Calculating the rate that will solve the
equation is a somewhat tedious task, requiring trial-and-error computation. Let
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Present
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Value factor
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1
Rs.0.82
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Rs.0.70
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2Rs.0.95
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0.69
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0.69
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Rs.1.45
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Rs.51.30
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At 17 percent, this stream of receipts has a present value of Rs.51.30,
which is close to the market price of Rs.52. This suggests that the discount rate
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is just slightly less than 17 percent. The investor must decide if 17 percent is a
satisfactory return, given the alternative investment opportunities and the
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What happened to earnings? We instinctively feel that earnings should
be worth something, whether they are paid out as dividends or not, and wonder
why they do not appear in the valuation equation. In fact, they do appear in the
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equation but in the correct form. Earnings can be used for one of two purposes:they can be paid out to stockholders in the form of dividends or they can be
reinvested the firm. If they are reinvested in the firm they should result in
increased future earnings and increased future dividends. To the extent earnings
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at any time, say time t are paid out to stockholders, they are measured by theterm Dt and to the extent they are retained in the firm and used productively they
are reflected in future dividends and should result in future dividends being
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larger than Dt .To discount the future earnings stream of a share of stock would
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earned and when they, or the earnings from their reinvestment, were later paid tostockholders.
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The simplest extension of what we have been doing assumes thatdividends will grow at the same rate (g) into the indefinite future. Under this
assumption the value of a share of stock is
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This model states that the price of a share of stock should be equal to
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next year's expected dividend divided by the difference between the appropriatediscount rate for the stock and its expected long-term growth rate. Alternatively,
this model can be stated in terms of the rate of return on a stock as
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The constant growth model is often defended as the model that arises
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time.How might the single period model be used to select stocks? One way is
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to predict next year's dividends, the firm's long-term growth rate, and the rate of
return stockholders require for holding the stock. The equation could then be
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solved for the theoretical price of the stock that could be compared with itspresent price. Stocks that have theoretical prices above their actual price are
candidates for purchase; those with theoretical prices below their actual price are
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candidates for sale.
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Another way to use the approach is to find the rate of return implicit inthe price at which the stock is now selling. Thos can be done by substituting the
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It seems logical to assume that firms that have grown at a very high ratewill not continue to do so infinitely. Similarly, firms with very poor growth
might improve in the future. While a single growth rate can be found that will
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produce the same value as a more complex pattern, it is so hard to estimate this
single number, and the resultant valuation is so sensitive to this number that
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many analysts have been reluctant to use the constant growth model withoutmodification.
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Two-Stage Growth:
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The most logical further extension of the constant growth model is to
assume that a period of extraordinary growth (good or bad) will continue for a
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certain number of years, after which growth will change to a level at which it isexpected to continue indefinitely. Firms typically go through life cycles; during
part of these cycles their growth is much faster than that of the economy as a
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whole. Automobile manufacturers in the mid 1980s are examples.
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A hypothetical firm is expected to grow at a 20 percent rate for ten years,then to have its growth rate fall to 4 percent, the norm for the economy. The
value of the firm with its growth pattern is determined by the following
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equation:
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discounted back to present
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Consider McDonald's, whose previous dividend was Rs.0.71 (D0 =
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Rs.0.71), with the dividend expected to increase by 15 percent a year for ten
years and thereafter at 10 percent a year indefinitely. If a stockholder's required
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rate of return is 16 percent, the value of the stock will be as follows:Calculating the value of a Two-stage Growth Stock
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementStep 1. Find the present value of dividends during the rapid growth period
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End of year
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Rs. 0.71(1.15) t
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1Rs.0.82
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0.862
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20.95
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0.743
0.71
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31.10
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0.640
0.70
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41.25
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0.552
0.69
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51.45
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0.476
0.69
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61.66
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0.410
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71.90
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0.354
0.67
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82.18
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0.305
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92.51
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0.263
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102.88
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0.226
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Rs.6.82
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Rs.2.88 (1.10)
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THE CAPITALIZATION OR MULTIPLIER APPROACH:
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Judging from current practice, the capitalization or multiplier approach
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indicated that 75 percent of them preferred simple multiplier techniques.
Present-value techniques were preferred by only about 6 percent. The underlying
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reasons for ignoring present-value formulas seem to lie in (1) severe earningsforecasting limitations, and (2) the influence of sharply increases competition on
short-range performance.
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The multiplier is a shortcut computation to find the present value. The
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analyst estimates earnings per share for the year ahead. He divides this figureinto the current market price of the stock, and the result is an earnings multiplier.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementThe terms multiplier and price earnings ratio (P/E) are used interchangeably.
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Estimated earnings per share
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The multiplier or P/E is primarily determined by the riskiness of the firm
and the growth rate in its earnings. High multipliers are associated with high
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earnings growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average might sell in the range 9to11 P/E. It represents a cross section of stocks with average risk and growth
prospects. McDonald's may sell at a P/E of 12, because of earnings growth.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co. may sell at a P/E of 9, because of
average growth.
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The analysts seek various rules of thumb for selecting an appropriate
price earnings ratio that can be applied to a company's earnings to determine
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value for its shares. The resulting price is compared with current market prices
to assess bargains or overpriced stocks.
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The determination of the current P/E on a stock must be followed by a
standard of comparison, taken from the historical record of the stock in question.
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The analyst may ascertain the median or mean P/E for a stock, as well as its
range over time. More weight can be given to the recent past. This provides
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boundaries within which the P/E should fall and indicates whether the stock istending to sell at the upper limits of expectation or lower limits. Industry P/Es
provide some guidelines; however different companies in the same industry
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frequently carry quite different P/Es.
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STATISTICAL APPROACHES TO P/E:
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Still another approach to valuation is to take the broad determinants of
common stock prices-earnings, growth, risk, time value of money, and dividend
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policy- and to measure these and to weight hem together in some manner toform an estimate of the P/E ratio. One way to do this is to use statistical analysis
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stock prices.
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From our earlier discussion of constant growth models, price to price-earnings form model can easily be converted:
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D
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P =(And)
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r - g
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D/E
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The relationship that exists in the market at any point in time between
price or price-earnings ratios and a set of specified variables can be estimated
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using regression analysis.The usual technique of relating price or price earnings ratios to more
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than one variable is directly analogous to this. Called multiple regression
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analysis, it finds that linear combination of a set of variables that best explains
price earnings ratios.
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One of the earliest attempts to use multiple regressions to explain price
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earnings ratios, which received wide attention, was the Whitbeck-Kisor model tomeasure the relationship of the P/E on a stock to dividend policy, growth and
risk.
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The ability of cross sectional regressions actually to distinguish winners
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from losers is questionable. As forecasting devices these models are plagued byinstability in the regression coefficients. The coefficients are extremely sample
sensitive that is, the results are partially dependent upon the sample selected
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(time period and companies).
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Review Questions:1.
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Distinguish carefully between investing and speculating. Is it
possible to incorporate investment and speculation within the same
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security? Explain.2.
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Compare briefly the traditional and modern approaches to
security analysis, to portfolio management.
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Classify the traditional source of risk as to whether they are
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general source of risk or specific source of risk.
4.
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Why is it more difficult to determine the value of a commonstock as opposed to finding the value of a bond? Explain the various
methods of common stock valuation.
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5.
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Discuss various avenues of investment and evaluate the meritsand demerits of financial assets from the point of view of investors.
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7.How risk and return of equity investment can be measured?
Explain with examples.
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8.
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Discuss the broad process involved in making investmentdecisions and highlight the factors to be considered in the decision
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Reference for detailed study:
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1.
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Donald E. Fischer, "Security Analysis and Portfolio
Management", Prentice Hall Inc.
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2.
Charles P. Jones, " Investments Analysis and Management",
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Wiley International.
3.
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Jack Clark Francis, "Investments Analysis and Management",Mc-Graw Hills International.
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4.
M. Ranganatham, and R. Madhumathi, "Investments Analysis
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and Portfolio Management", Pearson Education.5.
V.K. Bhalla, "Investment Management", Sultan Chand
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Publications Ltd.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementUNIT ? II
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Equity Stock Analysis
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The primary motive for buying stock is to sell it later at an enhanced
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price. In many cases, the investor also expects a dividend. Both price anddividend are the principal ingredients in an investors return or yield.
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If the investor had adequate information about and knowledge of stock
prices and dividend yields he would be able to make handsome returns.
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However, in reality complexities of political, economic, social and other forceshinder the prediction of stock movements and returns with any certainty.
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King observed that on an average over half the variation in stock prices
could be attributed to a market influence that affects all stock market indexes.
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But stocks are also subject to industry influence over and above the influencecommon to all stocks. King noted that industry influence explained, on the
average, 13 percent of the variations in a stocks price.In sum about two thirds of
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variation in the prices of stocks observed in the kings study was the result of
market and industry. This highlights the necessity of the financial analyst to
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examine the economic and industry influences as well as the individualcompanies' performance in order to accurately take any investment decisions.
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The multitude of factors affecting a firm's profitability can be broadly
classified as:
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? Economy-wise factors: These include factors like growth rate of the
economy, the rate of inflation, foreign exchange rates etc. which affect
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the profitability of all the companies.
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? Industry-wise factors: These factors are specific to the industry in which
the firm is operating; for example the demand supply gap in the industry,
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the emergence of substitute products and changes in government policyrelating to the industry.
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? Firm specific factors: Such as age of the plant, the quality of its
management, the brand image of its products and its labour relations.
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Economic Analysis
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Return assumptions for the stock and bond markets and sales, cost, and
profit projections for industries and nearly all companies necessarily embody
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economic assumptions. Investors are concerned with those forces in theeconomy which affect the performance of organization in which they wish to
participate, through purchase of stock. By identifying key assumptions and
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variables, we can monitor the economy and gauge the implications of new
information on our economic outlook and industry analysis. In order to beat the
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market on a risk adjusted basis, the investor must have forecasts that differ fromthe market consensus and must be correct more often than not.
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Economic trends can take two basic forms: cyclical changes that arise
from ups and downs of the business cycle, and structural changes that occur
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when the economy is undergoing a major change in how it functions. Some ofthe broad forces which impact the economy are:
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Population
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Population gives and idea of the kind of labour force in a country.
Increasing population gives demand for more industries like hotels, residences,
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Increasing population therefore shows a greater need for economic development.
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Although it does not show the exact industry that will expand.
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Research and technological development
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The economic forces relating to investments would depend on the
amount of resources spent by the government on the particular technological
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development affecting the future. Investors would prefer to invest in those
industries in which the larger share of development funds are being allocated by
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the government. For example in India oil and information technology arereceiving a greater amount of attention and may be considered for investment.
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Macroeconomic Stability
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General macroeconomic conditions are very important in terms of thegeneral climate under which investment decisions are made. So economic
growth will depend to some extent upon the stability of the economy e.g. fiscal
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balance, and reasonably predictable levels of inflation. Macroeconomic stability
reduces the risks of investment and might therefore be seen as a necessary
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condition for growth. Fiscal balance ensures that there is less risk of inflation,because there will be less risk of governments printing money. This may also
stabilize the exchange rate and allow interest rates to be set at a reasonably low
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level - so further encouraging investment.
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Trade Liberalization, Capital Mobility and Exchange Rate Policy
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The abolition of trade restrictions (tariffs and quotas) is often seen as a
necessary condition for growth. The idea is to widen markets and thus allow
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economies of scale in exporting industries. It is often argued that exchange rates
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need to be adjusted downwards at the same time, to ensure that potentialexporters can compete on world markets. To encourage direct foreign
investment restrictions on international capital flows may need to be reduced.
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Natural Resources and Raw Material
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The natural resources are largely responsible for a country's economic
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development and overall improvement in the condition of corporate growth. Thediscovery of oil in Middle Eastern countries and the discovery of gas in America
has significantly changed the economic and investment pattern of the countries.
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Gross domestic product (GDP)
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GDP measures the total output of goods and services for final use
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occurring within the domestic territory of a given country, regardless of theallocation to domestic and foreign claims. Gross domestic product at purchaser
values (market prices) is the sum of gross value added by all resident and
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nonresident producers in the economy plus any taxes and minus any subsidies
not included in the value of the products. Higher GDP level is an indication of
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higher economic development and thereby higher investment ability.International Trade
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Exports and Imports of goods and services represent the value of all
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goods and other market services provided to or received from the rest of theworld. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport,
travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication,
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construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government
services. They exclude labor and property income (formerly called factor
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services) as well as transfer payments. Higher levels of international trade
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especially higher exports are indicative of higher earnings and therefore highereconomic development of a country.
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Inflation
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Higher inflation is generally negative for the stock market because it
causes higher interest rates, it increases uncertainty about future prices and costs,
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and it harms firms that cannot pass their cost increases on to consumers. Someindustries may benefit inflation. Natural resource industries benefit if their
production costs do not rise with inflation, because their output will likely sell at
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higher price.
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Interest RatesBanks usually benefit from volatile interest rates because stable interest
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rates lead to heavy competitive pressures that squeeze their interest margins.
High interest rates clearly harm the housing and the construction industry.
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Economic Indicators
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Besides the factors discussed above there are other significant economic
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capital market, labour productivity, consumer activity etc.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementA look of India's economic indicators for the year 2005-2006 is as follows
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ECONOMIC SUMMARY
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2005-06
Growth
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At 1999-00 prices (Rs. Thousand
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2586.6crore)
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8.1
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US$ million
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584542.3
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Agriculture
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114937.8
Food grains
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production (Million
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209.32.3
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Index of industrial production215.4
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Electricity generated (Billion kwh)
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(December 2005)2551.9
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Money supply (Rs. Thousand crore)
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(on January 20, 2006)
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(Outstanding at the end of financial16.4
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Imports at current prices (US$
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26.7
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(April-Jan 2005-06)
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Exports at current prices (US$
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18.9
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(April-Jan 2005-06)
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(by end January 2006)
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44.25Exchange rate (Re/US$)
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Forecasting techniquesThere are basically five economic forecasting techniques:
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Surveys: It is a method of short term forecasting. It is broadly used to convey the
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future course of events in the economy. The method to do this is approximate
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"because it is based on beliefs, notions and future budgeting of the government.
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It, however, broadly indicates the future of events in the economy.
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Economic Indicators: It gives indication of the economic process throughcyclical timings. These projections are a method of getting indications of the
future relating to business depressions and business prosperity. This method
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although has its advantages of giving the future indications of the economy is
not an exact method of finding out the economic activity. It gives results
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approximately and is at best an estimation of the future of the economicconditions.
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Diffusion Indexes: The diffusion index is a method which combines the
different indicators into one total measure and it gives weaknesses and strength
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of a particular time series of data. The diffusion index is also called a census or acomposite index.
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Economic Model Building: This is a mathematical and statistical application to
forecast the future trend of the economy. This technique can be used by trained
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technicians and it is used to draw out relation between two or more variables.The technique is to make one independent variable and independent variable and
to draw out a relationship between these variables. The answer of drawing these
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relationships is to get a forecast of direction as well as magnitude.
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Opportunistic Model Building: This method is the most widely used economic
forecasting method. This is also sectoral analysis of Gross National Product
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Model Building. This method uses the national accounting data to be able toforecast for a future short-term period. It is a flexible and reliable method of
forecasting. The method of forecasting is to find out the total income and the
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total demand for the forecast period. To this are added the environment
conditions of political stability, economic and fiscal policies of the government,
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policies relating to tax and interest rates. This must be added to Gross domesticinvestment, government purchases of goods in services, consumption expenses
and net exports. The forecast has to be broken down first by an estimate of the
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government sector which is to be divided again into State Government and
Central Government expenses. The gross private domestic investment is to be
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calculated by adding the business expenses for plan, construction and equipmentchanges in the level of business. The third sector which is to be taken is the
consumption sector relating to the personal consumption factor. This sector is
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usually divided into components of durable goods, non-durable goods and
services. When data has been taken of all these sectors these are added up to get
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the forecast for the Gross National ProductIndustry Analysis
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Once economic Analysis is made and the forecast of economy is known ,
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the analyst needs to look at the industry groups which are promising in the
coming years and then choose the companies to invest in within those industry
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groups. There is no necessary co relation between economic growth and industrygrowth some industries may grow in spite of poor economic growth. The
industry has been defined as a homogeneous group of people doing a similar
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kind of activity or similar work. But industry broadly covers all the economic
activity happening in a country to bring growth. A broad concept of industry
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would include all the factors of production, transportation, trading activity and
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public utilities. The broad classification of industry, however, would not berelevant for an investor who would like to ensure that he does not lose from the
investment that he makes. It is, therefore, essential to qualify the industry into
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some characteristics homogeneous group. Usually, the industry is classified in
processes and in stages. It may also be classified according to work group that it
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identifies to.Classification of industries
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In India asset based industry grouping used to exist under MRTP Act and
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FERA Act. However, since economic reforms in 1991 onwards, there is no limitto the asset growth and the classification of MRTP and non MRTP companies
has since disappeared. Nowadays, even multinational firms can operate in India
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through their subsidiaries or directly by having a majority stake in a company.
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Small scale units: These industries are not listed and those which have aminimum paid up capital of Rs 30 lakhs can be listed on OTCEI.
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Medium Scale Industries: The units having paid up capital of Rs 5 crores and
above can be listed on regional stock exchanges.
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Large scale Industries: Industrial units with paid up capital of Rs 10 crores or
more can be listed on major stock exchanges like BSE.
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Proprietary Based Classification
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The industries can be classified on the basis of ownership into (a) privatesector industries which are open to the general public for investment (b) public
sector (Government and semi-government ownership) (c) and in joint sector.
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Use Based Classification
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(a)
Basic Industries: These are in the core sector in India and constitute the
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infrastructure industries which are mostly in the public sector but are
now kept open to the public sector. The examples are fertilizers,
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chemicals, coal, cement, steel etc.(b)
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Capital Goods Industries: These are both in the private and public
sectors. These are highly capital intensive industries and are used to
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produce inputs of other industries such as machine tools, agriculturalmachinery, wires, cables etc.
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Intermediate goods: These are goods in the intermediate stage of
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production, having undergone some processing already but will be usedfor further production examples are tyres, synthetic yarn, cotton
spinning, automobile parts etc.
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(d)
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Consumer goods industries: These are of two categories, namely,consumer durables and consumer non durables. These are final products
for the consumption of households. Durables are fans, bulbs,
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Automobiles, Cycles, Two wheelers, Telephone equipment etc. Non
durables are food products, Agro based products, tobacco, woolen and
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Input based Classification(a) Agro based products like jute, sugar cotton, tobacco, groundnuts etc.
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(b) Forest based products like plywood, paper, wood, ivory, resin honey etc.
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(c) Marine based products like fisheries, prawns, etc.
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(d) Metal based products like engineering products, aluminium, copper, gold
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Each of the above classifications is useful for identifying the characteristicfeatures of the industry, its inputs and outputs or uses and the likely demand for
it, constraints in production, impact of economic factors etc.
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Industry Life Cycle
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An insightful analysis when predicting industry sales and trends in
profitability is to view the industry over time and divide its development into
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stages similar to those that humans progress through. The number of stages in
the industry life cycle analysis can be based on a five stages model, which
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includes:1. Pioneering Development
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2. Rapid accelerating growth
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3. Mature growth during this period is very small or negative profit margins
and profits.
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4. Stabilization and market maturity
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Besides being useful when estimating sales, the analysis of an industry'slife cycles also can provide insights into profit margins and earnings growth.
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The profit margin series typically peaks early in the total cycle and then levels
off and declines as competition is attracted by the early success of the industry.
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Pioneering Development: During this start up stage, the industryexperiences modest sales growth and very small or negative profit
margins and profits. The market for the industry's product or service
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during this time period is small, and the firms involved incur major
development costs.
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Rapid Accelerating Growth: During this stage a market develops for the
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product or service and demand becomes substantial. The limited number
of firms in the industry faces little competition and individual firms can
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experience substantial backlogs. The profit margins are very high. Theindustry builds its productive capacity as sales grow at an increasing rate
as the industry attempts to meet excess demand. High scales growth and
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high profit margins that increase as firms become more efficient cause
industry and firm profits to explode. During this phase profits can grow
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at over 100% a year as a result of the low warning base and the rapidgrowth of scales and net profit margins.
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Mature Growth: The success in stage two has satisfied most of the
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demand for the industry goods or service. Thus, future scales growthmay be above normal but it no longer accelerates for example, if the over
all economy is growing at 8% scale for this industry might grow at an
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above normal rate of 15% to 20% a year. Also the rapid growth of scales
and high profit margins attract competitors to the industry which causes
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an increase in supply and lower prices which means that the profitmargins begin to decline to normal levels.
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4.
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Stabilization And Market Maturity: During this stage which is probablythe longest phase the industry growth rate declines to the growth rate of
the aggregate economy or its industry segment. During this stage
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investors can estimate growth easily because scales correlate highly with
an economic series. Although scales grow in line with the economy
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profit growth varies by industry because the competitive structure variesby industries and by individual firms within the industry because the
ability to control costs differs among companies. Competition produces
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tight profit margins and the rates of return on capital eventually become
equal to or slightly below the competitive level.
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Declaration of Growth and Decline: At this stage of maturity the
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industry sales growth declines because of shifts in demand or growth of
substitutes. Profit margins continue to be squeezed and some firms
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experience low profit or even losses. Firms that remain profitable mayshow very low rates of return on capital. Finally, investors begin thinking
about alternative uses for the capital tied up in this industry.
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Assessing the Industry Life Cycle
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The industry life cycle classification of industry evolvement helps
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investors to assess the growth potential of different companies in an industry.Based on the stage of industry, they can better assess the potential of different
companies within an industry. However, there are limitations to this type of
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analysis First, it is only a generalization, and investors must be careful not to
attempt to categorize every industry, or all companies within a particular
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industry, into neat categories that may not apply. Second, even the generalframework may not apply to some industries that are not categorized by many
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small companies struggling for survival. Finally, the bottom line in security
analysis is stock prices, a function of the expected stream of benefits and the risk
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involved.
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The industry life cycle tends to focus on sales and share of the marketand investment in the industry. Although all of these factors are important to
investors, they are not the final items of interests. Given these qualifications to
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industry life cycle analysis, what are the implications for investors?
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The pioneering stage may offer the highest potential returns, but it alsoposes the greatest risk. Several companies in an industry will fail or do poorly.
Such risk may be appropriate for some investors, but many will wish to avoid
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the risk inherent in this stage.
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Investors interested primarily in capital gains should avoid the maturitystage. Companies at this stage may have relatively high payouts because they
have fewer growth prospects. These companies will often offer stability in
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earnings and dividend growths.
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Clearly, companies in the fourth stage of the industrial life cycle, decline,are usually to be avoided. Investors should seek to spot industries in this stage
and avoid them. It is the second stage, expansion that is probably of most
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interest to investors. Industries that have survived the pioneering stage often
offer good opportunities for the demand for their products and services is
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growing more rapidly than the economy as a whole. Growth is rapid but orderlyan appealing characteristic to investors.
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ELEMENTS OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
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Share price depends partly on its intrinsic worth for which financial
analysis of a company is necessary to help the investor to decide whether to buy
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or not the shares of that company. The soundness and intrinsic worth of acompany is known only by such analysis. The market price of a share depends,
among others on the sound fundamentals of the company, the financial and
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operational efficiency and the profitability of that company. These factors can be
examined by a study of the financial management of the company. An investor
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needs to know the performance of the company, its intrinsic worth as indicatedby some parameters like book value, EPS, P/E multiple etc., and come to a
conclusion whether the share is rightly priced for purchase or not. This, in short
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is the importance of financial analysis of a company to the investor.
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What is Financial Analysis?The financial management of a company is concerned with management
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of its funds which reflects how efficiently the company is managing its funds.
The overall objective of all business is to secure funds at low cost and their
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effective utilization in the business for a profit. The funds so utilized mustgenerate an income higher than the cost of procuring them. Here it is to be noted
that all companies need both long-term and short-term capital. The finance
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manager must therefore keep in view the needs of both long-term debt and
working capital and ensure that the business enjoys an optimum level of
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working capital a id that it does not keep too many funds blocked in inventories,book-debts, cash, etc. The capital structuring and average cost of capital for the
company should also be examined.
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Financial analysis is analysis of financial statements of a company to
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Statement analysis" involves a study of the financial statements of a company to
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ascertain its prevailing state of affairs and the reasons therefore. Such a studywould enable the public and investors to ascertain whether one company is more
profitable than the other, and also to state the causes and factors that are
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probably responsible for this.
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The term 'financial statements' as used in modern business refers to thebalance sheet, or the statement of financial position of the company at a point of
rime and income and expenditure statement, or the profit and loss statement over
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a period. To this is added, the profit allocation statement which reconciles the
balance in this account at the end of the period with that at the beginning. Thus,
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the financial statements provide a summary of the accounts of a company over aperiod of one year, and the balance sheet reflecting the assets, liabilities and
capital as at a point of time say at the end of the year.
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Analysis and Interpretation: With a view to interpret the financial statements, it
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is necessary to analyse them with the object of formation of an opinion withrespect to the financial condition of that company. This Analysis involves the
following steps:
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Comparison of the financial statements, over two to five years.(b)
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Ratio analysis, for two to three years.
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(c)Funds or Cash Flow analysis, over a short period.
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Trend analysis, over a period of 5 to 10 years.
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Comparison of the Financial Statements
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Comparison is the precondition for a meaningful interpretation. It may be in the
nature of:
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Figures of one year with that of another year;
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(b)
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Inter-firm comparison of figures, within the same industry;(c)
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Comparison of one product figures with that of another product; and
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(d)Comparison of budgeted figures with the actual figures.
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RATIO ANALYSIS
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Ratios, are probably the most frequently used tool to analyse a company, and are
popular because they are readily understood and can be computed with ease. In
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addition, the information used in ratio analysis is easy to obtain, for many ratiosemploy data available in a firm's annual report and quarterly reports. Ratio's are
used not only by investors but also by a firm's management and its creditors.
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Creditors use the analysis to establish the ability of the borrowers to pay interest
and retire debt. Management use ratio's to plan, control, and to identify
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weaknesses within the firm. Shareholders use ratio's to measure firmsprofitability. The ratio is a statistical yardstick that provides a measure of
relationship between any two variables.
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The ratios are conveniently classified as follows:
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Balance Sheet Ratios which deal with the relationships between twoitems or groups of items which are both in the Balance Sheet, e.g.,
the ratio of current assets to current liabilities (Current Ratio).
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(ii)
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Revenue Statement Ratios which deal with the relationship between twoitems or groups of items which are both in the Revenue Statement, e.g.,
ratio of gross profit to sale or gross profit margin.
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(iii)
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Balance Sheet and Revenue Statement Ratios which deal withrelationship between items from the Revenue Statement and. items from
the Balance Sheet, e.g., ratio of net profit to own Funds (Composite
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Ratios), Return on Total Resources, Return on Own Funds (iv) solvency
ratios which deal with the liquidity and ability of the company e.g. Debt
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to Equity Ratio, Current ratio etc(iv) Turnover ratio's: Turnover of Inventory Composite Ratios, Turnover of
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Fixed Assets, Turnover of Debtors etc
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Further ratios can be classified on the basis of objective for which they are beingused.
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Liquidity Ratio's: Liquidity is the ease with which assets may be quickly
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converted into cash without the firm incurring a loss. If the firm has ahigh degree of liquidity, it will be able to meet its debt obligations as
they become due. Therefore, liquidity ratios are a useful tool for the
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firm's creditors, who are concerned about being paid. These include
current ratio and quick ratio.
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Current Ratio: This is defined as:
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Current Ratio = Current Assets /Current Liabilities
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This ratio indicates the company's ability to meet current obligations, i.e.,
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the current assets must be sufficient to pay current liabilities as and when thelatter matures. As a rule of thumb, the current ratio should at least be 2:1 by
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which is meant that even if half of the current assets could not be quickly
converted into cash, there would still be left enough to pay off short-term
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obligations. However, for interpreting current ratio the quality and liquidity ofeach current asset and current liability must be considered as also 'the nature of
the business as it may well be that various types of business may require less
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liability.
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(b)Quick Ratio or Acid-Test Ratio
This is defined as:
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Quick Ratio/Acid Test Ratio = Cash+ Bills Receivable + Debtors +Temporary
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InvestmentCurrent Liabilities
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The Acid-Test Ratio thus ignores less liquid assets like inventory, or
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prepaid and deferred charges, and takes into account only the most readily
available cash and other assets which can be applied for meeting short-term
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obligations at short notice. As a rule of thumb, a quick ratio of 1:1 is indicativeof a company having a good short-term liquidity, and one which can meet its
short-term debts without strain.
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(ii)
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Activity Ratios: Activity ratios indicate the rate at which the firm is
turning its inventory and accounts receivable into cash. The more rapidly
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the firm turns over its inventory and receivables, the more quickly itacquires cash. Higher turnover indicates that the firm is rapidly receiving
cash and is in a better position to pay its liabilities as they become due.
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Such high turnover however may not indicate that the firm is making
profits. For example, high inventory turnover may indicate that the firm
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is selling items for too low a price in order to have quicker sales. These
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ratio's include inventory turnover ratio, average collection period,receivables turnover, fixed asset turnover etc.
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Turnover of Current Assets this is defined
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vary from business to business and should be high for a trading company not
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involved in manufacturing activity, which should be able to sell-off stock
through its distribution channels as quickly as possible. It will be low for
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companies having a long reduction time, e.g., ship manufactures or heavyequipment manufactures with long product manufacturing cycles.
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Turnover of Inventory Ratio
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This is defined as:Turn over of Inventory Ratio = Cost of Goods Sold
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Average Inventory
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This ratio gives the turnover of inventory and indicates how funds
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invested in inventories ire being turned over. The higher the turn over ofinventory ratio, the smaller is the amount blocked in inventory and, therefore,
the less need is there for working capital for financing the inventory. A high
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ratio indicates that manufacturing activity is capable of being sustained with the
help of smaller inventory stock and consequently there is less chance of stock
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becoming obsolete/ in saleable and also that the company can afford to sell on asmall gross profit margin. This is important in a highly competitive market
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where small margins can be important. The volume of profits having to come
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from high turn over volume rather than from high margins on unit-product.c)
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Credit Collection Period
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Credit sales during the year
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credit collection department. This ratio is indicative of the efficiency of the bill
collectors of the company. It; indicates whether the company is haying too
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liberal a credit position and which would, therefore, require tightening up. Thisratio is useful for Sales Manager both to review the efficiency of his credit
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salesmen responsible for collection of credit sales proceeds.
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(iii)Profitability Ratios: The amount that a firm earns is particularly
important to investors. Earnings accrue to stockholders and are either
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distributed to them as dividends or are retained. Profitability ratios are
measures of performance that indicate the amount the firm is earning
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relative to some base, such as sales, assets or equity. These ratiosinclude, Gross profit ratio, net profit ratio, operating profit ratio, return
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Gross Profit Ratio
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This is defined as:Gross Profit Margin = Gross Profit x 100
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Net Sales
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And is expressed as a percentage. The gross profit margin shows the
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proportion of sales after meeting the direct cost of goods sold, i.e., directmaterial, direct labour and other direct expenses. The gross profit margin should
be high enough to covey other operating, administrative and distribution
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expenses as otherwise the line of activity would not be profitable for the
company. Usually, if the level of corporate profit taxation is, say 65-70 per cent
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at the highest slab, the gross profit margins should be of the order of 30-35 percent, in order to leave a margin of 12 per cent post-tax, which is usually
considered to be a satisfactory level if continued resources for ploughing back
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for growth have to be found by a company out of its own resources. If the
management wants to analyse which product of multi-product range should be
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discarded or stopped it should analyse the gross profit margin of each productand then come to a rational decision.
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The Ratios of Operating Profit to Sales
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Net Sales
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This is expressed as a percentage, and indicates the operating profit
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manufacturing, administrative and distribution activities. All variables and fixedcosts are thus taken into account but not taxes. This ratio reflects the profitability
of the entire business after meeting all its costs but before having to meet the tax
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c)
Net Profit Ratio
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Net Profit Ratio =Net Profit xlOONet Sales
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementThe net profit ratio, expressed as percentage, shows the return left for the
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shareholders after meeting all expenses and taxes.
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d)Return of Investment (ROI) -- A Key Profitability Ratio is the return on
investment ratio (ROI), which is a measure of efficiency and provides a
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starting point for analyzing the influence and trends in a company's
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achieved. This ratio is also known as net worth ratio.
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e)Return on Owners
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Paid up equity share capital
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it indicates to the equity shareholders what is the return on their investment in
the company and whether their continued investment in the company is
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worthwhile or not.The ratio is also called "Return on net worth".
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Leverage Ratios: In order to magnify the return to shareholders a firm
may use leverage in the capital structure. Financial leverage refers to the
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extent to which a firm finances its assets by use of debt. Since debtfinancing impacts return to shareholders each of these ratios is extremely
valuable in analyzing the financial position of the firm. The most
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commonly used leverage ratios are debt equity ratio and debt to total
asset ratio.
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a)
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Debt Equity Ratio
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high ratio would indicate that the company has preferred to go in for fixed-
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charges capital rather than for equity shareholders' capital.
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b)Shareholders' Equity to Total Capital
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Reserves)Total Capital (Fixed Assets + Working Total Capital + Loan Capital)
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This is an important ratio for determining the long-term solvency of a
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company. In general, the higher the share of proprietors' or owned capital in the
total capital of the company, the less the likelihood of insolvency in future,
given normally efficient management.
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Coverage Ratios: While leverage ratios measure the firm's use of debt,
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coverage ratios specifically measure its ability to service its debt. Theseratios indicate to the creditors and management how much the firm is
earning form operations relative to what is owed. These ratios include
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Interest payments and principal installments falling due during the year.
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This indicates at a glance whether the borrowing company will have
adequate funds for servicing both interest payments falling due and the principal
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re-payment falling due in installments for the loan taken. Depreciation is addedback to the net profits, as also the interest, in order to calculate this ratio.
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USING FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS
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Financial statement analysis can be a very useful tool for understanding a
firm's performance and condition. However, there are certain problems and
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issues encountered in such analysis which call for care, circumspection, andjudgment.
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Problems in Financial Statement Analysis
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You have to cope with the following problems while analyzing financial
statements.
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Lack of an Underlying Theory: The basic problem in financial statement
analysis is that there is no theory that tells us which numbers to look at and how
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to interpret them. In the absence of an underlying theory, financial statement
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analysis appears to be ad hoc, informal, and subjective. As Horrigan put it:
"From a negative viewpoint, the most striking aspect of ratio analysis is the
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absence of an explicit theoretical structure...... As a result the subject of ratioanalysis is replete with untested assertions about which ratios should be used
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and what their proper levels should be."
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Conglomerate Firms: Many firms, particularly the large ones, have operationsspanning a wide range of industries. Given the diversity of their product lines, it
is difficult to find suitable benchmarks for evaluating their financial
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performance and condition. Hence, it appears that meaningful benchmarks may
be available only for firms which have a well defined industry classification.
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Window Dressing: Firms may resort to window dressing to project a favourable
financial picture. For example, a firm may prepare its balance sheet at a point
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when its inventory level is very low. As a result, it may appear that the firm has
a very comfortable liquidity position and a high turnover of inventories. When
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window dressing of this kind is suspected, the financial analyst should look atthe average level of inventory over a period of time and the not the level of
inventory at just one point of time.
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Price Level Changes: Financial accounting, as it is currently practiced in India
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and most other countries, does not take into account price level changes. As aresult, balance sheet figures are distorted and profits misreported. Hence,
financial statement analysis can be vitiated.
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Variations in Accounting Policies: Business firms have some latitude in the
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accounting treatment of items like depreciation, valuation of stocks, researchand development expenses, foreign exchange transactions, installment sales,
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preliminary and pre-operative expenses, provision of reserves, and revaluation
of assets. Due to diversity of accounting policies found in practice, comparative
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financial statement analysis may be vitiated.
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Interpretation of Results: Though industry averages and other yardsticks arecommonly used in financial ratios, it is somewhat difficult to judge whether a
certain ratio is 'good' or "bad'. A high current ratio, for example, may indicate a
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strong liquidity position (something good) or excessive inventories (something
bad). Likewise, a high turnover of fixed assets may mean efficient utilization of
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plant and machinery or continued flogging of more or less fully depreciated,worn out, and inefficient plant and machinery.
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Another problem in interpretation arises when a firm has some
favourable ratios and some unfavorable ratios--and this is rather common. In
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such a situation, it may be somewhat difficult to form an overall judgementabout its financial strength or weakness. Multiple discriminant analysis, a
statistical tool, may be employed to sort out the net effect of several ratios
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pointing in different directions.
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Correlation among Ratios: Notwithstanding the previous observation, financialratios of a firm often show a high degree of correlation. Why? This is because
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various turnover ratios) and several items tend to move in harmony because of
some common underlying factor. In view of ratio correlations, it is redundant
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and often confusing to employ a large number of ratios in financial statementanalysis. Hence it is necessary to choose a small group of ratios from a large set
of ratios. Such a selection requires a good understanding of the meaning and
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limitations of various ratios and an insight into the economics of the business.
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Guidelines for Financial Statement Analysis
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From the foregoing discussion, it is clear that financial statement analysis cannot
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statements bear in mind the following guidelines.
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1.Use ratios to get clues to ask the right questions: By themselves ratios
rarely provide answers, but they definitely help you to raise the right
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questions.
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2.Be selective in the choice of ratios: You can compute scores of different
ratios and easily drown yourself into confusion. For most purposes a
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small set of ratios--three to seven--would suffice. Few ratios, aptly
chosen, would capture most of the information that you can derive from
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financial statements.3.
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Employ proper benchmarks: It is a common practice to compare the
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benchmarks. These benchmarks may be the average ratios of the industryor the ratios of the industry leaders or the historic ratios of the firm itself.
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4.
Know the tricks used by accountants: Since firms tend to manipulate the
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reported income, you should learn about the devices employed by them.5.
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Read the footnotes: Footnotes sometimes contain valuable information.
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Cash Flow Analysis
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Analysis of a firm's income statement and balance sheet with special emphasis
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on profitability and net earnings available to the shareholder is important.However, increased interest has developed among financial analysts in a firm's
operational income and cash flow. Since net earnings may be affected by non
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recurring items for example profit on sale of fixed assets, some financial
analysts place more emphasis on cash flow. The argument is that the cash flow
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generated by a firm's operations is a better indication of its profitability andvalue. Thus the use of cash flow is greatly increasing. This statement determines
the changes in the firm's holdings of cash and cash equivalent (i.e. short term
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liquid assets, treasury bills etc). The emphasis is not on the income or the firm's
assets and liabilities but on the inflow and outflow of cash from the firms
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operations, investments, and financing decisions. By placing emphasis on cash,the statement permits the individual to see where the firm generated cash and
how these funds were used.
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The cash flow statement can also help investors examine the quality of
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earnings. For example, if inventories are rising more quickly than sales, this can
be a real sign of trouble ? demand is weakening. If a firm is cutting back on its
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capital expenditures, this could be a signal of problems down the road. Ifaccounts receivables are rising at a greater rate than sales are increasing a
company may be having trouble collecting money owed. If accounts payable are
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rising too high this may indicate that the company is trying to conserve cash by
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HOW TO PREPARE CASH FLOW STATEMENT?
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The data come from the Balance sheet and Income Expenditure
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statement in the form of changes over a period of each in the items of these
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financial statements. The example of a cash flow statement is as follows:
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Basis for Company Analysis
113 (Rs. Lakhs)
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De
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Cash at Bank
10,000 Increase in Inventories
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20,000
AM: Cash inflows
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Purchase of Fixed Assets 60,000
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50,000 Increase in Debtors
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as Rights
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Payment for Expenses
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(e) Cash Trading Profits
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(generated)60,000160,000
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Cash profits are brought forward from profit allocation statement, while
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the other items are derived from the Balance Sheet and income and expenditure
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statement. A reading of the above statement helps the cash managementtechniques adopted by the company and its liquidity position.
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Trend Analysis
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In trend analysis, regression technique is used and the dependent variable
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says sales are regressed over time, say months or years. Similarly, earnings can
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These techniques require a good deal of data of the past and analysis for a lengthof time for experimentation. Trend Analysis refers to comparison of some
important ratios and rates of growth over a time period of a few years. These
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trends in the case of GPM or Sales Turnover are useful to indicate the extent of
improvement or deterioration over a period of time in the aspects considered.
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The trends in dividends, E.P.S., asset growth or sales growth are some examplesof the trends used to study the operational performance of the companies. Any
temporary rise in inventories to sales would indicate sluggish demand for the
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products of the company.
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Thus, the trends of the results, rather than the actual ratios andpercentages, are important. Structural relationships taken from the financial
statements of one year only are of limited value and the trends of these structural
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relationships established from statements over a number of years may be more
significant than absolute ratios
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Market Price and Corporate Performance
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The market price of a share depends primarily on the Company's
performance, reflected in the earnings per share or cash earning per share,
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dividend record and bonus payments made by the company. Besides, share pricealso depends on the goodwill factors which are subjective in nature such as
management reputation, expansion plans, tax planning, technological set-up,
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reputation of collaborators and locational advantages. The management rating is
subjective and is a factor contributing to the goodwill of the company. This
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goodwill also depends on the Government attitude to the management,Government policy with regard to the imports etc.
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Honesty, integrity and consistency of management give good rating for
the company. The price of a share also depends on subjective factors like
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sentiment of the market, phase of the market such as gloom, fear, indecision,
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optimism and Euphoria etc. Thus, many non-economic and non-financial factorsplay a role in price formation of a scrip in die market.
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To sum up, the market price of share depends on some fundamental
factors like intrinsic value of the share, as also on subjective and goodwill
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factors and sentimental factors depending on the phase of the market. Theintrinsic worth of the company is judged by the net present value, derived by
discounting future returns of shares, book value of the share, earnings per share
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Forecasting earningsForecasting earnings per share (EPS) is an important task for both
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outside investors and internal managers. Outside the firms, investors use these
forecasts as a basis to form profitable investment portfolios. Inside the firms,
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managers use these forecasts for a host of critically important decisionsincluding operational budgeting, capital investment, and other resource
allocation decisions. Accuracy in these forecasts, therefore, is essential for both
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optimum portfolio management in capital markets and optimum resource
allocation within a firm.
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Selecting a forecasting methodology is, in itself, a major decision for
investors and for managers. Earlier research on the accuracy of alternative
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forecasting methods has been in one of the two categories: (1) comparing
different statistical or mechanical forecasting methods, and (2) comparing
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statistical models with judgmental analysts' forecasts. Building on these twolines of research, later literature suggests that a combination of the statistical
forecasts and financial analyst forecasts will produce more accurate results.
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The considerable amount of research on statistical forecasting modelsin the literature has created the need for varied means of categorization to
identify and select models one means of basic categorization of the statistical
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forecasting methods used to aid in model selection is to identify models as
either being linear or nonlinear. Another categorization of statistical
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forecasting models is to refer to them as being either "univariate" (i.e., usingone independent variable in the model) or "multivariate" (i.e., more than one
independent variable). In the context of EPS forecasts, to date, the majority of
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the statistical methods used in forecasting EPS are linear. For example, the
family of time-series forecast models widely used in forecasting EPS belongs
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to the linear forecasting category. Some practical methods are as follows:1.
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Use of Earnings Model, for EBT (Earning before tax)namely,
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EBT={R+(R-I) L /E} E
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Where, R is the average return on Investments or Assets, I is the interest coston liabilities other than equity, L/E is the debt equity ratio or total liabilities
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If we have the data on the past ernings on assets, the manner of financing and
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the average cost of interest on liabilities, we will have the average past trendsof R, I and plug in these values for the present and future. If we know EBT, by
deducting the tax payable at the effective rate in the past we can arrive at the
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EAT (Earning after tax). Once we know EAT by dividing EAT by the
outstanding number of shares we will get the EPS (Earning per share). If the
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past average P/E (Price earning ratio) multiple is say Rs15 and the EPS worksout to Rs 10 then the market price can be estimated at Rs 150 i.e., EPS x P/E .
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lakhs to 28 lakhs. Then the sales of XYZ can be put at 2.5 lakhs in the next
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year. On the basis of this sales rate and the average operating profit margin of
last three years say 35% one can estimate the income from sales and 35% of it
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is taken as operating profits, from which interest and depreciation and taxescan be deducted at their normal rates and arrive at profit after taxes (EAT).
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selecting and recommending that equity shares "out perform" the market over a
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given span of time, usually the ensuing 12 months. This approach they noted did
not involve seeking an answer to the question:" What is the stock worth?" The
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second concept stands in market contrast. It attempts to value a shareindependently of its current market price. If the value found is substantially
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bought or disposed off. This independent value has a variety of names, the most
familiar of which is the intrinsic value. It may also be called indicated value,
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central value, normal value, investment value, reasonable value, fair value andappraised value. Graham, Dodd and Cattle's third approach is concerned with
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prevailing market level and seeks to determine the value of equity in terms of it.
His efforts, therefore, are devoted fundamentally to appraising the relative
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attractiveness of individual issues in terms of the then existing level of equityprices and not to determine the fundamental worm of equity.
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A general definition of intrinsic value would be "that value which is
justified by the facts, e.g. assets, earnings, dividends, definite prospects,
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including the factor of management". The primary objective in using theadjective "intrinsic" is to emphasize the distinction between value and current
market price, but not to invest minus "value" with an aura of performance. The
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most important single factor determining a stock's value is now held to be the
indicated future earning power i.e., the estimated average earnings for a future
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span of years. Intrinsic value would then be found by first forecasting minusearning power and then multiplying that prediction by an appropriate
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Graham, Dodd and Cottle were explicit that their intrinsic value approach would
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not apply to high growth rate stocks or inherently speculative issues since theydo not admit of a "soundly ascertained value". They consider only growth stocks
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growth stock will typically appear to be selling too high by one evaluation
standards and the true investor may do well to avoid it for mis reason. But both
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the price and the ultimate value may often develop independently of, andcontrary to, any given valuation.
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Definitions and Characteristics of Bonds
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A bond is a long-term promissory note that promises to pay the
bondholder a predetermined, fixed amount of interest each year until maturity.
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At maturity, the principal will be paid to the bondholder. In the case of a firm's
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insolvency, a bondholder has a priority of claim to the firm's assets before thepreferred and common stockholders. Also, bondholders must be paid interest
due them before dividends can be distributed to the stockholders. A bond's par
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value is the amount that will be repaid by the firm when the bond matures.
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The contractual agreement of the bond specifies a coupon interest ratethat is expressed either as a percent of the par value or as a flat amount of
interest which the borrowing firm promises to pay the bondholder each year. For
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example: A Rs 1,00 par value bond specifying a coupon interest rate of 9 percent
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provides the specific terms of the bond agreement such as the rights and
responsibilities of both parties. The current yield on a bond refers to the ratio of
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annual interest payment to the bond's market price.In comparison to equities, bonds might, at first sight, appear much
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less glamorous and exciting, but bonds too have their subtleties and pitfalls
for the unwary. In fact, in some ways bonds demand greater alertness and
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skill on the part of the investor. This is because, in general, there is lessuncertainty about the cash flows accruing to the bond holder as compared
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calculations and analysis. Typically, bond prices fluctuate less than equity
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Bond Valuation
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Bond valuation is the process of determining the fair price of a bond. As with
any security, the fair value of a bond is the present value of the stream of cash
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flows it is expected to generate. Hence, the price or value of a bond isdetermined by discounting the bond's expected cash flows to the present using
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GENERAL RELATIONSHIPS
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The present value relationship
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The fair price of a straight bond (a bond with no embedded option; is determined
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? Cash flows:
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o the periodic coupon payments C, each of which is made once
every period;
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o the par or face value P, which is payable at maturity of the bond
after T periods.
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? Discount rate: the required (annually compounded) yield or rate of return
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o r is the market interest rate for new bond issues with similar riskratings
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relationship between price and discount rate: the higher the discount rates thelower the value of the bond (and vice versa). A bond trading below its face value
is trading at a discount; a bond trading above its face value is at a premium.
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Coupon yield
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The coupon yield is simply the coupon payment (C) as a percentage of the face
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Coupon yield = C / FCoupon yield is also called nominal yield.
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Current yield
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The current yield is simply the coupon payment (C) as a percentage of the bond
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Current yield = C / P0.
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Yield to Maturity
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The yield to maturity, YTM, is the discount rate which returns the market priceof the bond. It is thus the internal rate of return of an investment in the bond
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used as the required return on the bond.
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BOND PRICING1.
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Relative price approach
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Here the bond will be priced relative to a benchmark, usually agovernment security. The discount rate used to value the bond is
determined based on the bond's rating relative to a government security
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with similar maturity. The better the quality of the bond, the smaller the
spread between its required return and the YTM of the benchmark. This
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required return is then used to discount the bond cash flows as above.2.
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Arbitrage free pricing approach
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two or more markets). Here, each cash flow is priced separately and isdiscounted at the same rate as the corresponding government issues Zero
coupon bond. (Some multiple of the bond (or the security) will produce
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an identical cash flow to the government security (or the bond in
question).) Since each bond cash flow is known with certainty, the bond
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price today must be equal to the sum of each of its cash flows discountedat the corresponding risk free rate - i.e. the corresponding government
security. Were this not the case, arbitrage would be possible - see
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rational pricing.
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Here the discount rate per cash flow, rt, must match that of the
corresponding zero coupon bond's rate.
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Bond Price =
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BOND INTRINSIC VALUES
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As a final step in bond analysis, investors should examine the market
position of bonds. They must investigate whether the market price of a bond is
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out of line with the similarly rated bonds by performing an evaluation --
calculating intrinsic values. Astute investors feel that value of bonds stems from
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the income stream these securities throw off. Thus, they feel that the value of abond depends upon the present value of the aggregate interest payments plus the
present value of the final maturity payment. But, this valuation technique
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presents investors with-a serious problem, namely, what is an appropriate
discount rate ? The answer will depend upon the required rate of return the
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investor has in his mind. It will differ from person to person too. Generally, anIndian bond investor is aiming at a return of 15-18 percent per annum. The rate
used to discount bond flows, thus, is a critical value judgement.
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The question can be answered through regression analysis -- marking
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returns with maturity dates so that a regression line can be determined. Theinvestors can use their regression line to establish discount rates use with bond
flows.
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services for various bonds retiring. This technique might be termed as the "quickmethod". Finally, the appraisal value is compared with the market price to
indicate the degree of fairness present.
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BOND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
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Interest Rate Anticipation
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Strategies which involve forecasting interest rates and altering a bond
portfolio to take advantage of that forecast are called "interest rate anticipation"
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strategies. Interest rates are the most important factor in the pricing of bonds.The price of a bond is based on its interest rate or "yield" at any particular time
and the most important influence on a bond's yield is the market interest rate
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structure. The market interest rate for any particular term of bond is generally
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as highly liquid and of very low default risk.? Basic Interest rate Anticipation Strategy: involves moving between
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long-term government bonds and very short-term treasury bills, based on
a forecast of interest rates over a certain time horizon.
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? Yield Curve Strategies: are more sophisticated interest rate anticipation
strategies taking into account the differences in interest rates for different
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terms of bonds, called the "term structure" of interest rates. A chart of the
interest rates for bonds of different terms is called the "yield curve". A
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yield curve strategy would position a bond portfolio to profit the mostfrom an expected change in the yield curve, based on an economic or
market forecast.
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Sector Rotation in Bonds
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A sector rotation strategy for bonds involves varying the weights of
different types of bonds held within a portfolio. An investment manager will
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form an opinion on the valuation of a specific sector of the bond market, based
on the credit fundamental factors for that sector and relative valuations
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within that sector. A manager will usually compare her portfolio to theweightings of the benchmark index that she is being compared to on a
performance basis.
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Security Selection for Bonds
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Security selection for bonds involves fundamental and credit analysis
and quantitative valuation techniques at the individual security level.
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Fundamental analysis of a bond considers the nature of the security and the
potential cash flows attached to it. Credit analysis evaluates the likelihood that
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the payments will be received as contemplated, or at all. Modern quantitativetechniques use statistical analysis and advanced mathematical techniques to
attach values to the cash flows and assess the probabilities inherent in their
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nature.
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SourcesSingh Preeti (2006). Investment Management. 14th Edition:
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Himalaya Publishing House.Avadhani, V.A. (2003). Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management. 6th
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Edition: Himalaya Publishing House.Mayo B. Herbert (2000). Investments. 6th Edition: Harcourt College Publishers.
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Jones P. Charles (2002). Investments. 8th Edition: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
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Chandra Prasanna (2004). Financial Management. 6th Edition: Tata McGraw
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Bhalla, V.K. (2005). Investment Management. 12 th Edition: S Chand.
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Questions1.
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How is a fundamental analysis useful to a prospective investor?
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2.What is the meaning of company analysis? What financial statements in
your opinion are helpful in understanding the company's prospects?
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Is intrinsic value of a share important? How would you calculate it?
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4.
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The three important elements of investments are risk return and timing.Elaborate.
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5.What are the basic valuation models of bonds? How do you calculate
`yield' on bonds?
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Find the present value of the bond when par value is Rs 100, coupon
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rate is 15% and current market price is Rs 90. The bond has a six year
maturity value and has a premium of 10%.
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7.
If a bond has a market price of Rs 83 and a par value of Rs 100. It has an
interest rate of 13% and matures after five years. What rate of return
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UNIT - III
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FUTURES AND OPTIONS
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Objectives of the study:
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The objectives of this unit are to help one understand, in general
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?The general frame work of Futures and Options as a financial derivative
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Importance and working of Futures and Options in the financial market
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Syllabus
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Options: Types - Determinants of Option value - Option Position and Strategies
-Option pricing. Futures: Stock Index futures - Portfolio strategies using futures
-Futures on fixed income securities - Futures on long term Securities.
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3.1. Introduction.
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3.2 Options-Meaning3.3. Reasons for using Options
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3.4. Working of options
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3.5. Types of Options
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3.6. Pricing of Options
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3.6.1. Factors affecting the Option premium3.6.2. Option zones
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3.6.3. Assumptions and Notations
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3.6.4. Upper and Lower boundaries for option prices
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3.6.5. Greeks
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3.7. Trading Strategies3.7.1. Bull Market Strategies
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3.7.2. Bear Market Strategies
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3.7.3 Volatile Market Strategies
3.7.4. Stable Market Strategies
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3.8 .Futures Contract - Meaning3.9. Futures Characteristics
3.10. Contract specification for Index futures contracts.
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3.11. Eligibility Criteria for introducing futures option contracts on Index.
3.12. Importance of index futures.
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3.13. Security Futures3.14. Cataract specifications for single stock futures.
3.15. Eligibility criteria for introducing futures option contracts on stocks.
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3.16. Security Futures Vs stock options.
3.17. Trading system
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3.17.1. The players
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3.17.2. Order matching rules.
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3.17.3. Order conditions3.17.4. Session timings
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3.17.5. Price bands.
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3.17.6. Limited trading membership
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3.18. Futures strategies
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3.19. Advantages of Future Index3.20. Future on fixed income securities.
3.21. Hedging by fixed income founds.
3.22. Valuations of index futures.
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3.23. Futures of bonds.3.24. Security futures risks.
3.25. Some technical terms.
3.26. Activities
3.27. Self Analyzing questions.
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3.1. INTRODUCTIONTRADING in stock index futures contracts was introduced by the
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Kansas City Board of Trade on February 24, 1982.In April 1982, the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange (CME) began trading in futures contract based on the
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Standard and Poor's Index of 500 common stocks. The introduction of bothcontracts was successful, especially the S&P 500 futures contract, adopted by
most institutional investors.
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BSE created history on June 9th, 2000 by launching the first Exchange
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traded Index Derivative Contract i.e. futures on the capital market benchmarkindex - the BSE Sensex. The inauguration of trading was done by Prof. J.R.
Varma, member of SEBI and chairman of the committee responsible for
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formulation of risk containment measures for the Derivatives market. The first
historical trade of 5 contracts of June series was done on June 9, 2000 at 9:55:03
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a.m. between M/s Kaji & Maulik Securities Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Emkay Share &stock Brokers Ltd. at the rate of 4755.
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In the sequence of product innovation, the exchange commenced trading
in Index Options on Sensex on June 1, 2001. Stock options were introduced on
31 stocks on July 9, 2001 and single stock futures were launched on November
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9th 2002.
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September 13, 2004 marked another milestone in the history of IndianCapital Markets, the day on which the Bombay Stock Exchange launched
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domestic and international. BSE permitted trading in weekly contracts in options
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3.2 OPTIONS-MEANING
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An option is a contract whereby one party (the holder or buyer) has theright, but not the obligation, to exercise the contract (the option) on or before a
future date (the exercise date or expiry). The other party (the writer or seller) has
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the obligation to honour the specified feature of the contract. Since the option
gives the buyer a right and the seller an obligation, the buyer has received
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something of value. The amount the buyer pays the seller for the option is calledthe option premium.
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Because this is a security whose value is determined by an underlying
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everyday situations.
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For example, you discover a house that you'd love to purchase.
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talk to the owner and negotiate a deal that gives you an option to buy the housein three months for a price of Rs.200, 000. The owner agrees, but for this option,
you pay a price of Rs.3, 000.
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Now, consider two theoretical situations that might arise:
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It's discovered that the house is actually the true birthplace of a
great man. As a result, the market value of the house
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skyrockets to Rs.1 crore. Because the owner sold you theoption, he is obligated to sell you the house for Rs.200, 000. In
the end, you stand to make a profit of Rs.97, 97,000 (Rs.1
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Crore ? Rs.200, 000 ? Rs.3, 000).
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2.While touring the house, you discover not only that the walls
are chock-full of asbestos, but also that a ghost haunts the
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have built a fortress in the basement. Though you originally
thought you had found the house of your dreams, you now
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consider it worthless. On the upside, because you bought anoption, you are under no obligation to go through with the sale.
Of course, you still lose the Rs.3, 000 price of the option.
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buy an option, you have a right but not an obligation to do something. You canalways let the expiration date go by, at which point the option becomes
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money you used to pay for the option. Second, an option is merely a contract
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derivatives, which mean an option derives its value from something else. In ourexample, the house is the underlying asset. Most of the time, the underlying
asset is a stock or an Index.
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3.3. REASON FOR USING OPTIONS.
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Two main reasons why an investor would use options are:
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a. Speculation
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Speculation is the betting on the movement of a security. The advantage
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of options is that one isn't limited to making a profit only when the market goesup. Because of the versatility of options, one can also make money when the
market goes down or even sideways.
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Speculation is the territory in which the big money is made - and lost.
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reputation of being risky. This is because when one buys an option; one has to
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be correct in determining not only the direction of the stock's movement, butalso the magnitude and the timing of this movement. To succeed, one must
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how much the price will change as well as the time frame it will take for all this
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b. Hedging
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The other function of options is hedging. Think of this as an insurance
policy. Just as one insures one's house or car, options can be used to insure the
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investments against a downturn. By using options, one would be able to restrict
one's downslide while enjoying the full upside in a cost-effective way.
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3.4. WORKING OF OPTIONS
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In order to understand the working of options, an assumed firm by the
name Justus Company, is taken Let's say that on May 1, the stock price of Justus
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Co. was Rs.75 and the premium (cost) was Rs.3.15 for a July 78 Call, which
indicated that the expiration was the third Friday of July and the strike price was
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Rs.78. The total price of the contract was Rs.3.15 x 100 = Rs.315. In reality,you'd also have to take commissions into account, but we'll ignore them for this
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Remember, a stock option contract is the option to buy 100 shares; that's
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why you must multiply the contract by 100 to get the total price. The strike priceof Rs. 78 means that the stock price must rise above Rs.78 before the call option
is worth anything; furthermore, because the contract is Rs.3.70 per share, the
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break-even price would beRs.81.
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When the stock price is Rs.67, it's less than the Rs.70 strike price, so the
option is worthless. But don't forget that you've paid Rs.315 for the option, so
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you are currently down by this amount.Three weeks later the stock price is Rs.84. The options contract has
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increased along with the stock price and is now worth Rs.6 x 100 = Rs.600.
Subtract what you paid for the contract, and your profit is (Rs.3) x 100 = Rs.300.
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You almost doubled the money in just three weeks! You could sell your options,which are called "closing your position," and take your profits - unless, of
course, you think the stock price will continue to rise. For the sake of this
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example, let's say we let it ride. By the expiration date, the price drops to Rs.60.
Because this is less than our Rs.78 strike price and there is no time left, the
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option contract is worthless. We are now down to the original investment ofRs.300. Putting it in the form of a table: here is what happened to our option
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May 1
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Stock Price
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Rs.78
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Rs.84Rs.60
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Option Price
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Rs.3Rs.6
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Rs.600
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Paper Gain/Loss
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Rs.0
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Rs.300
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-Rs.300
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The price swing for the length of this contract from high to low was
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Rs.600, which would have given us over double our original investment.This is leverage in action.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementOption frameworks
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The buyer pays the price (premium) to the seller (writer).The buyerassumes a long position and the writer a corresponding short position.
Thus the writer of a call option is "short a call" and has the obligation to
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sell to the holder, who is "long of a call option" and who has the right to
buy. The writer of a put option is "on the short side of the position", and
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has the obligation to buy from the taker of the put option, who is "long aput".
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will affect the valuation. Generally the contract will either be Americanstyle - which allows exercise up to the expiry date - or European style -
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where exercise is allowed on several, specific dates up to the expiry date.
European contracts are easier to value.
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directly - the futures and options exchange acts as intermediary. The seller
guarantees the exchange to fulfill his obligation if the buyer chooses to
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execute.?
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The risk for the option holder is limited: he cannot lose more than the
premium paid as he can "abandon the option". His potential gain with a
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call option is theoretically unlimited;?
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The maximum loss for the writer of a put option is equal to the strike price.
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option writer who owns the underlying instrument has created a coveredposition; he can always meet his obligations by using the actual
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underlying. Where the seller does not own the underlying on which he has
written the option, he is called a "naked writer", and has created a "naked
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position".
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Options can be in-the-money, at-the-money or out-of-the-money. The "in-
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the-money" option has a positive intrinsic value, options in "at-the-money"or "out-of-the-money" have an intrinsic value of zero. Additional to the
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is closer to its expiry date.
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c. Long-Term Options are options with holding times of one, two
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or multiple years, which may be more appealing for long-terminvestors, which are called long-term equity anticipation
securities (LEAPS). By providing opportunities to control and
manage risk or even to speculate, LEAPS are virtually identical
to regular options. LEAPS, however, provide these opportunities
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for much longer periods of time. Although they are not availableon all stocks, LEAPS are available on most widely held issues.
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real economy - in the production of goods or services, rather thanin financial contracts ? which may be something as simple as the
opportunity to expand production, or to change production inputs.
They are an increasingly influential tool in corporate finance with
typically difficult or impossible to trade
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Security Analysis and Portfolio Managemente. Traded options (also called "Exchange-Traded Options" or
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"Listed Options") are Exchange traded derivatives which have:
standardized contracts; quick systematic pricing; and are settled
through a clearing house (ensuring fulfillment.) These include:
stock options; bond options; interest rate options; and swaption.
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f. Vanilla options are 'simple', well understood and traded options,
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whereas an exotic option is more complex, or less easilyunderstood and non-standard in nature. Asian options, look back
options, barrier options are considered to be exotic, especially if
the underlying instrument is more complex than simple equity or
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g. Employee stock options are issued by a company to its
employees as compensation.
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3.6. PRICING OF OPTIONS
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3.6.1.Factors affecting the Option premium:
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Options are used as risk management tools and the valuation or pricing
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There are four major factors affecting the Option premium:
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? Price of Underlying
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? Time to Expiry? Exercise Price Time to Maturity
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? Volatility of the Underlying
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? Dividends
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a. The Intrinsic Value of an Option
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The intrinsic value of an option is defined as the amount by which an
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option is in-the immediate exercise value of the option when the underlyingposition is marked-to-market.
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For a call option: Intrinsic Value = Spot Price ? Strike Price
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The intrinsic value of an option must be positive or zero. It cannot benegative. For a call option, the strike price must be less than the price of the
underlying asset for the call to have an intrinsic value greater than 0. For a put
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option, the strike price must be greater than the underlying asset price for it to
have intrinsic value.
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Comparing two calls with the same underlying asset; the higher the exercise price
of a call, the lower its premium.
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Call
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Comparing two puts with the same underlying asset; the higher theexercise price of a put, the higher its premium.
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The premium is affected by the price movements in the underlyinginstrument. For Call options the right to buy the underlying at a fixed strike price
? as the underlying price raises so does its premium. As the underlying price
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falls so does the cost of the option premium. For put options ? the right to sell
the underlying at a fixed strike price as the underlying price rises, the premium
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falls; as the underlying price decreases the premium cost raises.Call options become more valuable as the stock price increases and less
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valuable as the strike price increases. For a put option, the payoff on exercise is
the amount by which the strike price exceeds the stock price. Put options,
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therefore, behave in the opposite way to call options. They become less valuable
as the stock price increases and more valuable as the strike price increases.
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The price of underlying asset
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The option premium will be higher when the price of the underlying asset is
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Call
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The option premium will be lower when the price of the underlying asset
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is lower .
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The more the options is in-the-money or out-of-the-money, the lower isits time value; i.e. the option premium is close to the intrinsic value of the
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c. The Time Value of an Option
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Generally, the longer the time remaining until an option's expiration, the
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higher will be its premium, because the longer an option's lifetimes, greater isthe possibility that the underlying share price might move so as to make the
option in-the-money. All other factors affecting an option's price remaining the
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same, the time value portion of an option's premium will decrease with the
passage of time.
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Both put and call American options become more valuable as the time to
expiration increases. To see this, consider two options that differ only with
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respect to the expiration date. The owner of the long-life option has all the
exercise opportunities open to that of the owner of the short-life on- and more.
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The long-life option must, therefore, always be worth at least as muchas the short-life option.
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European put and call options do not necessarily become more
valuable as the time to expiration increases. This is because the owner of a
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long-life European option does not have all the exercise opportunities open tothe owner of a short-life European option. The owner of the long-life
European option can exercise only at the maturity of that option. Consider two
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European call options on a stock, one with an expiration date in one month
and the other with an expiration date in two months. Suppose that a very large
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dividend is expected in six weeks. The dividend will cause the stock price todecline. It is possible that this will lead to the short-life option being worth
more than the long-life option.
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The value of an option will be lower at the near closer of the expiration
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date, when all other factors remaining equal. The loss of time value is faster asthe expiration date approaches.
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d. Volatility
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Volatility is the tendency of the underlying security's market price to
fluctuate either up or down. It reflects a price change's magnitude; it does not
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imply a bias towards price movement in one direction or the other. Thus, it is a
major factor in determining an option's premium. The higher the volatility of the
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underlying stock, the higher the premium because there is a greater possibilitythat the option will move in-the-money. Generally, as the volatility of an under-
lying stock increases, the premiums of both calls and puts overlying that stock
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increase, and vice versa.
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Higher volatility = Higher premium
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The volatility of a stock price, ? is defined so that ?is the
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Standard deviation of the return on the stock in a short length of time t. It is a
measure of how uncertain we are about future stock price movements. As
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volatility increases, the chance that, the stock will do very well or very poorlyincreases. For the owner of a stock. these two outcomes tend to offset each
other. However, this is not so for the owner of a call or put.
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The owner of a call benefits from price increases but bas limited
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downslide risk in the event of price decreases because the most that the ownercan lose is the price of the option. Similarly, the owner of a put benefits from
price decreases but has limited downslide risk in the event of price increases.
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The value of both calls and puts, therefore, increases as volatility increase.
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The higher the price volatility of the underlying asset, the higher thelikelihood that the option will end up in-the-money; therefore, the higher the
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The higher the price volatility of the underlying asset, the higher the
likelihood that the option will end up out-of-the-money; therefore, the lower the
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premium.
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e. Interest rates
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In general interest rates have the least influence on options and equate
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approximately to the cost of carry of a futures contract. If the size of the optionscontract is very large, then this factor may take on some importance. All other
factors being equal as interest rates rise, premium costs fall and vice versa. The
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relationship can be thought of as an opportunity cost. In order to buy an option,
the buyer must either borrow funds or use funds on deposit. Either way the
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buyer incurs an interest rate cost. If interest rates are rising, then the opportunitycost of buying options increases and to compensate the buyer premium costs
fall. Why should the buyer be compensated? Because the option writer receiving
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the premium can place the funds on deposit and receive more interest than was
previously anticipated. The situation is reversed when interest rates fall -
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premiums rise. This time it is the writer who needs to be compensated.As interest rates in the economy increases, the expected growth rate of the
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stock price tends to increase and the present value of any future cash flows
received by the holder of the option decreases. These two effects tend to
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decrease the value of a put option and hence, put option prices decline as therisk-free interest rate increases. In the case of calls, the first effect tends to
increase the price and the second effect tends to decrease it. It can be shown that
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the first effect always dominates the second effect; that the price of a call always
increases as the risk-free interest rate increases.
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The higher the "riskless interest rate", the higher the call premium. The
higher the "riskless interest rate", the lower the put premium
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f. Dividends
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Dividends have the effect of reducing the stock price on the ex-dividend
date. The value of a call option is negatively related to the size of any
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anticipated dividend and the value of a put option is positively related to the sizeof any anticipated dividend.
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3.6.2. option zones
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The value of the stock option has three different zones, as shown below:1. Out of the Money : Where the stock price is below the exercise price.
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2. At the Money : Where it is close to or at the exercise price.
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3. In the Money: Where the stock price is above the exercise price.
These zones are depicted in the chart below:
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementSay the exercise price is Rs.60. If the stock price is below 60, there is no
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economic value. There is only time value; if stock price starts above Rs.60 it
will have been economic value and time value. As seen from the chart time
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value is maximum, when the exercise price and stock price are the same but islower below the exercise price or above it. If the actual price is lower than the
exercise price there is less change of profit on the call. If the actual price is
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above the exercise price, then there is a chance of profit, and there is less reason
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Some relationships have been derived between option price that do not
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prices For this purposes it is, therefore, reasonable to assume that there are no
arbitrage opportunities.
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The following notations have been used: .So :current stock price
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ST: stock price at time T
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X: strike price of option
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T: time of expiration of option
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r: risk-free rate of interest for maturity T (continuouslycompounded)
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C: value of American call option to buy one share
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P: value of American put option to sell one sharec: value of European all option to buy one share
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p: value of European put option to sell one share
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If the option price is above the upper bound or below the lower bound,
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Upper Bounds:
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An American or European call option gives the holder the right to buy
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never be worth more than the stock. Hence, the stock price is an upper bound to
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An American or European put option gives the holder the right to sell
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option can never be worth more than X. HenceP< X and P < X
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worth more than X. It follows that its value today cannot be more than the
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If this were not true, an arbitrageur could make a risk less profit by
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A lower bound for the price of a European call option on a non-dividend-paying stock is
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argument.Suppose that So = Rs20, X = Rs18, r = 10% per annum, and T = 1 year.
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So -Xe- rT = 20 -18e-0-i = 3.71or Rs3.71. Consider the situation where the European call price is Rs3.00, which
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is less than the theoretical minimum of Rs3.71. An arbitrageur can buy the call
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invested for one year at 10% per annum, the Rs17.00 grows to Rs18.79. At theend of the year, the option expires. If the stock price is greater than Rs18, the
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Rs18.79 -Rs18.00 = Rs0.79If the stock price is less than Rs18, the stock is bought in the .market and
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the short (X) position is closed out. The arbitrageur then makes an even greater
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Rs18.79 -Rs17.00 = l. 79
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Portfolio A: one European call option plus an amount of cash equal toXe- rT
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Portfolio B: one share )
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In portfolio A, if the cash is invested at the risk-free interest rate, it willgrow to X at time T. If ST > X, the call option is exercised at time T and portfolio
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A is worth ST. If ST < X, the call option expires worthless and the portfolio is
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Portfolio B is worth ST at time T. Hence, portfolio A is always worth atleast as much and is sometimes worth more than, portfolio B at time T. It
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C > So -Xe-rT.
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worthless, its value must be positive. This means that c > 0 and, therefore,
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Lower Bound for European Puts on Non-Dividend-Paying Stocks
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bound for the price isXe ?rT - So
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Suppose that So = Rs37, X = Rs40, r = 5% per annum, and T = 0.5 year.
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In this caseXe-rT -So = 4Oe-o.osxo.s -37 = 2.01
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Rs2.01. Consider the situation where the European put price is
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Rs1.00, which is less In the theoretical minimum of Rs2.01. An arbitrageurcan borrow Rs38.00 for six months to buy both the put and the stock. At the
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Rs38.96. If the stock price is below Rs40.00, : arbitrageur exercises theoption to sell the stock for Rs40.00, repays the loan, and makes a profit of
Rs.40.00 ?Rs.38.96 = Rs1.04
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If the stock price is greater than Rs40.00, the arbitrageur discards the
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option, sells and repays the loan for an even greater profit. For example, if thestock price is . 2.00, the arbitrageur's profit is
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Rs.42.00 ?Rs.38.9.6 = Rs3.04
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If ST < X, the option in portfolio C is exercised at time T, and the
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portfolio becomes worth X. If ST > X, the put option expires worthless, and theportfolio is worth ST at time T. Hence portfolio C is worth max(ST. X) at time
T. Assuming that the cash is invested at the risk-free interest rate, portfolio D is
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worth X at time T. Hence, portfolio C is always worth as much as, and is
sometimes worth more than, portfolio D at time T. It follows that in the absence
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of arbitrage opportunities. portfolio C must be worth at least as much asportfolio D today. Hence
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p + So > Xe-rT
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Summary - Factors affecting the option premium
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Call premium Put premium
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Longer time to expiration
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Higher price of underlying
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Higher volatility of underlying
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Higher exercise price
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Higher interest rate
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3.6.5. Greeks
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options premiums are as follows:? Delta
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? Gamma
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Delta is the measure of an option's sensitivity to changes in the price of
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the underlying asset. Therefore, it is the degree to which an option price willmove given a change in the underlying stock or index price, all else being
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Change in option premium
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19 is 0.80. The delta for this option is +0.5. This means that if the price of the
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underlying futures contract rises to As 20 -a rise of Rs.1 -then the premium will
increase by 0.5 x 1.00 = 0.50. The new option premium will be 0.80 + 0.50 =
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As 1.30.Far out-of-the-money calls will have a delta very close to zero, as the
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change in underlying price is not likely to make them valuable or cheap. At-the-
money call would have a delta of 0.5 and a deeply in-the-money call would
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have a delta close to 1.While Call deltas are positive, Put deltas are negative, reflecting the fact
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that the put option price and the underlying stock price are inversely related.
This is because if one buys a put his view is bearish and expects the stock price
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to go down. However, if the stock price moves up it is contrary to his viewtherefore, the value of the option decreases. The put delta equals the call delta
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underlying asset to rise in price. On the contrary, if delta is negative, he wantsthe underlying asset's price to fall.
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Uses: The knowledge of delta is of vital importance for option traders because
this parameter is heavily used in margining and risk management strategies.
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The delta is often called the hedge ratio. e.g. if you have a portfolio of 'n' shares
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need to be short (i.e. need to write) to create a riskless hedge -i.e. a portfolio
which would be worth the same whether the stock price rose by a very small
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amount or fell by a very small amount.In such a "delta neutral" portfolio any gain in the value of the shares
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held due to a rise in the share price would be exactly offset by a loss on the
value of the calls written, and vice versa.
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Note that as the delta changes with the stock price and time to expiration
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hedge. How quickly the delta changes with the stock price is given by gamma,
which we shall learn subsequently.
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Gamma
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This is the rate at which the delta value of an option increases or
decreases as a result of a move in the price of the underlying instrument.
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Change in an option delta
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Gamma =Change in underlying price
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then a rise of +/- 1 in the underlying means the delta will move to 0.55 for aprice rise and 0.45 for a price fall. Gamma is rather like the rate of change in the
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speed, and braking back to a standstill. Gamma is greatest for an A TM (at-the-
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If you are hedging a portfolio using the delta-hedge technique described
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smaller it is the less often you will have to adjust the hedge to maintain a deltaneutral position. If gamma is too large a small change in stock price could wreck
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using options --unlike delta, it can't be done by buying or selling the underlying
asset as the gamma of the underlying asset is, by definition, always zero so more
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or less of it won't affect the gamma of the total portfolio.Theta
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change in option price given a one-day decrease in time to expiration. It is a
measure of time decay (or time shrunk). Theta is generally used to gain an
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idea of how time decay is affecting your portfolio.Change in an option premium
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Change in time to expiryTheta is usually negative for an option as with a decrease in time, the
option value decreases. This is due to the fact that the uncertainty element in the
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price decreases.
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Assume an option has a premium of 3 and a theta of 0.06. After oneday it will decline to 2.94, the second day to 2.88 and so on. Naturally other
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premium. Theta is only concerned with the time value. Unfortunately, we
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This is a measure of the sensitivity of an option price to changes inmarket volatility. It is the change of an option premium for a given change -
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If for example, XYZ stock has a volatility factor of 30% and thecurrent premium is 3, a Vega of .08 would indicate that the premium would
increase to 3.08 if the volatility factor increased by 1 % to 31 %. As the stock
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becomes more volatile the changes in premium will increase in the same
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volatility.What practical use is the Vega to a trader? If a trader maintains a delta
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neutral position, then it is possible to trade options purely in terms of volatility
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Rho
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Rho measures the change in an option's price per unit increase -
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if the risk-free interest rate changes by a small amount, then the option valueshould change by 14.10 times that amount.
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For example, if the risk-free interest rate increased by 0.01 (from 10% to
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inverse relationship exists. If the interest rate goes up the option value decreasesand therefore, Rho for a put option is negative. In general Rho tends to be small
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3.7.1. Bull Market Strategies
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Call in a Bullish Strategy:
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An investor with a bullish market outlook should buy call option. It oneexpects the market price of the underlying asset to rise, then, he would rather
have the right to purchases at a specified price and sell later at a higher price
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than have the obligation to deliver later at a higher price.
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The investor's profit potential on buying a call option is unlimited. His
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in price of the underlying increases the investor's profit.
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The investor's potential loss is limited. Even if the market takes a drasticdecline in price levels, the holder of a call is under no obligation to exercise the
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market price equals the exercise price plus the premium.
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An increase in volatility will increase the value of call and therebyincreases the return. Because of the increased likelihood that the option will
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expiration), will increase the value of a long options position.
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Puts in a Bullish Strategy
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An investor with a bullish market outlook can also go short on a Put
option. Basically, an investor anticipating a bull market could write put options.
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If the market price increases and puts become out-of-the-money, investors with
long put positions will let their options expire worthless.
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By writing Puts, profit potential is limited. A Put writer profits when the
price of the underlying asset increases and the option expires worthless. The
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maximum profit is limited to the premium received.
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However, the potential loss is unlimited. Because a short put positionholder has an obligation to purchase if exercised. He will be exposed to
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The break-even point occurs when the market price equals the exercise
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price: minus the premium. At any price less than the exercise price minus thepremium, the investor loses money on the transaction. At higher prices, his
option is profitable.
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An increase in volatility will increase the value of your put and
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decrease your return. As an option writer, the higher price you will be forced topay in order to buy back the option at a later date, lower is the return. Bullish
Call Spread Strategies
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call options but with different exercise prices.To "buy a call spread" is to purchase a call with a lower exercise price
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and to write a call with a higher exercise price. The trader pays a net premium
for the position.
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To "sell a call spread" is the opposite, here the trader buys a call with ahigher exercise price and writes a call with a lower exercise price, receiving a
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An investor with a bullish market outlook should buy a call spread.
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The "Bull Call Spread" allows the investor to participate to a limited extentin a bull market, while at the same time limiting risk exposure.
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To put on a bull spread, the trader needs to buy the lower strike call and
sell the higher strike call. The combination of these two options will result in a
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bought spread. The cost of Putting on this position will be the difference
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the high strike call.The investor's profit potential is limited. When both calls are in-the-
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money, both will be exercised and the maximum profit will be realised. The
investor delivers on his short call and receives a higher price than he is paid for
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receiving delivery on his long call.The investor's potential loss is limited. At the most, the investor can lose
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is the net premium. He pays a higher premium for the lower exercise price call
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than he receives for writing the higher exercise price call than he receives for
writing the higher exercise price call.
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The investor breaks even when the market price equals the lower
exercise price plus the net premium. At the most, an investor can lose is the net
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premium paid. To recover the premium, the market price must be as great as the
lower exercise price plus the net premium.
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An example of a Bullish call spread:
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Let's assume that the cash price of a scrip is Rs. 100 and one bought a
November call option with a strike price of Rs. 90 and paid a premium of Rs.
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14. At the same time he sold another November call option on a scrip with astrike price of Rs.110 and received a premium of Rs.4. Here, he is buying a
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result in a net outflow of Rs.10 at the time of establishing the spread.
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Now let us look at the fundamental reason for this position. Since this isa bullish strategy, the first position established in the spread is the long lower
strike price call option with unlimited profit potential. At the same time to
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reduce the cost of purchase of the long position a short position at a higher call
strike price is established. While this not only reduces the outflow in terms of
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premium but also his profit potential and at the sometime the risk is limited.Based on the above figures the maximum profit, maximum loss and breakeven
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Bullish Put Spread StrategiesA vertical Put spread is the simultaneous purchase and sale of identical
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Put options but with different exercise prices.
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To "buy a put spread" is to purchase a Put with a higher exercise priceand to write a Put with a lower exercise price. The trader pays a net premium for
the position.
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exercise price and writes a put with a higher exercise price, receiving a netpremium for the position.
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An investor with a bullish market outlook should sell a Put spread.
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The "vertical bull put spread" allows the investor to participate to a
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selling the higher strike of either calls or put. The difference between thepremiums paid and received makes up one leg of the spread.
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The investor's profit potential is limited. When the market price reaches
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will expire worthless. The trader will realize his maximum profit, the net
premium.
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The investor's potential loss is also limited. If the market falls, the
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exercise prices.
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The investor breaks-even when the market price equals the lowerexercise price less the n premium. The investor achieves maximum profit i.e.
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Lets us assume that the cash price of the scrip is Rs.100. One now buys aNovember put option scrip with a strike price of Rs.90 at a premium of Rs.5 and
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some inflow in terms of premium. But here the trader is worried about risk andso caps his risk by buying another put option at the lower strike price. As such,
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risk and limited profit potential. Based on the above figures the maximum
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Maximum profit = Net option premium income or net
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income = 110-10= 1003.7.2. Bear Market Strategies
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Puts in a Bearish Strategy
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When one purchases a put he is long and wants the market to fall. A put
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purchasing put options, the trader has the right to choose whether to sell the
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The investor's potential loss is limited. If the price of the underlying asset
rises instead of falling as' the investor has anticipated, he may let the option
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expire worthless. At the most, he may lose the premium for the option.The trader's breakeven point is the exercise price minus the premium.
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To profit, the market price must be below the exercise price. Since the trader
has paid a premium he must recover the premium he paid for the option.
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An increase in volatility will increase the value of the put and
increases the return. An increase in volatility will make it more likely that the
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price of the underlying instrument will move, increasing the value of the
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Calls in a Bearish Strategy
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Another option for a bearish investor is to go short on a call with the
intent to purchase it back in the future. By selling a call, you have a net short
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position and needs to be bought back before expiration and cancel out yourposition.
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For this an Investor needs to write a call option. If the market price falls,
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because they could purchase the underlying asset at the lower market price.The investor's profit potential is limited because the trader's maximum
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profit is limited to the premium received for writing the option.
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Here the loss potential is unlimited because a short call position holderhas an obligation to sell if exercised; he will be exposed to potentially large
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The investor breaks even when the market price equals the exercise
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premium, the trader is losing money. When the market price equals the exerciseprice plus the premium, the trader breaks even.
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Bearish Put Spread Strategies
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A vertical put spread is the simultaneous purchase and sale of identical
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put options but with different exercise prices.To "buy a put spread" is to purchase a put with a higher exercise price
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and to write a put with a lower exercise price. The trader pays a net premium for
the position.
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To "sell a put spread" is the opposite. The trader buys a put with a lower
exercise price and writes put with a higher exercise price, receiving a net
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premium for the position.
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To put on a bear put spread buy the higher strike put and sell the lowerstrike put.
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Sell the lower strike and buy the higher strike of either calls or puts to set
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An investor with a bearish market outlook should: buy a put spread. The
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marker, while at the same time limiting risk exposure.
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The investor's profit potential is limited. When the market price falls toor below the lower exercise price, both options will be in-the-money and the
trader will realize his maximum profit when he recovers the net premium paid
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for the options.
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The investor's potential loss is limited. The trader has offsettingpositions at different exercise prices. If the market rises rather than falls, the
options will be out-of-the-money and expire worthless. Since the trader has
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paid a net premium.
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The investor breaks even when the market price equals the higherexercise price less the net premium. For the strategy to be profitable, the market
price must fall. When the market price falls to the high exercise price less the net
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premium, the trader breaks even. When the market falls beyond this point, the
trader profits.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementAn example of a bearish put spread.
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Lets assume that the cash price of the scrip is Rs 100. One buys a
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November put option on a scrip with a strike price of Rs 110 at a premium of
Rs 15 and sell a put option with a strike price of Rs 90 at a premium of Rs 5.
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In this bearish position the put is taken as long on a higher strike price
put with the outgo of some premium. This position has huge profit potential on
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downslide. The trader may recover a part of the premium paid by him by writing
a lower strike price put option. The resulting position is a mildly bearish position
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with limited risk and limited profit profile. Though the trader has reduced thecost of taking a bearish position, he has also capped the profit portential as well.
The maximum profit, maximum loss and breakeven point of this spread would
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be as follows:
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Maximum profit = Higher strike price option -Lower strike price option -Netpremium paid
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Maximum loss = Net premium paid
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Breakeven Price = Higher strike price -Net premium paid= 110-10= 100
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Bearish Call Spread Strategies
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A vertical call spread is the simultaneous purchase and sale of identical
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call options but with different exercise prices.To "buy a cal' spread" is to purchase a call with a lower exercise price
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and to write a call with a higher exercise price. The trader pays a net premium
for the position.
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To "sell a call spread" is the opposite: the trader buys a call with a higherexercise price and writes a call with a lower exercise price, receiving a net
premium for the position.
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To put on a bear ca" spread you sell the lower strike call and buy the
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higher strike call. An investor sells the lower strike and buys the higherstrike of either calls or puts to put on a bear spread.
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An investor with a bearish market outlook should: sell a call spread. The
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The investor's profit potential is limited. When the market price falls to
the lower exercise price, both out-of-the-money options will expire worthless.
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The maximum profit that the trader can realize is the net premium: The
premium he receives for the call at the higher exercise price.
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Here the investor's potential loss is limited. If the market rises, the
options will offset one another, At any price greater than the high exercise
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price, the maximum loss will equal high exercise price minus low exercise price
minus net premium.
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exercise price plus the net premium. The strategy becomes profitable as themarket price declines. Since the trader is receiving a net premium, the market
price does not have to fall as low as the lower exercise price to breakeven.
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An example of a bearish call spread.
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Let us assume that the cash price of the scrip is Rs.100. One now buys a
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November call option on a scrip with a strike price of Rs.110 at a premium ofRs.5 and sell a call option with a strike price of Rs.90 at a premium of Rs.15.
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In this spread he has to buy a higher strike price call option and sell a
lower strike price option. As the low strike price option is more expensive than
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the higher strike price option, it is a net credit strategy. The final position is leftwith limited risk and limited profit. The maximum profit, maximum loss and
breakeven point of this spread would be as follows: Maximum profit = Net
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premium received
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= 15-5= 10Maximum loss = Higher strike price option -Lower strike price option -Net
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premium received
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Straddles in a Volatile Market Outlook
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Volatile market trading strategies are appropriate when the trader believes
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these strategies offer profit opportunities. A trader need not be bullish or bearish.He must simply be of the opinion that the market is volatile.
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one a call and the other a put.? To "buy a straddle" is to purchase a call and a put with the same exercise
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price and expiration date.
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? To "sell a straddle" is the opposite: the trader sells a call and a put withthe same exercise price and expiration date.
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A trader, viewing a market as volatile, should buy option straddles. A
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Here the investor's profit potential is unlimited. If the market is volatile,
the trader can profit from an up- or downward movement by exercising the
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appropriate option while letting the other option expire worthless. (Bull market,
exercise the call; bear market, the put.)
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If the price of the underlying asset remains stable instead of either rising
or falling as the trader anticipated, the maximum he will lose is the premium he
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paid for the options.
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In this case the trader has long two positions and thus, two breakevenpoints. One is for the call which is exercise price plus the premiums paid, and
the other for the put, which is exercise price minus the premiums paid.
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Strangles in a Volatile Market Outlook
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A strangle is similar to a straddle, except that the call and the put have
different exercise price Usually, both the call and the put are out-of-the-money.
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expiration date, but differ exercise prices.
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To "sell a strangle" is to write a call and a put with the same expirationdate, but different exercise prices.
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A trader, viewing a market as volatile, should buy strangles. A
"strangle purchase" allows the trader to profit from either a bull or bear
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market. Because the options are typically out-of-the money, the market mustmove to a greater degree than a straddle purchase to be profitable.
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The trader's profit potential is unlimited. If the market is volatile, the
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option, and letting the other expire worthless. (In a bull market, exercise the call;in a bear market exercise the put).
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The investor's potential loss is limited. Should the price of the underlying
remain stable, the most the trader would lose is the premium he paid for the
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options. Here the loss potential is also very minimal because, the more theoptions are out-of-the-money, the lesser the premiums.
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Here the trader has two long positions and thus, two breakeven
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high exercise price plus the premium paid, and the put, when the marketprice equals the low exercise price minus the premium paid.
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The Short Butterfly Call Spread:
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Like the volatility positions ,the Short Butterfly position will realize a
profit if the market makes a substantial move. It also uses a combination of puts
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that the maximum profit is limited.The profit loss profile of a short butterfly spread looks like two short
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One's potential gains or losses are: limited on both the upside and thedownside.
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The call ratio back spread is similar in contraction to the short butterfly
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When putting on a call ratio back spread, one is neutral but want the
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the market sits. The market outlook one would have in putting on this positionwould be for a volatile market, with greater probability that the market will
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buy two or more of the higher strike. By selling an expensive lower strikeoption and buying two less expensive high strike options, one receives an initial
credit for this position. The maximum loss is then equal to the high strike price
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minus the low strike price minus the initial net premium received.
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The profit on the downside is limited to the initial net premium receivedwhen setting up the spread. The upside profit is unlimited.
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An increase in implied volatility will make the spread more profitable.
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number of long options will cause this spread to become more profitable when
volatility increases.
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In combination positions (e.g. bull spreads, butterflies, ratio spreads),
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its call counterpart, the put ratio backspread combines options to create a
spread which has limited loss potential and a mixed profit potential.
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It is created by combining long and short puts in a ratio of 2: 1 or 3: 1.
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one put at a high exercise price. While one may, of course, extend this
position out to six long and two short or nine long and three short, it is
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important that one respect the (in this case) 3: 1 ratio in order to maintain theput ratio backspread profitless profile.
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When put on a put ratio backspread one is neutral but wants the market to
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One's market expectations here would be for a volatile market with a
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offset by the premium received for the (more expensive) short put, resulting in
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strike and sell one of the higher strike.One sells the more expensive put and buy two or more of the cheaper put.
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One usually receives an initial net premium for putting on this spread. The
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Straddles in a Stable Market Outlook
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identical options, one a call and the other a put.? To "buy a straddle" is to purchase a call and a put with the same
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put with the same exercise price and expiration date.A trader, viewing a market as stable, should: write option straddles. A
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"straddle sale" allows the trader to profit from writing calls and puts in a stable
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The investor's profit potential is limited. If the market remains stable,
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worthless. Writers of these options will not called to deliver and will profit from
the sum of the premiums received.
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The investor's potential loss is unlimited. Should the price of the
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exposing himself to unlimited loss if he has to deliver on the call and practicallyunlimited loss if on the put.
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the exercise price plus the premium and minus the premium. The trader is short
two positions and thus, two breakeven points; One for the call (common exercise
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Strangles in a Stable Market Outlook
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A strangle is similar to a straddle, except that the call and the put have
different exercise prices. Usually, both the call and the put are out-of-the-money.
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If the market remains stable, investors having out-of-the-money long put
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or long call positions will let their options expire worthless and seller of the
options will have limited Profit and will be equal to the premium received. The
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investor's potential loss is: unlimited.If the price of the underlying interest rises or falls instead of remaining
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stable as anticipated, he will have to deliver on the call or the put.
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the call (high exercise price plus the premiums paid), and one for the put (low
exercise price minus the premiums paid).
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substantial amount of potential profit by selling a strangle rather than a straddle,he also holds less risk. Notice that the strangle requires more of a price move in
both directions before it begins to lose money.
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combination of a bull spread and a bear spread, utilizing calls and three differentexercise prices.
A long butterfly call spread involves:
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? Buying a call with a low exercise price,
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? Writing two calls with a mid-range exercise price,
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? Buying a call with a high exercise price.
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This spread is put on by purchasing one each of the outside strikes and
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The investor's profit potential is limited.
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The maximum loss is limited to the net premium paid and is realized
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when the market price underlying asset is higher than the high exercise price orlower than the low exercise price.
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premium. The strategy is profitable when the market price is between the lowexercise price plus the net premium and the high exercise price minus the net
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementCalendar Spreads
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A calendar spread can be created by selling a call option with a certain
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strike price and buying a longer-maturity call option with the same strike price.The longer the maturity of an option the more experience its. A calendar spread,
there fore required an initial investment. The following figure shows the: profit
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from a calendar spread at the time when the short-maturity option expires. (It is
assumed that the long-maturity option is sold at this time.) The trader makes a
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profit if the stock price at the expiration of the short-maturity option is close tothe strike price of the short-maturity option. However, a loss is incurred if the
stock price is significantly above or significantly below this strike price.
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To understand the profit pattern from a calendar spread, first considerwhat happens if the stock price is very low when the short-maturity option
expires. The short-maturity option is worthless, and the value of the long-
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maturity option is close to zero. The trader, therefore, incurs a loss that is only a
little less than the cost of setting up the spread initially. Consider next what
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happens if the stock price, ST, is very high when the short-maturity optionexpires. The short-maturity option costs the trader ST -' X, I and the long-
maturity option is worth a little more than ST -Xl where Xl is the strike price of
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die options. Again, the trader has a net loss that is a little less than the cost of
setting up the spread initially. If ST is close to X, the short-maturity option
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costs the trader either a small amount or nothing at all. However, the long-maturity option is still quite valuable. In this case, a significant net profit is
made.
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Calendar Spread Created using two calls.
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In a neutral calendar spread a strike price close to the current stock price
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is chosen. A bullish calendar spread involves a higher strike price, whereas abearish calendar spread ,involves a lower strike price.
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Calendar spread created using two puts.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementCalendar spreads can be created with put options as well as call options.
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The trader buys long maturity put option and sells a short-maturity put option.
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using calls.A reverse calendar spread is the opposite trading strategy where the
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trader buys a short-maturity option and sells a long-maturity option. A small
profit arises if the stock price at the expiration of the short-maturity option is
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well above or well below the strike price of the short-maturity option. However,a significant loss results if it is close to the strike price.
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Diagonal Spreads
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Bull, bear, and calendar spreads can all be created from a long position inone call (put) and a short position in another call (put). In the case of bull and
rear spreads, the calls (puts) have different strike prices and the same expiration
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date. In the case of calendar spreads, the calls (puts) have the same strike price
and different expiration dates. In it diagonal spread both the expiration dates
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and the strike prices of the call (puts) are different. There are several types ofdiagonal spreads. Their profit pattern are generally variations on the profit
patterns from the corresponding bull or spreads.
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COMBINATIONS
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A combination is an option trading strategy that involves taking a position in
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both calls and puts on the same stock. We will consider straddles, strips, straps,and strangles.
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StraddleOne popular combination is a straddle, which involves buying a call and
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a put with the same strike price and expiration date. The profit pattern is shown
in Figure 8.10. The strike price is denoted by X. If the stock price is close to
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this strike price at expiration of the options, the straddle leads to a loss.However, if there is a sufficiently large move in either direction, a significant
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straddle is appropriate when a trader is expecting a large move in a stock
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price but does not know in which direction the move will be. Consider a traderwho feels that the price of a certain stock, currently valued at Rs69 by the
market. will move significantly in the next three months. The trader could create
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astraddle by buying both a put and a call with a strike price of Rs70 and an
expiration date in three months. Suppose that the call costs Rs4 and the put costs
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Rs3. If the stock price stays at Rs69, it is easy to see that the strategy costs thetrader Rs6.
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(An up- Straddle front investment of Rs7 is required, the call expires
worthless, and the put expires worth Rs1.) If the stock price moves to Rs70, a
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loss of Rs7 is experienced- (This is the worst that can happen.)Range of
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Stock PriceCall
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However, if the stock price jumps to Rs90, a profit ofRs13 is made; if the
stock moves down to Rs55, a profit of 'i;8 is made; and so on.
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A straddle seems like a natural trading strategy when a big jump in the
price of a company's stock is expected for example, when there is a takeover bid
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for the company or when the outcome of a major lawsuit is expected to be
announced soon. However, this is not necessarily the case. If the general view of
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the market is that there will be a big jump in the stock price soon, that view willbe reflected in the prices of . options. A trader will find options on the stock to
be significantly more expensive I than options on a similar stock. for which no
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jump is expected. For a straddle to be an t effective strategy, the trader must
believe that there are likely to be big movements in the stock price, and this
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belief must be different from those of most other market participants.The straddle in Figure 8.10 is sometimes referred to as a bottom straddle
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or straddle purchase. A top straddle or straddle write is the reverse position. It
is created by selling a call and a put with the same exercise price and expiration
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date. It is a highly risky strategy. If the stock price on the expiration date is closeto the strike price, a significant profit result. However, the loss arising from a
large move in either direction is unlimited.
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Strips and Strops
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A strip consists of a long position in one call and two puts with the same
strike price and one put with the same price and expiration data. A strap
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consists of a long position in two calls and one put with the same strike price
and expiration data. The profit patterns from strips and straps are show in
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Figure 8.11. In a strip the trader is betting that there will be a big stock pricemove and considers a decrease in the stock price to be more likely than an
increase. In a strap the trader is also betting that there will be a big stock price
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move. However, in a strap the trader is also betting that there will be a big stock
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Profit potentials from a strip and strap.
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Option strategies ? in brief
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Combining any of the four basic kinds of option trades (possibly withdifferent exercise prices) and the two basic kinds of stock trades (long and short)
allows a variety of options strategies. Simple strategies usually combine only a
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few trades, while more complicated strategies can combine several.
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Covered call -- Long the stock, short a call. This has essentially the
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same payoff as a short put.?
Straddle -- Long a call and long a put with the same exercise prices (a
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long straddle), or short a call and short a put with the same exercise prices
(a short straddle).
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Strangle -- Long a call and long a put with different exercise prices (a
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long strangle), or short a call and short a put with different exercise prices
(a short strangle).
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Bull spread -- Long a call with a low exercise price and short a call
with a higher exercise price, or long a put with a low exercise price and
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short a put with a higher exercise price.?
Bear spread -- Short a call with a low exercise price and long a call
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with a higher exercise price, or short a put with a low exercise price and
long a put with a higher exercise price.
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Butterfly -- Butterflies require trading options with 3 different exercise
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prices. Assume exercise prices X1 < X2 < X3 and that (X1 + X3) /2 = X2
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oLong butterfly -- long 1 call with exercise price X1, short 2 calls with
exercise price X2, and long 1 call with exercise price X3. Alternatively,
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long 1 put with exercise price X1, short 2 puts with exercise price X2, and
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long 1 put with exercise price X3.o
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Short butterfly -- short 1 call with exercise price X1, long 2 calls with
exercise price X2, and short 1 call with exercise price X3. Alternatively,
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short 1 put with exercise price X1, long 2 puts with exercise price X2, andshort 1 put with exercise price X3.
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Box spreads -- Any combination of options that has a constant payoff at
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short butterfly made with puts will have a constant payoff of zero, and inequilibrium will cost zero. In practice any profit from these spreads will be
eaten up by commissions (hence the name "alligator spreads").
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3.8. FUTURES CONTRACT-MEANING
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A futures contract is a type of derivative instrument, or financial
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contract, in which two parties agree to transact a set of financial instruments orphysical commodities for future delivery at a particular price. If one buys a
futures contract, he is basically agreeing to buy something that a seller has not
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yet produced for a set price. But participating in the futures market does not
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necessarily mean that he will be responsible for receiving or delivering large
inventories of physical commodities, instead, buyers and sellers in the futures
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market primarily enter into futures contracts to hedge risk or speculate ratherthan to exchange physical goods (which is the primary activity of the cash/spot
market). That is why futures are used as financial instruments by not only
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producers and consumers but also speculators.
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The consensus in the investment world is that the futures market is amajor financial hub, providing an outlet for intense competition among buyers
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futures market is extremely liquid, risky and complex by nature, but can be
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3.9.FUTURESCHARA CHARACTERISTICS
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Margins
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In the futures market, margin has a definition distinct from its definition
in the stock market, where margin is the use of borrowed money to purchase
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securities. In the futures market, margin refers to the initial deposit of "good
faith" made into an account in order to enter into a futures contract. This margin
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is referred to as good faith because it is this money that is used to debit any day-to-day losses.
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When one opens a futures contract, the futures exchange will state a
minimum amount of money that one must deposit into ones account which is
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called the initial margin. When the contract is liquidated, the initial margin plusor minus any gains or losses that occur over the span of the futures contract will
be refunded. The minimum-level margin is determined by the futures exchange
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and is usually 5% to 10% of the futures contract. These predetermined initial
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margin amounts are continuously under review: at times of high market
volatility, initial margin requirements can be raised.
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The initial margin is the minimum amount required to enter into a new
futures contract, but the maintenance margin is the lowest amount an account
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can reach before needing to be replenished. For example, if your margin account
drops to a certain level because of a series of daily losses, brokers are required to
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make a margin call and request that you make an additional deposit into youraccount to bring the margin back up to the initial amount.
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When a margin call is made, the funds usually have to be delivered
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position completely in order to make up for any losses it may have incurred onyour behalf.
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Leverage:
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words, with a relatively small amount of cash, you can enter into a futurescontract that is worth much more than you initially have to pay (deposit into
your margin account). It is said that in the futures market, more than any other
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form of investment, price changes are highly leveraged, meaning a small change
in a futures price can translate into a huge gain or loss.
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Futures positions are highly leveraged because the initial margins that
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contracts in question (which is part of the reason why the futures market is
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As a result of leverage, if the price of the futures contract moves up evenslightly, the profit gain will be large in comparison to the initial margin.
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upper and lower price boundary for the day.
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The exchange can revise this price limit if it feels it's necessary. It's notuncommon for the exchange to abolish daily price limits in the month that the
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volatile during this month, as sellers and buyers try to obtain the best price
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In order to avoid any unfair advantages, the futures exchanges impose
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single person can invest. These are known as position limits and they ensure that
no one person can control the market price for a particular commodity.
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Stock index futures are traded in terms of number of contracts. Each
contract is to buy or sell a fixed value of the index. The value of the index is
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defined as the value of the index multiplied by the specified monetary amount.
The monetary value is fixed by the exchange where the contract is traded.
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An index future is a future on the index i.e. the underlying is the index
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derives its value from the underlying index. The underlying indices in this case
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Contract Period
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Tick size
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Price Quotation
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index pointsTrading Hours
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Last Trading/Expiration
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closing value of the underlying index would be
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Final Settlementcontract.
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2TEK
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The Futures Options Contracts on an index can be issued only if 80% of
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the index constituents are individually eligible for derivatives trading. However,no single ineligible stock in the index shall have a weight age of more than 5%
in the index. The index on which Futures and Options contracts are introduced
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shall be required to comply with the eligibility criteria on a monthly basis.
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and new strike prices will continue to be introduced in the existing contracts.
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3.12.IMPORTANCE OF INDEX FUTURESTechnical analysts thrive on their ability to predict the movement of the
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broad market indices. However, as they cannot trade the index, the normal
practice is to try to capture a relation between the index and individual stocks.
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The introduction of the futures contract on stock indices gives them theopportunity to actually buy into the components of the index.
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The other important use of stock index futures is for hedging. Mutual
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technique by which such institutions can protect their portfolios from marketrisks. There are three different views in the literature on the nature and purpose
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* Risk minimisation.
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* Profit maximisation.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementHistorically, stock index futures have supplemented, and often replaced,
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the secondary stock market as a stock price discovery mechanism. The
futures market has heralded institutional participation in the market with
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increased velocity and concentration on stock-trading.Programme-trading and index arbitrage are necessary for an efficient and
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thriving futures market. However, on the flip side, these strategies have
increased the risks associated with stock specialists. The increased
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concentration, the velocity of futures trading, and the resultant increase involatility in the stock market, may have a long-term impact on the
participation of individual investors in the market.
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means of hedging and significant improvements in market timing.3.13. A SECURITY FUTURES
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sell a specific quantity of shares of an individual stock or a narrow-based
security index at a specified price, on a specified date in the future (known as the
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settlement or expiration date). If one buys a futures contract, he is entering into acontract to buy the underlying security and are said to be "long" the contract.
Conversely, if one sells a futures contract, he is entering into a contract to sell
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the underlying security and are considered "short" the contract.
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Security Futures Contract SpecificationsContract size - Typically, one single stock futures contract will represent 100
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shares of the underlying stock. A narrow-based index futures contract will
represent the value of the index times rupee amount set by the exchange.
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different contract months available for trading at any one time, and the numberof contract months may vary from exchange to exchange.
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Offsetting Transactions
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Prior to expiration, one can realize the current gains or losses byexecuting an offsetting sale or purchase in the same contract (i.e., an equal and
opposite transaction to the one that opened the position).
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Example: Investor A is long one September ABC Corp. futures contract. To
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close out or offset the long position, Investor A would sell an identicalSeptember ABC Corp. contract.
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Investor B is short one October XYZ Corp. futures contract. To close out
or offset the short position, Investor B would buy an identical October XYZ
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Corp. contract.Contract Expiration and Delivery
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Any futures contract that hasn't been liquidated by an offsetting
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transaction before the contract's expiration date will be settled at that day'ssettlement price. The terms of the contract specify whether a contract will be
settled by physical delivery - receiving or giving up the actual shares of stock -
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or by cash settlement. Where physical delivery is required, a holder of a short
position must deliver the underlying security. Conversely, a holder of a long
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position must take delivery of the underlying shares.Where cash settlement is required, the underlying security is not
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delivered. Rather, any security futures contracts that are open are settled through
a final cash payment based on the settlement price. Once this payment is made,
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neither party has any further obligations on the contract.Margin & Leverage
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementWhen a brokerage firm lends one part of the funds needed to purchase a
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security, such as common stock, the term "margin" refers to the amount of cash,
or down payment, the customer is required to deposit. By contrast, a security
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futures contract is an obligation not an asset and has no value as collateral for aloan. When one enters into a security futures contract, he is required to make a
payment referred to as a "margin payment" or "performance bond" to cover
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potential losses.
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For a relatively small amount of money (the margin requirement), afutures contract worth several times as much can be bought or sold. The smaller
the margin requirement in relation to the underlying values of the futures
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contract, the greater the leverage. Because of this leverage, small changes in
price can result in large gains and losses in a short period of time.
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Gains & Losses
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Unlike stocks, gains and losses in security futures accounts are posted to
the account every day, which are determined by the settlement price set by the
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exchange. If due to losses one's account falls below maintenance margin
requirements, he will be required to place additional funds in the account to
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cover those losses.Tax Implications
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The tax consequences of a security futures transaction may depend on
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the status of the taxpayer and the type of position (that is, long or short, coveredor uncovered). For example, for most individual investors, security futures are
not taxed as futures contracts. Short security futures contract positions are taxed
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at the short-term capital gains rate, regardless of how long the contract is held.
Long security futures contracts may be taxed at either the long-term or short-
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term capital gains rate, depending on how long they are held. For dealers,
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however, security future contracts are taxed like other futures contracts at ablend of 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gains rates. Depending on
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consequences too.
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Variety and Fungibility of Security Futures ContractsContract specifications may vary from contract to contract as well as
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from exchange to exchange. For instance, most security futures contracts require
settling by making physical delivery of the underlying security, as opposed to
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making cash settlement. Carefully review the settlement and delivery conditionsbefore entering into a security futures contract.
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At this time, security futures traded on one exchange are not "fungible"
with security futures traded on another exchange. This means one will only be
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able to offset a position on the exchange where the original trade took place -even though a better price may be available for a comparable futures contract on
the same underlying security or index on another exchange.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio Management3.14.CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS FOR SINGLE STOCK FUTURES
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Contract Period
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Tick size
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Price Quotation
Rupees per share.
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Trading Hours
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9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Last Thursday of the contract month. If it is holiday,
Last Trading/Expiration
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then the immediately preceding business day.Note:
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Business day is a day during which the underlying
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Final Settlementvalue of the underlying stock is the final settlement
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Stock Futures Products
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Sr.
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Product
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No.
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1ACC FUTURES
ACCFUT
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ALLAHABAD BANK FUTURES
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ALBKFUT3
ALOK INDUSTRIES FUTURES
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ALOKFUT
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ARVIND MILLS FUTURESARVFUT
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ASHOK LEYLAND FUTURES
ASHFUT
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6BAJAJ AUTO FUTURES
BAJFUT
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BANK OF BARODA FUTURES
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BOBFUT8
BHARTI TELE FUTURES
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BHEL FUTURESBHEFUT
10 BOI FUTURES
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BOIFUT
11 BPCL FUTURES
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BPCFUT12 CANARA BANK FUTURES
CNBFUT
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13 CENTURY TEXTILES FUTURES
CENFUT
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14 CIPLA FUTURESCIPFUT
15 DR. REDDY FUTURES
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DRRFUT
16 GACL FUTURES
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GACFUT17 GAIL FUTURES
GAILFUT
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18 GESCO FUTURES
GESHFUT
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19 GMR INFRASTRUCTURE FUTURES
GMRFUT
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20 GNFC FUTURESGNFCFUT
21 GRASIM FUTURES
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GRSFUT
22 HCLTECH FUTURES
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HCLTFUT23 HDFC BANK FUTURES
HDBKFUT
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24 HDFC FUTURES
HDFFUT
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25 HEROHONDA FUTURESHEROFUT
26 HINDALCO FUTURES
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27 HLL FUTURES
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HLLFUT28 HPCL FUTURES
HPCFUT
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ICICFUT
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30 IDBI FUTURESIDBIFUT
31 IDFC FUTURES
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IDFCFUT
32 IFLEX FUTURES
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IFLXFUT33 INDIA CEMENT FUTURES
INCMFUT
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34 INDUSIND BANK FUTURES
INBKFUT
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35 INFOSYS FUTURESINFFUT
36 IOCL FUTURES
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37 IPCL FUTURES
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IPCLFUT38 ITC FUTURES
ITCFUT
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39 JET AIRWAYS FUTURES
JETFUT
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40 JHPL FUTURESJHPFUT
41 JINDAL STEEL & POWER FUTURES
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42 LIC HOUSING FINANCE FUTURES
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LICHFUT43 LNT FUTURES
LNTFUT
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44 MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA FUTURES MNMFUT
45 MARUTI UDYOG FUTURES
MULFUT
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46 MTNL FUTURES
MTNFUT
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47 NALCO FUTURESNALCFUT
48 NICHOLAS PIRAMAL FUTURES
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NCPRFUT
49 NTPC FUTURES
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NTPCFUT50 OBC FUTURES
OBCFUT
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51 ONGC FUTURES
ONGCFUT
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52 ORCHID CHEMICALS FUTURESORCHFUT
53 PNB FUTURES
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54 POLARIS FUTURES
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POLAFUT55 PUNJ LLYOD FUTURES
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56 RANBAXY FUTURES
RBXFUT
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57 RELENRG FUTURESRENFUT
58 RELIANCE CAPITAL FUTURES
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RCAPFUT
RELIANCE COMMUNICATION Ltd
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59 FUTURESRCOMFUT
60 RIL FUTURES
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RILFUT
61 RPL FUTURES
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RPLFUT62 SAIL FUTURES
SAILFUT
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63 SATYAM FUTURES
SATFUT
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64 SBI FUTURESSBIFUT
65 SCI FUTURES
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SCIFUT
66 SIEMENS FUTURES
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SIEMFUT67 STERLITE INDS FUTURES
STERFUT
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68 SUNTV FUTURES
SNTVFUT
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69 SUZLON FUTURESSUZFUT
70 TATA CHEMICALS FUTURES
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TCHMFUT
71 TATA MOTORS FUTURES
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TELFUT72 TATA POWER FUTURES
TPWFUT
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73 TATA TEA FUTURES
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74 TCS FUTURESTCSFUT
75 TISCO FUTURES
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76 UBI FUTURES
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UBIFUT77 UTI BANK FUTURES
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78 VSNL FUTURES
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79 WIPRO FUTURESWIPRFUT
80 ZEE TELEFILMS LTD
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ZEEFUT
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3.15.ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INTRODUCINGFUTURES OPTION CONTRACTS ON STOCKS.
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o The stocks would be chosen from amongst the top 500 stocks interms of average daily market capitalization and average daily
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traded value in the previous six-month on a rolling basis.
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o For a stock to be eligible, the median quarter-sigma order sizeover the last six months should not be less than Rs. 1 lac. For this
purpose, a stock's quarter sigma order size shall mean the order
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size (in value terms) required to cause a change in the stock price
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equal to one-quarter of a standard deviation.o The market wide position limit in the stock should not be less
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than Rs. 50 crores. Since, the market wide position limit in terms
of number of shares is computed at the end of the every month,
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the Exchange shall ensure that the stocks comply with thiscriterion before the introduction of new contracts. The market
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taking the closing prices of the stocks in the underlying cash
market on the date of expiry of contract in the month.
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Eligibility criteria for stocks on account of corporate restructuring:
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All the following conditions should be met in the case of shares of a
company undergoing restructuring through any means for eligibility to re-
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introduce derivative contracts on that company from the first day of listing of the
post restructured company in the underlying market:
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o The Futures and Options contracts on the stock of the original
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its restructuring.
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o The pre restructured company had a market capitalization of at
least Rs. 1000 crores prior to restructuring.
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o The post restructure company would be treated like a new stock
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third of the size of the pre structuring company in terms of
revenues or assets or analyst valuations, and
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o In the opinion of the exchange, the scheme of restructuring does
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characteristic that would render the company ineligible for
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stocks of the post restructured company from its first day oflisting.
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Discontinuance of Derivatives Contracts on stocks :
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No fresh month contracts shall be issued on the stocks under the
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o If the stock remains in the banned position in the manner statedas per para 4 (i) (a), (b) (c) of the aforementioned SEBI circular,
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then no fresh month contracts shall be issued on those scrips.
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However, in both the above instances, the existing unexpired contracts
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the respective months and new strike prices will continue to be introduced in theexisting contracts.
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3.16. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SECURITY FUTURES AND STOCK
OPTIONS
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Although security futures share some characteristics in common with
stock options, these products differ significantly. Most importantly, an option
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buyer may choose whether or not to exercise the option by the exercise date.Options purchasers who neither sell their options in the secondary market nor
exercise them before they expire will lose the amount of the premium they paid
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for each option, but they cannot lose more than the amount of the premium. A
security futures contract, on the other hand, is a binding agreement to buy or
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sell. Based upon movements in price of the underlying security, holders of asecurity futures contract can gain or lose many times their initial margin deposit.
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3.17.TRADING SYSTEM
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The futures market is a centralized marketplace for buyers and sellers
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based on an open cry system, or bids and offers can be matched electronically.The futures contract will state the price that will be paid and the date of delivery.
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without the actual physical delivery of the commodity.
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3.17.1.The PlayersThe players in the futures market fall into two categories: hedgers
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and speculators.
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HedgersFarmers, manufacturers, importers and exporters can all be hedgers. A
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hedger buys or sells in the futures market to secure the future price of a
commodity intended to be sold at a later date in the cash market. This helps
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protect against price risks.The holders of the long position in futures contracts (the buyers of the
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commodity), are trying to secure as low a price as possible. The short holders of
the contract (the sellers of the commodity) will want to secure as high a price as
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possible. The futures contract, however, provides a definite price certainty forboth parties, which reduces the risks associated with price volatility. Hedging by
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price margin between the cost of the raw material and the retail cost of the final
product sold.
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Speculators
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Other market participants, however, do not aim to minimize risk but
rather to benefit from the inherently risky nature of the futures market. These are
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the speculators, and they aim to profit from the very price change that hedgersare protecting themselves against. Hedgers want to minimize their risk no matter
what they're investing in, while speculators want to increase their risk and
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therefore maximize their profits.
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In the futures market, a speculator buying a contract low in order to sellhigh in the future would most likely be buying that contract from a hedger
selling a contract low in anticipation of declining prices in the future.
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Unlike the hedger, the speculator does not actually seek to own the
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commodity in question. Rather, he or she will enter the market seeking profits168
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by offsetting rising and declining prices through the buying and selling ofcontracts.
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ShortLong
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Secure a price now
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to protect against
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against future declining prices
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future rising prices
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anticipation of declining prices
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rising prices
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In a fast-paced market into which information is continuously being fed,speculators and hedgers bounce off of - and benefit from - each other. The closer
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entering the market will be regarding the commodity in question. Thus, all can
expect a more accurate reflection of supply and demand and the corresponding
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price.Futures contracts are traded on recognised exchanges. In India, both the
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NSE and the BSE introduced index futures in the S&P CNX Nifty and the BSE
Sensex. The operations are similar to that of the stock market, the exception
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being that, in index futures, the marking-to-market principle is followed, that is,the portfolios are adjusted to the market values on a daily basis.
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The Derivatives Trading at BSE takes place through a fully automated
screen based trading platform called as DTSS (Derivatives Trading and
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Settlement System). The DTSS is designed to allow trading on a real time basis.In addition to generating trades by matching opposite orders, the DTSS also
generates various reports for the member participants.
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3.17.2. Order Matching Rules
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Order Matching will take place after order acceptance wherein the
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system searches for an opposite matching order. If a match is found, a trade willbe generated. The order against which the trade has been generated will be
removed from the system. In case the order is not exhausted further matching
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orders will be searched for and trades generated till the order gets exhausted or
no more match-able orders are found. If the order is not entirely exhausted, the
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system will retain the order in the pending order book. Matching of the orderswill be in the priority of price and timestamp. A unique trade-id will be
generated for each trade and the entire information of the trade is sent to the
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members involved.
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3.17.3.Order ConditionsThe derivatives market is order driven i.e. the traders can place only
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Orders in the system. Following are the Order types allowed for the derivative
products. These order types have characteristics similar to ones in the cash
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market.o Limit Order: An order for buying or selling at a limit price or
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better, if possible. Any unexecuted portion of the order remains
as a pending order till it is matched or its duration expires.
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o Market Order: An order for buying or selling at the best price
prevailing in the market at the time of submission of the order.
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There are two types of Market orders:
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1. Partial fill rest Kill (PF): execute the available quantityand kill any unexecuted portion.
2. Partial fill rest Convert (PC): execute the available
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quantity and convert any unexecuted portion into a limit
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o Stop Loss: An order that becomes a limit order only when the
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market trades at a specified price.o All orders shall have the following attributes:
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o Order Type (Limit / Market PF/Market PC/ Stop Loss)
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o The Asset Code, Product Type, Maturity, Call/Put and Strike
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o Buy/Sell Indicator
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o Order Quantity
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o Price
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o Client Type (Own / Institutional / Normal)o Client Code
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o Order
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RetentionType
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Good For Day (GFD) - The lifetime of the order is that trading
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session.
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o Good Till Date (GTD) - The life of the order is till the number ofdays as specified by the Order Retention Period. Good Till
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Cancelled (GTC) - The order if not traded will remain in the
system till it is cancelled or the series expires, whichever is
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earlier.o Order Retention Period (in calendar days) This field is enabled
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only if the value of the previous attribute is GTD. It specifies the
number of days the order is to be retained.
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o Protection Points This is a field relevant in Market Orders and
Stop Loss orders. The value enterable will be in absolute
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underlying points and specifies the band from the touchline price
or the trigger price within which the market order or the stop loss
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o Risk Reducing Orders (Y/N): When the member's collateral falls
below 50 lacs then he will be allowed to put only risk reducing
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orders and he will not be allowed to take any fresh positions. It is
not essentially a type of order but a mode into which the member
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is put into when he violates his collateral limit. A member whohas entered the risk-reducing mode will be allowed to put only
one risk reducing order at a time.
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3.17.4. Session Timings
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SESSION NAME
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Login Session
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9:30Trading Session
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15:30
Position Transfer Session
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Closing Session
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Option Exercise Session16:05
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Margin Session
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16:50Query Session
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End of Day Session
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3.17.5.Price Bands
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There are no maximum and minimum price ranges for Futures and
Options Contracts. However, to avoid erroneous order entry, dummy price bands
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have been introduced in the Derivatives Segment. Further, no price bands are
prescribed in the Cash Segment for stocks on which Futures & Options contracts
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are available for trading. Also, for those stocks which do not have Futures &Options Contracts available on them but are forming part of the index on which
Futures & Options contracts are available, no price bands are attracted provided
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the daily average trading on such indices in the F & O Segment is not
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having full trading rights and direct market access to the Derivatives Trading
System of the Exchange.
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o A LTM is provided with derivatives trading terminals for
execution of trades either on his own account or on account of his
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clients.
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o A LTM can issue contract notes to his clients in his own name.o A LTM can exercise and perform trade and position management
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functions online and also check his payment obligations that may
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result from his trading activities.o A LTM, however, cannot clear and settle trades executed by him
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directly with the Clearing House of the Exchange. For this
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existing Clearing Member of the Derivatives Segment of BSE. (Alist of Clearing Members can be obtained from the Exchange.)
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Advantages of becoming a LTM
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1. Direct access to the on-line Derivatives Trading Systemof the Exchange
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2. Trading in Option and Futures on Sensex, Single Stock
Futures and options in eligible scrips and interest rate
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derivative instruments2. Access to new products as and when they are introduced
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementRequirements for becoming a LTM
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Individuals, firms, corporate and institutions, who are not members of
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the Cash Segment of BSE, can become LTM.
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o Minimum networth of Rs. 25 lakhso A registration with SEBI
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o One-time (non-refundable) contribution to Trade Guarantee Fund
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(TGF) : Rs.1,00,000 One-time (non-refundable) contribution toInvestors Protection Fund (IPF) : Rs.2,00,000
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Annual membership charges : Rs.25,000
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LTM has to maintain a minimum security deposit of Rs.7,50,000 with
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the Clearing Member and the same is available to him for the purpose of tradinglimits and initial margin requirements.
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3.18. FUTURES STRATEGIES
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Essentially, futures contracts try to predict what the value of an index or
commodity will be at some date in the future. Speculators in the futures market
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can use different strategies to take advantage of rising and declining prices. Themost common are known as going long, going short and spreads.
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Going Long
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When an investor goes long - that is, enters a contract by agreeing to buy
and receive delivery of the underlying at a set price - it means that he or she is
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trying to profit from an anticipated future price increase.
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repurchased in the future at a lower price, thus generating a profit for the
speculator.
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Spreads
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Spreads involve taking advantage of the price difference between two
different contracts of the same commodity. Spreading is considered to be one of
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the most conservative forms of trading in the futures market because it is much
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Intermarket Spread - Here the investor, with contracts of the same month,
goes long in one market and short in another market. For example, the investor
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may take Short June Wheat and Long June Pork Bellies.Inter-Exchange Spread - This is any type of spread in which each position is
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position in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the London International
Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE).
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3.19.ADVANTAGE OF FUTURES INDEX
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It is a risk hedge and caters to speculative instinct of investors. It is a
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more efficient method of controlling risk on a portfolio, as it reduces the"transactions trading costs and price pressure. Neither the buyer nor the seller
pays the full value of the underlying asserts but deals only in differences, in
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cash without involving delivery of the assets. The futures smoothens the asset
reallocation, provides hedge hedge inflows or outflows of cash and reduces
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the impact of bullish and bearish ling as futures do not involve full paymenton receipt both the underlying assets is a dealing in differences.
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Operation of Hedge of Risk
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To illustrate the coverage of risk, assume that you expect a future cashinflow of Rs.50,000 a month hence, which you wish to invest in equities. But
the market is bullish and prices are expected to rise. Then you buy an index
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future contract to are the expected rise in price. You can also seli short if the
market is expected to fall in prices. Suppose, you have the securities in your
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portfolio and expect the market to fall then you can sell the futures, instead ofthe securities. If the actual fall lore than the expected price, you will receive the
difference in cash. A bullish expectation makes you buy the futures contract
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and a bearish expectation makes you the futures contract. If your expectations
are correctly realised, you can make they on the deals without actually buying
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and selling the underlying securities. s will enable you to trade on a smallerinvestment as the margins you have to p for trading in Futures is
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generally 6 to 10%, and the loss of interest money is expensive then the loss of
interest on a bigger outlay involved in buying and mg for deliveries of
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underlying securities or shares or bonds.
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3.20.FUTURES ON FIXED INCOME SECURITIES
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Investment strategies of fixed income securities are fairly simple when
compared to equity as they invest in government securities, corporate bonds, etc
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where the returns are fixed. Though fixed income securities have much lowerrisks than equities, they are not completely risk free either. The following are the
various risks associated with them.
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Credit risk
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Credit risk is the possibility of default in the repayment of principal and
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interest by a borrower. Among fixed income securities, corporate bonds carrythe highest credit risk. If the issuing company falls into serious financial
difficulties, there is every possibility that repayment will be delayed
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considerably and may never even be made. Funds reduce this risk by investing
only in bonds issued by companies with good credit rating. However, a good
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credit rating is no guarantee that the company would continue to perform well infuture and honour all its financial commitments.
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Government securities carry no credit risk, as the issuer can never
default, and are backed by the sovereign guarantee of the country and are called
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sovereign securities. However, they carry lower returns than other fixed incomesecurities.
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Liquidity risk
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Liquidity in any market refers to the possibility for traders to enter and
exit positions with relative ease in relation to volume and size of transactions.
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Highly liquid markets also reduce the impact costs of transactions which result
from fluctuations in prices when large transactions are pushed through in a less
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liquid market. (The difference between the market price before the sale offer andthe price at which the bonds are sold constitutes the impact cost for the seller).
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The market for government securities and short term money markets are
very liquid where the impact costs are almost negligible, but, the returns offered
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by these assets are much lower than the relatively illiquid corporate bonds.Price risks
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Corporate bonds will always be rated by a reputed rating agency for their
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creditworthiness which may be changed to reflect the changes in the economy,
industry or the company in question. These rate changes can affect the market
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prices of the bonds. This exposes the fund investing in such bonds to a pricerisk.
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Interest rate risks
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Market prices of all fixed income securities are largely dependent on the
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prevailing interest rate in the economy. If interest rates are expected to comedown in future, bonds issued in the past would become more attractive and vice
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Almost all investments made by fixed income funds are subject to
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interest rate risks. But, the securities with longer maturities are more volatilethan shorter term securities.
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Other risks
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Indian mutual funds are allowed to invest in overseas fixed income
securities denominated in a foreign currency. Such investments are subject to
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fluctuations in currency values. They are also exposed to various political andeconomic risks associated with the country in which the security was issued.
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3.21.HEDGING BY FIXED INCOME FUNDS
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Like equity funds, fixed income funds can also hedge their price risks byentering into derivative transactions. However, fixed income derivatives are not
easily understood and they are not traded in an open market like stock futures.
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Two common derivatives used by fixed income funds are:
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Interest rate swapsInterest rates are of two types, fixed interest rates and floating rates
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which vary according to changes in a standard benchmark interest rate. An
investor holding a security which pays a floating interest rate is exposed to
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interest rate risk. The investor can manage this risk by entering into an interestrate swap.
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An interest rate swap is a financial agreement between two parties to
swap or exchange interest obligations of varying nature for an agreed period.
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The contract will specify the interest rates, the benchmark rate to be followed,the notional principal amount for the transaction, etc.
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For example, take the case of a mutual fund which has invested Rs.50
crore in a floating interest bond of one year maturity. The interest payable by the
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issuer of the bond is not fixed and will vary with the changes in the benchmarkinterest rate specified.
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The mutual fund can enter into an interest rate swap agreement with a
counter party who will guarantee to pay interest at a fixed rate, say 10 per cent,
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on the notional amount of Rs.50 crore for a period of one year. In return, the
fund will guarantee to pay the counter party interest at the benchmark rate on
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Rs.50 crore for one year. In other words, the fund will pass on the interestreceived on its investment in floating rate bond to the counter party and receive
a fixed interest in return.
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In practice, at the end of the contract period the total interest payable by
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each party is calculated and the net amount is settled in cash. If the benchmarkrate, compounded daily for one year as it fluctuates on a daily basis, is lower
than 10 per cent the mutual fund will receive the difference from the counter
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party. If it is the other way round the fund will pay the difference to the counter
party. Either way, the fund is assured of an interest rate of 10 per cent whatever
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happens to the benchmark rate.Forward rate agreements
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interest rate swap. Under a FRA, the parties agree to pay and receive the
difference between a fixed interest rate and the benchmark interest rate
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prevailing on a future date. As in the case of a swap, the interest rate, thebenchmark rate and the notional amount will be mentioned in the contract. The
difference is that unlike a swap in which the benchmark interest rate for a period
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is considered and is calculated on a daily compounding basis, a FRA considers
the benchmark date only on a specified future date.
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Funds having fixed income derivative positions are exposed to counter
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income derivatives are not traded on recognised stock exchanges like stockderivatives, counter party risk is higher in their case.
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3.22.VALUATION OF INDEX FUTURES
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If an investor invests in B.S.E. 30 index he will collect dividends on the
scrips he holds and his principal value may go up or down depending on the
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index. In the case of the futures index, the investor will get the same outcomeas if he invests all his money in riskless Treasury bills and enters into a
futures contract for future delivery of the index. The futures then must sell at
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a price equal to today's price of the index plus a premium equal to risk free
return plus dividend on the index shares.
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To show this symbolically let Fe be the price of the futures, Fs is
today's price of futures, Is current price of the Index and D is dividend on the
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index shares, andIE is the index price at the expiration date.
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Return to Index = Index price at Expiration ? Current Index price + Divided
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= IE-IB+D----
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Return to Futures = Futures price at Expiration ? current futures price +
Interest on Risk free asset.
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=FE?FB+RF
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----(2)
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The above equation means that the present price of futures, will equalpresent price of Index plus the "cost of carry", which equals (Rf - D), namely,
the interest obtainable on risk-free asset (Rf) minus dividend on Index Shares
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(D). The cost of purchasing the Index Shares is substantially higher than the
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cost of buying the futures contract for the same index. The money used to buythe futures will involve interest cost and by not buying the shares, dividends
are lost. Assume that the money used to purchase the index shares is invested
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the futures price will be below the Index price (that is Fa < I.) and (RF<D).
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3.23. FUTURES ON BOND
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While stock index future provide low cost and efficient method of
insuring inst systematic risk of the portfolio, futures on bonds and Treasury
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bills provide risk coverage to interest rate risk, which is the largest source ofsystematic risk lading fixed income securities.
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In the case of index futures, delivery is in cash settlements only but in
the case Futures on Treasury bills or bonds, delivery is in bills or bonds. In the
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U.S.,Treasury Note futures are more popular and easy to understand and
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operate. These contracts are available for delivery dates in March, June, Sept.
and Dec. for delivery dates of upto two years from the current date. Yields are
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Face Value ? price
No.of days to maturity
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Treasury Bill futures prices is decided on the basis of change in the
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Deliverable grade is also set out in the terms of the contract as for
example 8%coupon Bill with a maturity period of 6.5 years to 10 years. There
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are some futures on long-term honds, like Mortgage Bonds, U.S. Gulf honds,
Municipal Bonds etc. The hond that is cheapest to deliver is used for delivery by
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traders.Bonds sell in the cash market at varying prices, some above and some-
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low the converted price of the futures contracts futures prices x conversion
factor). The conversion factors are equal to the ratio of the actual price of the
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deliverable bond, to the delivery price of the futures contract; the bond that ischeapest to deliver is used for delivery by traders and that is decided by the
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Duration Effect
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Using the above futures on fixed income securities, the duration of the
portfolio can be changed. Instead of buying in the cash market, it is cheaper
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to hedge in futures. If interest rates are likely to increase, the investor should
shorten. to duration of the portfolio and vice versa. He then uses in technique
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of buying or selling the futures to lengthen or shorte9 the duration,respectively. This effect on portfolio is caused duration effect of futures.
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Portfolio can have reduced duration by selling short in futures and
increased duration by buying futures. If cash is expected and interest rates are
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likely to futures pushing up the prices of bonds, then investor can go tong in
futures and when funds come in, the futures can be converted into cash
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purchase of bonds or the underlying security. The opposite stand can be taken(if an) outflow of cash is expected at a I specific time period in future.
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Hedging Effect:
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Hedging in futures can be done to reduce the interest rate risk. A
futures f position can be taken to offset the risk in the cash market. Thus a ten
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year bond is likely to suffer capital loss due to rise in yields and that is held inthe portfolio of the investor. The risk can be hedged by an appropriate sale of
that security -backed future. If the loss on the existing security is offset by the
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gain in the futures contract then it is called a perfect hedge. The difference
between futures price and cash price is called the basis and the risk of variance
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of this basis is called basis risk.The above bond's risk is substantial when the cross hedging is one.
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Cross hedging is hedging in a bland futures, which is not identical with the
bland to be hedged and held in the portfolio. A hedged position thus creates a
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b3Sis risk which can be reduced or eliminated by taking extreme caution anduse of expertise in anticipation of the proper time and bond to be hedged.
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Yield enhancement Effect
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The futures on fixed income security, say a bond, can be used to improveyields also. What hedging has done is to reduce the risk on the portfolio by
holding a long term bond for a short maturity. As the price of the futures is
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bond of 10 years, purch3Sed will have greater risk than a riskless bond of 3
months in futures plus a 9 year 9 month bond in the portfolio. The holding of a
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riskless bond for short period.. of time in the futures, reduces the risk. Thisprocess may, or may not increase the yield however .
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To enhance the yields, the yield on the synthetic security should be
higher than on the cash market security. This synthetic security is created by
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being short in a three months futures Treasury bill along with a long position inthe cash market. If the yield on the three month Treasury bill is higher say 6.6%
as against the Treasury bill yield in cash market of 6.4%, then the portfolio will
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benefit, from higher yield of 0.2% on the synthetic security, in the futures
market.
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All security futures contracts involve risk, and there is no trading
strategy that can eliminate it. Strategies using combinations of positions, such as
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spreads may be as risky as outright long or short futures positions. Thefollowing specific risks involved when trading security futures contracts:
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? Trading security futures contracts may result in potentially
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the broker. As with any high-risk financial product, one should notrisk any money that one cannot afford to lose, such as: retirement
savings, medical and other emergency funds, funds set aside for
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education or home ownership, or funds required meeting living
expenses.
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trading security futures. Although the high degree of leverage in
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futures can result in large and immediate gains, it can also result in
large and immediate losses. As with any financial product, there is no
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such thing as a "sure winner."? Because of the leverage involved and the nature of futures
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transactions, one may feel the effects of his losses immediately.
Unlike holdings in traditional securities, gains and losses in security
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futures are credited or debited to ones account on a daily basis at aminimum. Daily market moves may require one to have or make
additional funds available. If one's account is under the minimum
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margin requirements set by the exchange or the firm, his position
may be liquidated at a loss, and he will be liable for any deficit in his
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account.? Under some market conditions, it may be difficult or impossible
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to hedge or liquidate a position. If one cannot hedge or liquidate his
position, any existing losses may continue to mount. Even if one can
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hedge or liquidate his position, he may be forced to do so at a pricethat involves a large loss. This can occur, for example:
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trading interest to get a good price.
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not maintain their customary or anticipated relationships to the
prices of the underlying security or index. This can occur, for
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example, when the market for the security futures contract is illiquidand lacks trading interest, when the primary market for the
underlying security is closed, or when the reporting of transactions in
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the underlying security has been delayed. For index products, this
could also occur when trading is delayed or halted in some or all of
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the securities that make up the index.? May experience losses due to computer systems failures. As with
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any financial transaction, one may experience losses if the orders
cannot be executed normally due to systems failures on a regulated
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exchange or at the firm carrying the position and the losses may begreater if the brokerage firm does not have adequate back-up systems
or procedures.
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? Placing contingent orders, if permitted, such as "stop-loss" or
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"stop-limit" orders, will not necessarily limit your losses to theintended amount. Market conditions may make it impossible to
execute the order or to get the stop price.
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risks. As with any financial product, seeking to profit from intra-dayprice movements poses a number of risks, including increased
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competition with professional traders.
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3.25.SOME TECHNICAL TERMS:Futures contract - a futures contract is (1) an agreement to purchase or sell a
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commodity for delivery in the future; (2) at a price determined at initiation of the
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contract; (3) that obligates each party to the contract to fulfill it at the specified
price; (4) that is used to assume or shift risk; and (5) that may be satisfied by
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delivery or offset.Narrow-based security index - In general, an index that has any one of the
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following four characteristics: (1) it has nine or fewer component securities; (2)
any one of its component securities make up more than 30% of its weighting; (3)
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the five highest weighted component securities together make up more than 60%of its weighting; or (4) the lowest weighted component securities making up, in
the aggregate, 25% of the index's weighting have an aggregate dollar value of
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average daily trading volume of less than $50 million (or in the case of an index
with 15 or more component securities, $30 million).
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Nominal value - The face value of the futures contract, obtained by multiplying
the contract price by the number of shares or units per contract. If XYZ stock
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index futures are trading at $.50.25 and the contract is for 100 shares of XYZ
stock, the nominal value of the futures contract would be $5,025.
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Settlement price - 1) The daily price that the clearing organization uses to mark
open positions to market for determining profit and loss and margin calls and for
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invoicing deliveries in physical delivery contracts, 2) The price at which open
cash settlement contracts are settled on the last trading day and open physical
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delivery contracts are invoiced for delivery.Spread - 1) Holding a long position in one futures contract and a short position
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in a related futures contract or contract month in order to profit from an
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2.28. REFERENCES:
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1. Donald E, Fischer and Ronald J.Jordan, SECURITY ANALYSIS AND
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT. 6:h Ed., Prentice Hall of India. 2000.
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2. Prasanna Chandra, MANAGING INVESTMENTS, Tata McGraw Hill.
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3. R.J.Fuller and J.L. Farrel, MODERN INVESTMENTS AND SECURITY
ANALYSIS, McGraw Hill.
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4. Jack Clark Francis, MANAGEMENT OF INVESTMENTS, McGraw Hill.
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5. Stron Robert, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT HAND BOOK, Jaico,
Bombay.
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6. Avadhani,V.A. : Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management.
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7. Chance, Don M: An Introduction to Derivatives, Dryden Press, International Edition
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8. Chew, Lilian: Managing Derivative Risk, John Wiley, New Jersey.
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9. Das, Satyajit: Swap & Derivative financing, Probus.10. Hull, J.: Options: Futures and other Derivatives, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
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11. ICICI direct.com : FUTURES & OPTIONS.
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12. Kolb, Robert W: Understanding Futures Markets, Prentice Hall Inc., New
Delhi.
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13. www.bseindia.com
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Technical analysis has an important bearing on the study of pricebehavior and has its own method in predicating significant price behavior.
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management. That technical analysis is a delusion, that it can never be more
useful in predicating stock performance than examining the insides of a dead
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sheep, in the ancient Greek traditions.Technical analysis involves a study of market generated data like prices
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and volumes to determine the future direction of price movement. Martin J.
Pring explains as "The technical approach to investing is essentially a reflection
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of the idea that prices move in trends which are determined by the changingattitudes of investors toward a variety of economic, monetary, political and
psychological forces. The art of technical analysis-for it is an art-is to identify
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trend changes at an early stage and to maintain an investment posture until the
weight of the evidence indicates that the trend has been reversed.
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Basic assumption
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The basic premises underlying technical analysis are as follows.
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1. The market and / or an individual stock act like a barometer rather than a
thermometer. Events are usually discounted in advance with movements as the
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likely result of informed buyers and sellers at work.
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2. Before a stock experiences a mark-up phase, whether it is minor or major,a period of accumulation usually will take place. Accumulation or distribution
activity can occur within natural trading trends. The ability to analyse
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most essential pre-requisite.
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3. The third assumption is an observation that deals with the scope andextends of market movements in relation to each other. In most cases, a small
phase of stock price consolidation ? which is really phase of backing and filling
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? will be followed by a relative short-term movement, up or down, in the stocks
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price. On the other hand a larger consolidation phase can lead to a greaterpotential stock price move.
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Differences between Technical Analysis and Fundamental Analysis
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The key differences between technical analysis and fundamental
analysis are as follows:
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1. Technical analysis mainly seeks to predict short ?term price
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term values.
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2. The focus of technical analysis is mainly on internal market data,particularly price and volume data. The focus of fundamental
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industry, and the firm.
3. Technical analysis appeals mostly to short-term traders, whereas
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fundamental analysis appeals primarily to long-term investors.Charting - A Technical Tool
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behavior and criticizing the fundamental school, do feel that there is some merit
in the fundamental analysis also. But according to them, the method is very
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tedious and it takes a rather long time for the common man to evaluate stocks
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through this method. They consider their own techniques and charts as superiorto fundamental analysis. Some of their theories, techniques and methods of stock
prices are given below:
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Concepts Underlying Chart Analysis
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The basic concepts underlying chart analysis are: (a) persistence of
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trends; (b) relationship between volume and trend; and (c) resistance and supportlevels.
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Trends: The key belief of the chartists is that stock prices tend to move in fairly
persistent trends. Stock price behavior is characterized by inertia: the price
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movement continues along a certain path (up, down or sideways) until it meetsan opposing force, arising out of an altered supply-demand relationship.
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Relationship between volume and trends: Chartists believe that generally
volume and trend go hand in hand. When a major upturn begins the volume of
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trading increases as the price advances and decreases as the price declines. In amajor down turn, the opposite happens; the volume of trading increases as the
price declines and decreases as the price rallies.
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Support and Resistance levels: Chartists assume that it is difficult for the price
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of a share to rise above a certain level called the resistance level and fall below acertain level called a support level. Why? The explanation for the first claim
goes as follows. If investors find that prices fall after their purchases, they
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continue to hang on to their shares in the hope of a recovery. And when the price
rebounds to the level of their purchase price, they tend to sell and heave sigh of
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relief as they break even. Such a behavioral tendency on the part of investorsstimulates considerable supply when the price rebounds to the level at which
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substantial purchases were made by the investors. As a result, the share is not
likely to rise above this level, the resistance level.
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The level at which a declining share may evoke a substantial increase in
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demand is called the support level. This typically represents the level fromwhich the share rose previously with large trading volumes. As the price falls to
this level, there is a lot of demand from several quarters; those who `missed the
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bus' on the previous occasion and have regrets for their failure to partake in the
earlier advance; short-sellers who, having sold short, at higher levels, want to
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book profits by squaring their positions; and value-oriented investors.The Dow Theory
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Dow Theory is the oldest and best known theory of technical analysis. In
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the words of Charles Dow, "The market is always considered as having three
movements, all going at the same time. The first is the narrow movement from
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day to day. The second is the short swing, running from two weeks to a monthor more; the third is the main movement, covering at least four years in its
duration."
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Proponents of the Wow theory refer to the three movements as: (a) daily
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fluctuations that are random day-to-day wiggles; (b) secondary movements orcorrections that may last for a few weeks to some months; and (c) primary
trends representing bull and bear phases of the market.
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An upward primary trend represents a bull market, whereas a downward
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primary trend represents a bear market. A major upward move is said to occurwhen the high point of each rally is higher than the high point of the preceding
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preceding decline. Likewise, a major downward move is said to occur when the
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high point of each rally is lower than the high point of the preceding rally and
the low point of each decline is lower than the low point of the preceding
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decline.The secondary movement represents technical correction. They represent
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adjustments to the excesses that may have occurred in the primary movements.
These movements are considered quite significant in the application of the Dow
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Theory.The daily fluctuations are considered to be minus significance. Even
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zealous technical analysts do not usually try to forecast day-to-day movements
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Figure 1 illustrates the concept of Dow Theory.
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Fig. 1
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Bar and Line Charts
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The bar chart, one of the simplest and most commonly used tools of
technical analysis, depicts the daily price range along with the closing price. In
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addition, it may show the daily volume of transactions. Figure 2 shows an
illustrative bar chart. The upper end of each bar represents the day's highest
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price and the lower end the day's lowest price. The small cross across the barmarks the day's closing price.
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A line chart, a simplification over the bar chart, shows the line
connecting successive closing prices. Figure 3 shows the line chart.
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Technical analysts believe that certain formations or patterns observed onthe bar chart or line chart have predictive value. The more important formations
and their indications are described below.
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Head and Shoulders Top (HST) formation has a left shoulder, a head, and a
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right shoulder. The HST formation represents a bearish development. If the pricefalls below the neckline (the line drawn tangentially to the left and right
shoulders), a price decline is expected. Hence, it is a signal to sell.
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Inverse Head and Shoulders Top (IHST) formation is the inverse of the HST
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formation. Hence, it reflects a bullish development. If the price rises above theneckline, a price rise is expected. Hence, it is signaling to buy.
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Triangle or Coil Formation represents a pattern of uncertainty. Hence, it is
difficult to predict which way the price will break out.
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Flags and Pennants Formation typically signifies a pause after which the
previous price trend is likely to continue.
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Double Top Formation represents a bearish development, signaling that the
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price is expected to fall.
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Double Bottom Formation reflects a bullish development, signaling that the
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price is expected to rise.
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Point and Figure Charts
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The point and figure charts are represented by Xs and Os. These are
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more difficult to calculate the stock prices than the line charts and bar charts.These are drawn by the technical analysts to make a forecast of prices and also
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to find out the trend in prices. It is usually the reversal in trend which can be
found out by sub-charts. The price forecasts made by the point and figure charts
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The Short Interest Ratio Theory: The short interest ratio is derived by
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dividing the reported short interest or the number of shares sold short, by theaverage volume for about 30 days. When short sales increase relative to total
volume, the indicator rises. A ratio above 150per cent is considered bullish, and
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a ratio below 100 per cent is considered bearish.
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The logic behind this ratio is that speculators and other investors sellstocks at high prices in anticipation of buying them back at lower prices. Thus,
increasing short selling is viewed as a sign of general market weakness, and
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short covering (as evidenced by decreasing short positions) as a sign of strength.
An existing large short interest is considered a sign of strength, since the covers
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(buyers) are yet to come; whereas an established slight short interest isconsidered a sign of weakness (more short sales are to come).
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Confidence Index: It is the ratio of a group of lower-grade bonds to a group of
higher-grade bounds. According to the theory underlying this index, when the
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ratio is high, investors' confidence is likewise high, as reflected by theirpurchase of relatively more of the lower- grade securities. When they buy
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relatively more of the higher grade securities, this is taken as an indication that
confidence is low, and is reflected in a low ratio.
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Spreads: Large spreads between yields indicate low confidence and are bearish;
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the market appears to require a large compensation for business, financial andinflation risks. Small spreads indicate high confidence and are bullish. In short,
the larger the spreads, the lower the ratio and the less the confidence. The
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smaller the spreads, the greater the ratio, indicating greater confidence.
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Advance-Decline Ratio: The index relating advances to decline is called theadvance decline ratio. When advances persistently outnumber decline the ratio
increases. A bullish condition is said to exist, and vice versa. Thus, advance
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decline ratio tries to capture the market's underlying strength by taking into
account the number of advancing and declining issues.
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Market Breadth Index is a variant of the advance decline ratio. To compute it,
we take the net difference between the number of stocks rising and the number
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of stocks falling added (or subtracted) to the previous. For example, if in a given
week 600 shares advanced, 200 shares declined, and 200 were unchanged, the
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breadth would be 2[(600-200)/200]. The figure of each week is added toprevious weeks. These data are than plotted to establish the pattern of movement
of advances and declines.
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confirmation of some index has occurred. If both the stock index and marketbreadth increase, the market is bullish; when the stock index increases but the
breadth index does not, the market is bearish.
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The Odd-Lot Ratio: Odd-lot transactions are measured by odd-lot changes in
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lot ratio is sometimes referred to as a yardstick of uniformed sentiment or anindex of contrary opinion because the odd- lot theory assumes that small buyers
or sellers are not very bright especially at tops and bottoms when they nee to be
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brightest. The odd-lot short ratio theory assumes that the odd-lot short sellers are
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odd-lot sales to purchases.Insider Transactions: The hypothesis that insider activity may be indicative of
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future stock prices has received some support in the academic literature. Since
insiders may have the best picture of how the firm is faring, some believers of
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technical analysis feel that these inside transactions offer a clue, to futureearnings, dividend and stock price performance. If the insiders are selling
heavily, it is considered a bearish indicator and vice versa. Stock holders do not
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like to hear that the president of a company is selling large blocks of stock of the
company. Although the president's reason for selling the stock may not be
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related to the future growth of the company, it is still considered bearish asinvestors figure the president, as an insider, must know something bad about the
company that they, as outsiders, do not know.
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Moving Average is a smoothed presentation of underlying historical data. Each
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data point is the arithmetic average of a portion of the previous data. A ten-daymoving average measures the average over the previous ten trading days; a
twenty-day moving average measures average values over the previous twenty
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days, and so on. Regardless of the time period used, each day a new observation
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Advocates of moving averages in stock selection believe that changes inslope of the line are important. A stock twenty-day moving average line has
been trending up might become a candidate for sale if the line turns downward.
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Evaluation of Technical Analysis
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The advocates of technical analysis offer the following interrelated
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arguments in support of their position.1. Under the influence of crowd psychology, trends persist for quite
sometime. Tools of technical analysis that help in identifying these
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trends early are helpful aids in investment decision making.
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2. Shifts in demand and supply are gradual rather than instantaneous.Technical analysis helps in detecting these shifts rather early and
hence provides clues to future price movements.
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3. Fundamental information about a company is absorbed and
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assimilated by the market over a period of time. Hence, the pricemovement trends to continue in more or less the same direction till
the information is fully assimilated in the stock price.
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4. Charts provide a picture of what has happened in the past and hence
give a sense of volatility that can be expected from the stock.
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Further, the information on trading volume which is ordinarilyprovided at the bottom of a bar chart gives a fair idea of the extent of
public interest in the stock.
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The arguments against the technical analysis are,
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1. Most technical analysts are not able to offer convincing explanations
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for the tools employed by them.2. Empirical evidence in support of the random-walk hypothesis casts
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its shadow over the usefulness of technical analysis.
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3. By the time an uptrend or downtrend may have been signaled by
technical analysis, it may already have taken place.
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4. Ultimately, technical analysis must be self-defeating proposition. As
more and more people employ it, the value of such analysis tends to
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decline.
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5. The numerous claims that have been made for different chart patternsare simply untested assertions.
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5. There is a great deal of ambiguity in the identification of
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configurations as well as trend lines and channels on the charts. Thesame chart can be interpreted differently.
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Conclusion:
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As an approach to investment analysis, technical analysis is radically
different from fundamental analysis. Technical analysts don't evaluate a large
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number of fundamental factors relating to the company, the industry, and theeconomy. Instead they analyse market generated data like prices and volumes to
determine the future direction of price movement. The technical analysts believe
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that their method was simple and give an investor a bird's eye on the future of
security price by measuring the past moves of prices. The technical analysts
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predicted price behavior through line charts, bar charts and point and figurecharts. They have a large number of patters which predict the upward and
downward swing in the market. There are a large number of theories which also
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predict the future of prices.
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Review Questions
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1. Explain in detail the Dow Theory and how is it used to determine thedirection of stock market?
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2. How are odd lot and short sales index used to determine the direction of the
market?
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3. `Chart patterns are helpful in predicting the stock price movement'.Comment.
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4. Discuss the relationship between fundamental analysis and efficient market
hypotheses.
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5. Technical analysis is based on Dow Jones Theory. Elucidate?6. What are charts? How are they interpreted in technical analysis?
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EFFICIENT MARKET THEORY
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The efficient market hypothesis is a central idea of a modern finance that
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has profound implications. An understanding of the efficient market hypothesis
will help to ask the right questions and save from a lot of confusion that
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dominates popular thinking in finance.An efficient market is one in which the market price of a security is an
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unbiased estimate of its intrinsic value. Note that market efficiency does not
imply that the market price equals intrinsic value at every point in time. All that
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it says is that the errors in the market prices are unbiased. This means that theprice can deviate from the intrinsic value but the deviations are random and
correlated with any observable variable. If the deviations of market price from
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intrinsic value are random, it is not possible to consistently identify over or
under-valued securities.
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Market efficiency is defined in relation to information that is reflected in
security prices. In an efficient market, all the relevant information is reflected in
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the current stock price. Information cannot be used to obtain excess return: the
information has already been taken into account and absorbed in the prices. In
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other words, all prices are correctly stated and there are no "bargains" in thestock market. James H. Lorie explained efficient security market as "Efficiency
in this context means the ability of the capital markets to function so that prices
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of securities react rapidly to new information. Such efficiency will produce
prices that are `appropriate' in terms of current knowledge, and investors will be
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less likely to make unwise investments. A corollary is that investors will also beless likely to discover great bargains and thereby earn extraordinary high rates of
return.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementThe requirements for a securities market to be efficient market are; (1)
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Prices must be efficient so that new inventions and better products will cause a
firm's securities prices to rise and motivate investors to supply capital to the firm
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(i.e., buy its stock); (2) Information must be discussed freely and quickly acrossthe nations so all investors can react to new information; (3) Transactions costs
such as sales commissions on securities are ignored; (4) Taxes are assumed to
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have no noticeable effect on investment policy; (5) Every investor is allowed to
borrow or lend at the same rate; and, finally, (6) Investors must be rational and
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able to recognize efficient assets and that they will want to invest money whereit is needed most (i.e., in the assets with relatively high returns).
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Forms of Efficient Market Hypothesis
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Eugene Fama suggested that it is useful to distinguish three levels of
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market efficiency. They are 1) Weak-form efficiency - Prices reflect allinformation found in the record of past and volumes; 2) Semi-strong form
efficiency - Prices reflect not only all information found in the record of past
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prices and volumes but also all other publicly available information; 3) Strong-
form efficiency - Prices reflect all available information, public as well as
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private.Weak form of EMH
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The week form of market holds that present stock market prices reflect
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all known information with respect to past stock prices, trends, and volumes.
This form of theory is just the opposite of the technical analysis because
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according to it, the sequence of prices occurring historically does not have anyvalue for predicting the future stocks prices. The technical analysts rely
completely on charts and past behavior of prices of stocks.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementIn the week form of the market no investor can use any information of
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the past to earn a return of portfolio which is in excess of the portfolio's risk.
This means that the investor who develops the strategy based on past prices and
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chooses his portfolio on that basis cannot continuously out perform anotherinvestor who `buys and holds' his investments over a long term period.
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The question which has rapidly been studied is whether "security prices
follow a random walk." A random walk when it is applied to security prices
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means that all price changes which have occurred today are completelyindependent of the prices prior to this day in all respects. The weak form of the
efficient market theory takes into consideration only the average change of
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today's prices and states that they are independent of all prior prices. The
evidence supporting the random walk behavior also supports the efficient market
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hypothesis and states that the large price changes are followed by larger pricechanges, but they do not change in any direction which can be predicated. This
observation in a way violates the random walk behavior that it does not violate
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the weak form of the market efficiency. Researches have studied that the
evidence which supports the efficient market behavior is based on the random
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walk behavior of security prices but there is evidence which contradicts therandom walk hypothesis. This does not mean that it contradicts the efficient
market hypothesis also.
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Three types of tests have been commonly employed to empirically verify
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the weak-form efficient market hypothesis: (a) serial correlation tests; (b) runstests; and (c) filter rules tests.
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Serial Correlation Test: Serial Correlation is said to measure the association of
a series of numbers which are separated by some constant time period. One way
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to test for randomness in stock price changes is to look at their serial204
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correlations. Is the price change in one period correlated with the price change insome other period? If such auto-correlations are negligible, the price changes are
considered to be serially independent. Numerous serial correlation studies,
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employing different stocks, different time-lags, and different time-periods, have
been conducted to detect serial correlations. In general, these studies have failed
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to discover any significant serial correlations.Moore measured correlation of the price change of one week with the
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price change of the next week with the price change of the next week. His
research showed average serial correlation of -0.06 which indicated a very low
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tendency of security price to reverse dates. This means that a price rise did notshow the tendency to follow the price fall or vice versa. Fama also tested the
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30 firms which composed of the Dow Jones Industrial Averages for five years
before 1962. His study showed an average correlation of -0.03. This correlation
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was also weak because it was not very far away from zero.Run Test: Ren Test was also made by Fama to find out it price changes were
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likely to be followed by further price changes of the same sign. Run Test
ignored the absolute values of numbers in the series and took into the research
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only the positive and negative signs. Given a series of stock price changes, eachprice (+) id it represents an increase or a minus (-) if it represents a decrease. A
run occurs when there is not difference between the sign of two changes. When
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the sign of change differs, the run ends and a new run begin. To test a series of
price changes for independence, the number of runs in that series is compared to
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see whether it is statistically different from the number of runs in a purelyrandom series of the same size. Many studies have been carried out, employing
the runs test of independence. They did not detect any significant relationship
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between the returns of security in one period and the returns in prior periods andmade a conclusion that the security prices followed a random walk.
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Filter Rules Test: The use of charts is essentially a technique for filtering out
the important information from the unimportant. Alexander and Fama and
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Blume took the idea that price and volume data are supposed to tell the entirestory we need to know to identify the important action in stock prices. They
applied filter rules to see how well price changes pick up both trends and
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reverses ? which chartists claim their charts do. If a stock moves up X per cent,
buy it and hold it long; if it then reverses itself by the same percentage, sell it
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and take a short position in it. When the stock reverses itself again by X per centcover the short position and buy the stock long.
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The size of the filter varied from 0.5 to 50 percent. The results showed
that the larger filter did not work well. The smaller ones worked better, since
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they were more sensitive to market swings. However, when trading costs areincluded in the analysis, no filter worked well. In fact, substantial losses would
have been incurred using these filter rules.
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In essence the result of using the filter technique turn out to be that stock
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prices do not have momentum from which one can make returns in excess ofthose warranted by the level of risk assumed. In fact, because of trading costs,
we would have been substantially better off buying a random set of stocks and
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Security Analysis and Portfolio Managementwhich may be concerning the announcement of a firm's most recent earnings
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forecast and adjustments which will have taken place in the prices of security.
The investor in the semi-strong form of the market will find it impossible to earn
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a return on the portfolio which is based on the publicly available information inexcess of the return which may be said to be commensurate with the portfolio
risk. Many empirical studies have been made on the semi-strong form of the
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efficient market hypothesis to study the reaction of security prices to various
types of information around the announcement time of the information.
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Two studies commonly employed to test semi-strong form efficient
market are event study and portfolio study.
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Event Study examines the market reactions to and the excess market returns
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around a specific information event like acquisition announcement or stock split.The key steps involved in an event study are as follows:
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1. Identify the event to be studied and pinpoint the date on which the
event was announced.
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2. Collect returns data around the announcement date. In this context two
issues have to be resolved: What should be the period for calculating
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returns ? weekly, daily, or some other interval? For how many periods
should returns be calculated before and after the announcement date?
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3. Calculate the excess returns, by period, around the announcement datefor each firm in the sample. The excess return is calculated by making
adjustment for market performance and risk.
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4. Compute the average and the standard error of excess returns across all
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firms5. Assess whether the excess returns around the announcement date are
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different from zero. To determine whether the excess returns around
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the announcement date are different from zero, estimate the T statistic
for each day.
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The results of event studies are mixed. Most event studies support the
semi-strong from efficient market hypothesis. Several event studies, however,
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have cast their shadow over the validity of the semi strong form efficient
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Portfolio study: In a portfolio study, a portfolio of stocks having the observable
characteristic (low price earnings ratio or whatever) is created and tracked over
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time see whether it earns superior risk-adjusted returns. Steps involved in a
portfolio study are as follows:
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1. Define the variable (characteristic) on which firms will be classified.
The proposed investment strategy spells out the relevant variable. The
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variable must be observable, but not necessarily numerical.
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2. Classify firms into portfolios based upon the magnitude of the variable.Collect data on the variable for every firm in the defined universe at
the beginning of the period and use that information for classifying
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firms into different portfolios.
3. Compute the returns for each portfolio on the returns for each firm in
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each portfolio for the testing period and calculate the return for eachportfolio, assuming that the stocks included in the portfolio are equally
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4. Calculate the excess returns for each portfolio. The calculation of
excess returns earned by a portfolio calls for estimating the portfolio
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beta and determining the excess returns5. Assess whether the average excess returns are different across the
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portfolios. Several statistical tests are available to test whether the
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average excess returns differ across these portfolios. Some of these
tests are parametric and some nonparametric.
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Many portfolio studies suggest that it is not possible to earn superior risk-
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adjusted returns by trading on some observable characteristics. However, severalportfolio studies have documented inefficiencies and anomalies.
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Strong-Form of EMH
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The strong-form efficient market hypothesis holds that all available
information, public or private, is reflected in the stock prices. The strong form is
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concerned with whether or not certain individuals or groups of individualspossess inside information which can be used to make above average profits. If
the strong form of the efficient capital market hypothesis holds, then and day is
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as good as any other day to buy any stock. This the most extreme form of the
efficient market hypothesis. Most of the research work has indicated that the
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efficient market hypothesis in the strongest form does not hold good.Market Efficiency and Anomalies
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Anomalies are situations that appear to violate the traditional view of
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market efficiency, suggesting that it may be possible for careful investors to earn
abnormal returns. Some stock market anomalies are
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Low Price-Earnings Ratio: Stock that are selling at price earnings
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ratios that are low relative to the market
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Low Price-Sales Ratio:Stocks that have price-to-sales ratios that
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are lower competed with other stocks in
the same industry or with the overall
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Low Price-to Book value Ratio: Stocks whose stock prices are less that theirrespective book values
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High Divident Yield:
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Stocks that pay high dividends relative totheir respective share prices
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Small companies:
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Stock of companies whose marketcapitalization is less than 100 million
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Neglected Stocks:
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institutional ownershipStocks with High Relative Strength:
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Stocks whose prices have risen faster
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relative to the overall marketJanuary Effect:
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Stock do better during January than during any
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other month of the yearDay of the Week:
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1. Markets tend to overreact to news, both good and bad.
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2. Value investing is contrarians in nature and is beneficial becausemarkets overreact.
3. The market consistently ignores certain stocks, especially small stocks.
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Let's examine what anomalies mean for investors and the concept of market
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Financial Market Overreaction: One of the most intriguing issues to emerge
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in the past few years is the notion of market overreaction to new information
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(both positive and negative). Many practitioners have insisted for years thatmarkets to overreact. Recent statistical evidence for both the market as a whole
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and individual security has shown errors in security prices that are systematic
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and therefore predictable. Overreactions are sometimes called reversals. Stocks
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that perform poorly in period suddenly reverse direction and start performingwell in a subsequent period, and vice versa.
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Several studies have found that stock returns over longer time horizons
(in excess of one year) display significant negative serial correlation. This means
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that high returns in one time period tend to be followed by low returns in thenext period, and vice versa.
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Other studies have tested for market overreaction by forming portfolios
of winners and losers based on performance over a specific time period and then
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measuring these portfolios performance records over subsequent periods of time.One study, for example, found that over the next year a portfolio of losers
earned about 15 per cent more on average than did a portfolio of "winners".
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Market overreaction may offer the best explanation for several of the
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anomalies. For example, low price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) stocks may beanalogous to the losers we described above, or they may be the current investor
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stocks can fall from grace and reverse direction very quickly.
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Profiting from Reversals: Market overreactions or reversals suggest severalpossible investment strategies to produce abnormal profits. Some possibilities
include buying last year's worst performing stocks, avoiding stocks with high
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P/E rations, or buying on bad news. At the risk of oversimplifying, any
investment strategy based on market overreaction represents a contrarian
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approach to invest, buying what appears to be out of favour with most investors.But does value investing work? Can you do better following the value oriented
anomalies listed?
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suggest that buying stocks with low price-to-sales rations, low price-to-book
ratios, or low P/E ratios produced returns that were higher, on average, than
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those from the overall market, even after adjusting for higher transactions costs.These findings support the notion that contrarian/value investing may indeed
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Although value investing appears to work, it requires several caveats.
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First, stocks with low P/E ratios are not necessarily cheap, not are stocks withhigh P/E ratios necessarily expensive. The inverse relationship between value
and P/E (or market-to-book value) ratios is far from perfect. Some stocks may
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have low (or high)P/E ratios for very good reasons. Further, value is definitely in
the eye of the beholder; one person's bargain is another person's overvalued
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pariah.For another caveat, remember that very good economic reason may drive
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some reversals. Reversing prices may be responding to new information and
correcting an overreaction. Also, a poor performer may continue to perform
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poorly as the company continues to slide downhill. The fact that a company hada lousy year this year does not mean it will automatically have a good one next
year. Further, the timing of a reversal can be very difficult to predict. Investors
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have shunned some individual stocks and groups of stocks for long periods of
time, whereas other stocks have revered direction quickly.
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Finally, think about what would happen if every investor suddenly
became a contrarian. If contrarian investing really does offer abnormal profit
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opportunities, we would expect the wise investors to exploit opportunities
aggressively. Soon competition would eliminate these opportunities.
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Remember, apparent past success of value investing is no guarantee that it will
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work in the future.Calendar-Based Anomalies: Are there better times to own stocks than others?
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Should you avoid stocks on certain days? The evidence seems to suggest that
several calendar-based anomalies exist. The two best known, and widely
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documented, are the weekend effect and the January effect.Weekend Effect: Studies of daily returns began with the goal of testing whether
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the markets operate on calendar time or trading time. In other words, are returns
for Mondays (i.e., returns over Friday-to-Monday periods) different from the
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other day of the week returns? The answer to the question turned out to be yes,the trend was called the weekend effect. Monday returns were substantially
lower than other daily returns. One study found that Mondays produced a mean
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return of almost-35 percent. By contrast, the mean annualized returns on
Wednesdays was more than +25 per cent.
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The January Effect: Stock returns appear to exhibit seasonal return patterns as
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others. Initial studies found that returns were higher in January for all stocks
(thus this anomaly was dubbed the January effect) whereas later studies found
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the January effect was more pronounced for small stocks than for large ones.One widely accepted explanation for the January effect is tax-loss selling
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by the investors at the end of December. Because this selling pressure depresses
prices at the end of the year, it would be reasonable to expect a bounce-back in
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prices during January. Small stocks, the argument goes, are more susceptible tothe January effect because their prices are more volatile, and institutional
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investors (many of whom are tax-exempt) are less likely to invest in shares of
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small companies.
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Calendar-Based Trading Strategies: Both seasonal and day-of-the-week
affects are inconsistent with market efficiency because both suggest that
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historical information can generate abnormal profits. As will all anomalies,
however, a more important issue is whether seasonal and/ or day-of-the-week
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effects can create profit opportunities for investors. Should you, for example,always buy stocks at the close of trading on Monday and sell them at the close
of trading on Wednesdays?
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Although differences in daily returns appear impressive, they are
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probably much too small to offset transaction costs. The January effect appearsto have far more profit potential. However, once profitable investment strategies
are recognized, it is reasonable to expect other investors to aggressively exploit
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them eventually eliminating the profit potential. This may be happening to the
January effect. Entire books have been published about this widely recognized
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anomaly, and it may be disappearing.Small-Firm Effect: Generally the stocks of small companies substantially
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outperform stocks of large companies. Of course, history has also shown that
small stocks have exhibited more year-to-year variation than large stocks.
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However, even after correcting for differences in risk, some studies suggest thatinvestors can earn abnormal profits by investing in shares of small companies,
exploiting the small-firm effect.
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Two explanations for the small-firm effect seem plausible to us. The first is
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that analysts have applied the wrong risk measures to evaluate returns fromsmall stocks. Small stocks may well be riskier than these traditional risk
measures indicate. If proper risk measures were used, the argument goes, the
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Security Analysis and Portfolio Managementsmall-firm effect might disappear, and Small-firm stocks may not generate
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larger risk-adjusted returns than large stocks. Although the risk of small stocks
may not be adequately captured by standard risk measures, it is hard to believe
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that better measures of risk would eliminate the entire small-firm effect.Another explanation for the small-firm effect is that large institutional
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investors often overlook small-firm stocks. Consequently, less information is
available on small companies. (They are also followed by fewer analysts.) One
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could argue that this information deficiency makes small-firm stocks riskierinvestments, but one could also argue that discovery of a neglected small-firm
stock by the institutions could send its price rising as the institutions start buying
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it. The small-firm effect may arise from the continuous process of discovery of
neglected small-firm stocks leading to purchases by institutional investors.
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Whatever the explanation, small-firm stocks, although riskier than large-
firm stocks, have historically provided substantial returns to investors, far higher
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than those produced by large-firm stocks. Of course, we can only speculate
about whether this relationship will continue in the future.
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Performance of Investment Professionals: Investment professionals such as
mutual fund managers seem to have a difficult time beating the overall market.
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In a particular year, some professionals will beat the market, whereas others will
not. The key question is whether some professionals can consistently outperform
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the market. Some evidence suggests that the answer to this question may be yes.Conclusion
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Despite the anomalies and puzzles and the challenge of behaviouralists
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and their sympathizers, the substantial evidence in favour of the efficient market
hypothesis cannot be gainsaid. The advocates of efficient market hypothesis
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argue that it is not surprising that several anomalies and puzzles have been
found. When data is mined extensively, one is bound to find a number of
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patterns. Even if inefficiencies exist, it is difficult to take advantage of them.
The efficient market hypothesis, like all theories, is an imperfect and limited
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description of the stock market. However, at least for the present, there does notseem to be a better alternative.
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Review Questions
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1. What are the empirical evidences of the weak form of market efficiency?
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2. Discuss the results of the studies that support the semi-strong form of EMH.3. Explain the strong form of market efficiency with empirical evidences.
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4. How does efficient market hypothesis differ from the technical analysis?
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5 What is Random Walk theory? What does it project in its weak form, semi-
strong form and strong form?
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6. Discuss the empirical tests conducted on the different forms of the random
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walk.7. The random walk hypothesis resembles the fundamental school of thought
but is contrary to the technical analysis. Discuss?
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8. Define the various forms of the market efficiency. What do they have in
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common?9. "Indian stock market is efficient". Do you agree? Discuss.
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Security analysis related to the analysis of individual securities withinthe framework of return and risk. Whereas, Portfolio analysis makes an analysis
of securities in the combined form.
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The portfolio analysis considers the determination of future risk and
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return in holding various blends of individual securities. Portfolio expectedreturn is a weighted average of the expected return of individual securities but
portfolio variance can be something less than a weighted average of security
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variances. As a result an investor can sometimes reduce portfolio risk by adding
another security with greater individual risk than any other security in the
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portfolio. This result occurs because risk depends greatly on the covarianceamong returns of individual securities. Estimation of the expected return and
expected risk level of a given portfolio of assets are discussed in the following
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paragraphs.
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The expected return of a portfolio depends on the expected return of eachof the security contained in the portfolio. It also seems logical that the amounts
invested in each security should be important. Indeed, this is the case. The
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example of a portfolio with three securities shown in Table-1A illustrates this
point. The expected holding period value-relative for the portfolio is clearly:
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Rs.23, 100
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giving an expected holding period return of 15.50%.
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementTable-1B combines the information in a different manner. The
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portfolio's expected holding-period value-relative is simply a weighted average
of the expected value-relative of its component securities, using current market
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values as weights.Table-1C provides holding-period returns. It is simply 100times the value obtained by subtracting one from the holding period value-
relative. Thus a weighted average of the former will have the same
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characteristics as a weighted average of the former will have the same
characteristics as a weighted average of the latter.
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TABLE 1
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(a) Security and Portfolio Values
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returns of its securities, the contribution of each security to the portfolio'sexpected returns depends on its expected returns and its proportionate share of
the initial portfolio's market value. Nothing else is relevant. It follows that an
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investor who simply wants the greatest possible expected return should hold one
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security: the one which is considered to have the greatest expected return. Very
few investors do this, and very view investment advisers would counsel such an
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extreme policy. Instead, investors should diversify, meaning that their portfolioshould include more than one security. This is because diversification can
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Risk
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The probability of loss is the essence of risk. A useful measure of risk
takes into account both the probability of various possible "bad" outcomes and
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their associated magnitudes. Instead of measuring the probability of a number of
different possible outcomes, the measure of risk should somehow estimate the
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extent to which the actual outcome is likely to diverge from the expected.Two measures used for this purpose are the mean absolute deviation and
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the standard deviation. Table 2A shows how the average absolute deviation can
be calculated. First the expected return is determined; In this case it is 10.00 per
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cent. Next, each possible outcome is analyzed to determine the amount by whichthe value deviated from the expected amount. These figures shown in Column
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(5) of the table include both positive and negative values. As shown in Column
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(6) , a weighted average, using probabilities as weights, will equal zero. This is amathematical necessity, given the way expected value is calculated. To assess the
risk the signs of deviations can simply be ignored. As shown in column (7), the
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weighted average of the absolute values of the deviations, using the probabilities as
weights, is 10 per cent. This constitutes the first measure of "likely" deviation.
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a weighted average of these amounts is taken, using the probabilities as weights.The result is termed the variance. It is converted to the original units by taking
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Although the two measures are often interchangeable in this manner, thestandard deviation is generally preferred for investment analysis. The reason is
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simplicity exists for the average absolute deviations.When an analyst predicts that a security will return 15% next year, he or
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Portfolio Risk
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In order estimate the total risk of a portfolio of assets, several estimates
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inclusion in the portfolio and the covariance, or correlation co-efficient, of eachasset with each of the other assets.
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the portfolio and security Y the other 40 per. The predicted return on theportfolio is simply a weighted average of the predicted returns on the securities,
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computed from the estimates in Table 3B. The expected return for the portfolio
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not true for either the variance or the standard deviation of return for theportfolio smaller than the corresponding values for either of the component
securities. This rather surprising result has a simple explanation. The risk of a
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portfolio depends not only on the risk of its securities, considered in isolation,
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Portfolio and Security Risks
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the corresponding values for the securities. Then diversification has no effect at
all on risk. In the second case the situation is very different. Here the security's
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returns offset one another in such a manner that the particular combination thatmakes up this portfolio has no risk at all. Diversification has completely
eliminated risk. The difference between these two cases concerns the extent to
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which the security's returns are correlated i.e., tend to "to-together". Either of
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TABLE 4Risk and Return for a Two-Security Portfolio
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are presented in Tab le 3C. The deviation of each security's return from itsexpected value is determined and the product of the two obtained (column 5).
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probabilities of the events as weights. A positive value for the covariance
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indicates that the securities returns tend to go together ? for example, a better-
that-expected return for one is likely to occur along with a better-than-expected
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return for the other. A small or zero value for the covariance indicates that thereis little or no relationship between the two returns. The correlation coefficient is
obtained by dividing the covariance by the product of the two security's
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standard deviation. As shown in Table ? 3C, in this case the value is 0.9307.
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Correlation coefficients always lie between +1.0 and ?1.0, inclusive. Theformer value represents perfect positive correlation, of the type shown in the
example in Table ? 4A. The latter value represents perfect negative correlation
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in Table ? 4B. The relationship between the covariance and the correlation
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portfolio of two securities and the relevant variables, the formula is:
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VP = (0.6)2 x 175.0 + 2 x .6 x .4 x 120 + (0.4) 2 x 95.0
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two securities is similar in nature but more extensive. Both the risks of the
securities and all their correlations have to be taken into account. The formula is:
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included in the total, with a value between 1 and N substituted where x appears
and a value between 1 and N substituted where y appears. In those cases in
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which the values are the same, the relevant covariance is that between asecurity's return and itself.
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Perfectly Positively Correlated Returns
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The returns from two securities are perfectly positively correlated when across-plot gives points lying precisely on a upward-sloping straight line, as
shown in Figure ? 1A. Each point indicates the return on security A (horizontal
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axis) and the return on security B (vertical axis) corresponding to one event. The
example shown in Table ? 4A confirms to this pattern.
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The general formula is:
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CXY = RXY SX SY
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and CXY = SX SY. As always, VX = S2X , VY = S2Y and VP = S2PSubstituting all these values in general formula gives:
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deviation of return, is just a weighted average of the risks of the componentsecurities, using market value as weights. The principle holds as well if more
than two securities are included in a portfolio. In such cases, diversification does
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correlated returns. Since rXY = -1, the general formula becomes:
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correlated, it is possible to combine them in a manner that will eliminate all risk.
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Figure ? 1b shows the returns from two securities perfectly negatively
correlated, a cross-plot gives points lying precisely on a downward-sloping
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straight line. The example shown in Table ? 4b confirms to this pattern. Thisprinciple motivates all hedging strategies. This object is to take position that
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will offset each other with regard to certain kinds of risk, reducing or completely
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Uncorrelated Returns
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Some risks can be substantially reduced by pooling. This has crucial
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for understanding the relationship between risk and return. A special case of
extreme importance arises when a cross-plot of security returns shows no pattern
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that can be represented even approximately by an upward-sloping or downward-sloping line. (See Figure ? 1c). In such an instance, the returns are uncorrelated.
The correlation coefficient, , is zero, as is the covariance. In this situation, the
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general formula becomes:
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S2P = W21 S21 + W22 S22 + .......... + W2N S2N
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components of aportfolio are uncorrelated. In fact, if enough securities are
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included, the overall risk of the portfolio will be almost (but not quite) zero. This
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Combining Risky and Risk less SecuritiesWhat happens to risk when a risk less security is combined with a risky
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security (or portfolio). If security A return is certain, while that of security B is
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less one, the risk of the combination is proportional to the amount in vested in
the risky component. An obvious case of this sort arises when an investor splits
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his funds between an equity portfolio and a savings account. Table ? 5 showssome representative values, case C and D involve splitting funds between the
risky alternative B and the risk less one A. Investing in a risk less security is
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equivalent to lending money.
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TABLE 5Combining A Risk less And A Risky Investment
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combinations C and D. Each alternative shows the expected return and risk of an
alternative combination. Since both risk and return will be proportion al to the
investment proportions in C case of this sort, both point C and point D lie on the
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straight line connecting points A and B. All these alternatives have positiveindividual proportions except E. As shown in Table ? 5 and Figure ? 2,
combination E and point E have WA equal - .20 and WB equal + 1.20.
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and invest his own Rs.10,000 and borrow Rs.2000 at 8% interest. A total of
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leverage may be favourable/unfavourable depending upon the circumstances.Table 6(a) shows the return on investor's capital may go up to 26%. The final
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Leverage increase the expected return on investor's capital if borrowed
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funds are invested in a risky alternative. Point E lies above point B in Figure 2.However, the expected return may decline with an unfavorable outcome. Return
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on risk is shown in the fourth line of the table. Borrowing increases risk. This is
also shown in Figure 2 point E is to the right of point B.
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Leverage generally increases both risk and expected return. It is
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represent the risk and return obtained by a firm on its total assets. If, however,
the corporation has issued debt, both the risk and return of its investment should
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be greater than this. Combination E conforms to the example shown in Table 5and Figure 2.
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Like corporations, the individual investors can and do borrow from a
number of sources. At any time the interest charged may depend on the
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borrower, the lender, the collateral, the purpose of loan, the length of timeinvolved, the amount of money borrowed, etc. If there is chance that the loan
will not be repaid in full and on time, the rate charged will, of course, be higher,
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and the loan will be risk less. But in these cases in which the leverage is used
within the limits required to keep the loan risk less, the relationship will be
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shown in Figure 2. Margined or leveraged purchase of any risky investment(e.g., B) can be used to obtain a combination of risk and return plotting on the
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straight line connecting the points represent the two components (e.g., A and B).
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greater the leverage, the farther to the right of the risky investments point will be
the point representing the new combination.
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Review Questions
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1. How is a portfolio managed? How is it revised?
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2. What is an efficient frontier? How does it establish an optimum portfolio?3. How can an individual make an analysis of different curves to get the most
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beneficial portfolio?
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Traditional theory was based on the fact that risk could be measured on
each individual security through the process of finding out the standard
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deviation and that security should be chosen where the deviation was the lowest.Greater variability and higher deviations showed more risk than those securities
which had lower variation. The modern theory is of the view that by
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diversification, risk can be reduced. Diversification can be made by the investor
either by having a large number of shares of companies in different regions, in
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different industries or those producing different types of product lines.Diversification is important but the modern theory states that there cannot be
only diversification to achieve the maximum return. The securities have to be
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evaluated and thus diversified to some limited extent within which the maximum
achievement can be sought by the investor. The theory of diversification was
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based on the research work of Harry Markowitz. He is of the view that aportfolio should be analyzed depending upon (a) the attitude of the investor
towards risk and return, and (b) the quantification of risk.
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Thus, traditional theory and modern theory are both framed under the
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constraints of risk and return, the former analyzing individual securities and thelatter believing in the perspective of combination of securities.
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Modern portfolio theory, as brought out by Markowitz and Sharpe, is the
combination of the securities to get the most efficient portfolio. Combination of
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securities can be made in many ways. Markowitz developed the theory ofdiversification through scientific reasoning and method.
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Dr. Harry M. Markowitz used mathematical programming and statistical
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He considered the variance in the expected returns from investments and their
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relationship to each other in constructing portfolios. Markowitz's model is atheoretical framework for the analysis of risk return choices. Decisions are based
on the concept of efficient portfolios. According to this theory, the effects of one
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security purchase over the effects of the other security purchase are taken into
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Assumptions
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Markowitz theory is based on the modern portfolio theory under several
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(a)
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The market is efficient and all investors have in their knowledgeall the facts about the stock market and so an investor can
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(b)
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All investors before making any investments have a commongoal. This is the avoidance of risk because they are risk averse.
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All investors would like to earn the maximum rate of return that
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they can achieve from their investments.(d)
The investors base their decisions on the expected rate of return
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(e)Markowitz brought out the theory that it was a useful insight to
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combining the assets in such a way that they give the lowest risk,
maximum returns could be brought out by the investor.
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(f)From the above, it is clear that every investor assumes that while
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way that he gets a maximum return and is surrounded by
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The investor assumes that greater or larger the return that he
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surrounds him. On the contrary, when risks are low, the returncan also be expected to be low.
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The investor can reduce his risk if he adds investments to his
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portfolio.Effect of Combining Two Securities
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one investment in a person's portfolio. When two stocks are taken on a portfolio
and if they have negative correlation, then risk can be completely reduced,
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because the gain on one can offset the loss on the other. The effect of twosecurities can also be studied when one security is more risky when compared to
the other security. The following example shows a return of 13%. A
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combination of A and E will produce superior results to an investor rather than if
he was to purchase only Stock-A. If an investor constructs his portfolio in such a
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way that two-thirds of his stock consists of Stock-A and one-third of stockconsists of Stock-B, the average return of the portfolio is the weighted average
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Example 1
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Simple situation
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The return on the portfolio on combining the two securities will be
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(a) When Stock `A' in a given investment is taken at 2/3 proportion
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during depression RP = (2/3) x (7) + (1/3) x (13) = 9.0.(Higher return than expected)
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Thus, by putting some part of the amount in stock which is riskier stock,
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i.e. `B', the risk can be reduced rather than if the investor was to purchase only
Stock `A'. If an investor was to purchase only Stock `A', his return would be
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according to his expectation an average of 7.2%, which becomes as low a 7% indepression periods and rises to 11% in boom periods. The standard deviation of
this stock is as low 2%. The investor will make a return of higher than 7.2% by
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combining two-thirds of Stock `A' and one-third of Stock `B'. Thus, the investor
is able to achieve a return of 9% and bring the risk to the minimum level. Thus,
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the effect of holding two securities in a portfolio does reduce risk but researchstudies have shown that it is important to know what proportion of the stock
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returns can be achieved at the higher point by setting of one variation against
another. The investor should be able to find out two investments in such a way
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that one investment is giving a higher return whereas the other investment is notperforming well even though one of the securities in more risky, and it will lead
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continue to find out two securities which are related to each other inversely like
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correlated to each other in such a way that maximum returns can be achieved.Interactive Risk through Covariance
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co-efficient of variation when two securities are combined, the investor should241
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find out the co-variance of each security. Co-variance of the securities will help
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in finding out the inter-active risk. When the co-variance will be positive, thenthe rates of return of securities move together either upwards or downwards.
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variance will be zero on two investments if the rates of return are independent.
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combined and measured. It is measured by the standard deviation of two
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securities is shown when it is + 1.0, which means that there is perfect positivecorrelation and if it shows ? 1.0, it means that there is perfect negative
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correlation coefficient is -1, the portfolio risk will be the minimum.Markowitz has shown the effect of diversification by reading the risk of
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securities. According to him, the security with co-variance which is either
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been able to show that securities which have less than positive correlation willreduce risk without, in any way, bringing the return down. According to his
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show less risk. According to him, investing in a large number of securities is not
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maximum results. The following formula has been given by Harry Markowitzfor a two security portfolio. The formula includes the standard deviation. It also
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negative-1.The standard deviation increases when the degree of correlation is
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becomes equal to the weighted sum of standard deviations of each individualsecurity.
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standard deviation will be identical with the standard deviation of the
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(b) 80% X( c) 20% Y
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programme is developed for a combination of two securities, but the basicpurpose of this quadratic equation programme is to have a large number of
combinations of portfolios which give the lowest risk between the limits of zero
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coefficient of correlation, i.e., when x = - 1, the risk of investment should be thelowest, also rx ?x ?y = co-variance, (d) the weights or proportion of each security
in the total portfolio to give the ideal combination. It can be found by the
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which is invested. The following is the formula. It is similar to the two security
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rij = co-efficient of correlation between i and ji = standard deviation of i, N = Total number of securities
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j = standard deviation of j
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(a) What is the expected Return to a Portfolio composed of the following
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= 10(.20) + 15(.20) = 20(.60)
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= 2.00 + 3.00 + 12.00
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= 17%(b) R =R1X1+R2X2+R3X3
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= 10(.25) + 15(.25) = 20(.50)
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= 16.25%
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Compute the risk on each portfolio from the following information.
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Security Expected Return % Proportion %
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Standard DeviationCo-efficient of Correlation
0=0.2
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R=17%
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? 2p = X21 Q21 + X22 ?22 + X23 ?23 + 2X1 X2 r12 ?1 ?2
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= 2X2 X3 r2.3 ?2 ?3 + 2X1 X3 r1.3 ?1 ?3
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(.2) (.3) + 2(.2) (.6) (.3) (.5) + 2(.2) (.6) (.2) (.5) (-.3)
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= .0016 + .0036 + .09 + .00108 + .0024= .097840 - .001080
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= .096760
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= .309
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(j) The example shows inverse relationship between T and Z. Risk is
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(ii) Securities at BOX provide better return than ACX when correlationis 0.
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(iii) A and B are positively correlated and one cannot be offset against
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Shaded area = attainable portfolios.(ii)
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Arc or budge abcd = efficient portfolios or efficient frontier.
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(iii)All points on efficient frontier dominate other points to the right
of the frontier portfolio b dominates portfolio f. Portfolio c
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dominates portfolio e because the return is the same but risk is
greater at f and e for the same return.
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his preference for risk and return.
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(v)According to Markowitz, there are a large number of portfolios
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portfolios only those were selected which were superior and
dominated others in terms of risk and return characteristics.
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Through quadratic programming efficient set of portfolio can beselected. In this sense lies the difference between Markowitz
efficient set and feasible or attainable set.
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Markowitz theory is also applied in the case of more than three
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securities. His programme is a conclusion of the least portfolio risk at aparticular level of return. According to the graphical representation of the
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and return of all individual assets and by plotting them by means of data on agraph. Only portfolios which lie on the efficient frontier should be taken by an
individual because this will gives the effect of diversification and will help in
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bringing down the risk on different assets. The efficient frontier will show a
bulge towards the vertical axis. This is depicted in Graph 1 and 2.
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The reason for this is that the correlation coefficient lies between zero
and one. Only those assets which are perfectly positively correlated will
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generate an efficient frontier which is represented by means of a straight line. It
is difficult to find negatively correlated assets. Therefore, the efficient frontier
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will very rarely occur in a curve over the vertical over the vertical axis.All portfolios will not lie on the efficient frontier which is represented by
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a straight line. Some portfolios will dominate other portfolios. Selected through,
the Markowitz diversification pattern, it will be planned and scientifically
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oriented. This will lie in a manner that they dominate port folios which aresimply diversified. Markowitz model is useful but difficult to use as it requires a
lot of information.
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Conclusion
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The Markowitz model showed the ideal combination of securities
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through the efficient frontier. It was also called the Full Co-variance Model. Theproblem faced by the model is the need of more information. Further Markowitz
model is very tedious because when the number of investments increase, then
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the help of a computer is required because it is an arduous task to find out the
securities which lie on the efficient frontier.
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1. How does Markowitz Theory help in planning an investor's portfolio?2. Define Markowitaz diversification. Explain the statistical method used
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by to obtain the risk reducing benefit?
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3. What are the strength and weaknesses of the Morkowitz approach?4. Explain how the efficient frontier is determined using the Morkowitz
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approach. Use a two-security approach.
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PORTFOLIO SELECTION
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All investors prefer those securities which have a high return but at the
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same time the risk attached to it is low. At the time of combining the securitiesand constructing a portfolio of different combinations of securities, an investor
is faced with the same question of risk and return. There are three kinds of
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investors. An investor who wishes to take more return and least risk, more return
with comparatively higher risk and high return with a high risk. These are
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depicted as desirable conditions for an investor through the use of utility curvescalled indifferent curves. Indifference curves are usually parallel and linear.
When it is drawn on a graph, it shows that the higher the investor goes on the
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growth, the greater is his satisfaction. In Illustration 1, these utility graphs are
drawn. These are positively sloped for a hypothetical investor `X' and the
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indifference curves are from 1 to 6. The investor `X' is faced with the problemof finding out the indifference curves or portfolio tangent which will give him
the highest return. In Illustration 2, it shows that there is a combination of
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securities on the indifferent curves and the efficient frontier at point `A' is the
best portfolio in terms of efficiency and (b) that it represents a tangent to the
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indifferent line.The investors are happy when they get a high return even though they
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have to take some additional risk with it. All indifferent curves which are given
higher satisfaction and higher return will show positively sloped lines.
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Illustration 3 depicts (a) the positive sloping curves for a risk fearing investor`Y'. The higher the curve, the greater the satisfaction of investor `X'(positively
sloped), higher return for greater risk . (a) `A' portfolio is efficient b) The
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efficient frontier is tangent to the indifference curve (Line).
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The investor `Y' has positive sloping curves from U.1 to U.6 and his
satisfaction shows that slopes are positive and the higher he goes, the greater the
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satisfaction. Illustration 4 depicts the indifferent curves of a risk lover investor
`K'. An investor of this type will have negative sloping curves with lines convex
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to the origin. Curves from U.1 to U.4 show the investment preference of a risklover. Investor `Z' in Illustration 5 is showing that he is less risk fearing and U.1
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who is a risk averter is happy when his ?p is low in his portfolio but an investorwho enjoys taking a risk is happier when the ?p is higher. The slope of the
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the kind of risk that an investor has in mind. Illustration 16.6 shows that thereare different curves of three different kinds of slopes. There are three graphs--
curve `A' shows that the investor is a risk neutral and he has constant marginal
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utility is increasing. Curve `B' shows that the investor is a risk neutral and he
has constant marginal utility. Curve `C' represents an average investor who
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his satisfaction. Most of the investors are categorized in Curve `C'. Curve A =
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Curve B = Constant marginal utility ? Risk Neutral.
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Curve C = Decreasing marginal utility ? Risk Averse.
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portfolio is said to relate directly to the beta. it is the excessive return to beta
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Ri ? RF
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Where Ri = expected return on stocks `i',RF = return received from risk-less.
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Bj = rate of return in expected change on stock `i' with 1 % change
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market return rate. The cut-off rate consists of various subjects which have beenconstructed. The following subjects help in finding out the cut-off rate:
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(a) finding out stocks of different return risk ratios.(b) Ranking securities from higher excess return to to less
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(c) Selecting to high rank securities above the cut-off rate.(d) making a comparison of (Ri ? RF) i with `C' and investor in
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all stocks in which (Ri ? RF) i achieve the cut-off point `C'
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(e) find cut-off rate `C' A portfolio of `i' stocks Ci is calculatedby:
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(f) after finding out the securities difference included in optimal
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i Ri - RfZ
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The first equation gives the rate of each security on adding the total sumshould be equal to `1' to ensure full investment. The second equation gives the
relative investment in each security.
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security. The desirability or satisfaction of an investor of any stock will alwaysbe the excess return to beta ratio.
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value of the existing securities but also helps in assessing the new securities with
the change in beta. An example may be given to illustrate this. If cut-off rate was
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equal to a given amount at the existing moment, with the change in thesecurities, the return to risk ratio may be more or less other than the previous
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securities and finding out the excess to beta ratios above the cut-off rate would
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importance. It will have the effect on either adding to the result to the result ofthe existing portfolio or making a change form it. The results will show whether
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change in those securities which were quite close to the existing cut-off rate.
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portfolio return and risk and the best portfolio is the corner portfolio of `9'. The
corner which is beyond `9' and to its left, i.e. from 10 to 17 can be introduced to
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a greater efficiency and made efficient by selecting `9'with an addition of thefact of leading. The choice of portfolio which are on the right side of `9'i.e.from
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the stage in which the maximum benefit can be derived after using the formula
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Sharpe finds the beta relationship to be the most significant in the
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portfolios. According to him, a portfolio has unsystematic risk as well assystematic risk but although unsystematic risk can be reduced to zero the
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market and can in no way be absolutely reduced or dominated to zero. Sharpe
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risk. In the selection of a portfolio, both negative and positive betas should be
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considered. While assessing a portfolio on beta, the negative beta should bepreferred to positive beta. The presence of negative beta in a portfolio if
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betas are present.
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Portfolio betas are used to measure risk in a portfolio but with properdiversification and elimination of unsystematic risk, the portfolio can become
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each of the securities on the portfolio. Beta can be used to move systematic risk
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betas then the investor can be expected to be aggressive as this indicates anaggressive portfolio. When the market price rises and moves up the corner,
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beta is used significantly for stock selection it is to be compared with the market.
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coefficient with the prices prevailing in the market. When there is buoyancy inthe market, then beta coefficient which are large can be selected. These betas
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expected. These betas would also carry with them a high risk but during the
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which have high positive beta coefficient. The stocks which have a negative betawould withstand the tag in the prices in the market. For example, when the beta
is + 1.0, the volatility which is relative to the market would indicate an average
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stock. But when the beta changes to +2.0, it is excluding the value which is
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the market return is forecasted at 10%. This is in the case of a rising market. Butwhen the prices show a decline and the future is expected to provide a decline of
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return of 20% if the stock is held by the investor for very long. But if the
investor sells `short' stock, then he can plan to gain 20%. But if the beta is
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negatives 1.0, then there would be a gain of a positives 10%, i.e., (-1.0 x .10 )Although betas help in selecting stock, care should be taken to select the
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stock with the beta approach because selection of portfolio with beta is followed
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prediction of beta.If portfolios selection is not made by and accurate reading of the
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movement of markets, then the portfolios selection will be incorrect and will not
determine the preferences of the investor. The market movements explain
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between 15 and 65% of the movement of the individual securities. Thevariability of returns is explained further between 75 and 95% in the
measurement of betas. The technique of beta, therefore, although it is useful, has
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study conducted by Barr Rosenberg and also another study by Levy. All the
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to be analyzed very carefully. Levy's research study showed that beta was notgood when securities were to be selected individually. They were partially
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was very useful in the case of large portfolios which were kept by the investor
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selection of stock but it must be predicted with care. They made a study of fifty-six stocks and found out the difference of movement of stocks during two-time
periods. This proved that when portfolios of long-time and stable securities wee
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analyzed, then beta was found useful. Betas have also been found to change and
the change is related to certain factors. One of the most important factors which
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have found to change or move betas are the economic factors in a country. Theinformation has been found to be one of the factors which have caused changes
in the beta. to find a result by predicting beta is found to be useful when beta is
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quantified and the changes of the returns of individual securities and the market
have been related to the expected rate of inflation. It can be safely said that the
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relationship between market and security returns are an indicator for finding outthe beta changes because return, as already studied, is related to risk and both
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between the returns of security and changes in the economic activity of the
country are related by finding out `fundamental betas'.
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The fundamental betas were found out by Barr Rosenberg's research
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out "relative response coefficient." The relative response coefficient quantify
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(b) economics events as Market Index causes systematic change and
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(c) Risk and return with portfolio.
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The relative response coefficient depends on the events that are
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relative response coefficient. Also, betas in order to be useful have to bepredictive and cannot be upward looking. A well diversified portfolio is linked
with securities with the market movement. But he market movement can be
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considered only when a survey of fundamental factors is taken into
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(b) the movements of the market;
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(c) continuous valuation of stock;(d) survey of stock, whether it represents large or small firms, old and
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established and new firms;
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These factors are to be projected with the movements of the stock by
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fundamental factors would also represent the changes in the returns of securities
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success that is made by each stock. When the stock is valued, a firm which hascontinuous high market valuation will be considered as a good stock. The small
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kind of operations of a firm relating to its liquidity position and the coverage of
fixed charges. Rosenberg found that these fundamental factors help in making
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and optimum portfolio. According to him, risks are not only systematic and
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unsystematic but the latter one can be also sub-divided as "specific risk andextra market co-variance "Specific risk which is a unique risk, is independent to
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in isolation. The extra market co-variance is independent of the market and it
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a homogenous group of the finance group. It is in-between the systematic andspecific risk. The specific risk covers about 50% of the total risk and the co-
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systematic risk covers all the firms, the extra market co-variance is in-between
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selected and is well diversified usually consists of 80-90% of the systematic riskout of the total risk involved in those securities.
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the right?4. Explain why an indifference curves cannot intersect.
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References:Avadhani V.A., `Investment and Securities Markets in India',
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Himalaya
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Publishing House, Mumbai, 2000-------------, `Security Analysis and Portfolio Management', International Book
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House, New Delhi.
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Bhalla V.K., `Investment Management ? Security Analysis and
Portfolio
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Management', S. Chand & Co. Ltd., New Delhi, 2007
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Prasanna Chandra, `Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management', TataMcGraw-Hill Co.Ltd., New Delhi, 2002
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Preeti Singh, `Investment Management - Security Analysis and
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PortfolioManagement', Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai, 2005
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Punithavathi Pandian, `Security Analysis and Portfolio Management', Vikas
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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
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Objectives of the study:
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The objectives of this unit are to help one understand, in general
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? The Capital Market Theory
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Management.? Importance and working of Sharp Index, Treynor Index, Jensen's
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5.1. Introduction.5.2. Efficient Market Hypothesis
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5.3. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
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5.4. Portfolio Management in India
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5.5. Evaluation of Portfolio management
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5.6. Investment Components5.7. Self Evaluation Questions
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5.8. References.
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Small investors feel insecure in managing their own investment in
securities at times, because they consider themselves inadequate to perform this
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delicate task successfully. Thus, they seek the help of professional portfolio
managers to take up this job on behalf of them. Most often, the portfolio
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manager chosen takes the form of a mutual fund or investment company, themain reasons being: the diversification and liquidity. Managers trained in the
techniques of security analysis devote their full time meeting the Funds
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investment objectives and also constantly monitor the securities in the portfolio
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An investment theory states that it is impossible to "beat the market"because stock market efficiency causes existing share prices to always
incorporate and reflect all relevant information. According to the EMH, this
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means that stocks always trade at their fair value on stock exchanges, and thus it
is impossible for investors to either purchase undervalued stocks or sell stocks
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for inflated prices. Thus, the crux of the EMH is that it should be impossible tooutperform the overall market through expert stock selection or market timing,
and that the only way an investor can possibly obtain higher returns is by
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purchasing riskier investments. Although it is a cornerstone of modern financial
theory, the EMH is highly controversial and often disputed. Believers argue it is
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pointless to search for undervalued stocks or to try to predict trends in themarket through either fundamental or technical analysis.
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While academics point to a large body of evidence in support of EMH,
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Warren Buffet have consistently beaten the market over long periods of time,271
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which by definition is an impossibility according to the EMH. Detractors of theEMH also point to events such as the 1987 stock market crash (when the DJIA
fell by over 20% in a single day) as evidence that stock prices can seriously
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deviate from their fair values.
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In an efficient market, all data are fully and immediately reflected in astock price. Price changes in an efficient market are equally likely to be positive
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the major securities exchanges. The forms of the efficient stock market are
weak, semi-strong, and strong.
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In the weak form, no relationship exists between prior and future stock
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prices. Hence, studying previous stock prices is of no value.
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In the semi-strong version, stock prices adjust immediately to new data;thus action after a known event results in randomness. All public information is
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determining whether a stock is overvalued or undervalued.
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In the strong form, stock prices reflect all information-public and private(insider). A perfect market exists. No group has access to information that would
enable it to earn superior risk-adjusted returns.
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Assumptions
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Beyond the normal utility maximizing agents, the efficient market
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hypothesis requires the agents have rational expectations; that on average thepopulation is correct (even if no one person is) and whenever new relevant
information appears, the agents update their expectations appropriately.
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from rational expectations; rational agents act coldly and achieve what they set
out to do). EMH allows that when faced with new information, some investors
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may overreact and some may under react. All that is required by the EMH is thatinvestors' reactions be random enough that the net effect on market prices cannot
be reliably exploited to make an abnormal profit. Thus, anyone person can be
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wrong about the market--indeed, everyone can be--but the market as a whole is
always right.
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There are three common forms in which the efficient market hypothesis
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strong form efficiency, each of which have different implications for how
markets work.
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Weak-Form Efficiency
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? No excess returns can be earned by using investment strategies based on
historical share prices or other financial data.
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? Weak-form efficiency implies that Technical analysis techniques will not
be able to consistently produce excess returns, though some forms of
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fundamental analysis may still provide excess returns.? In a weak-form efficient market current share prices are the best,
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unbiased, estimate of the value of the security. Theoretical in nature,
weak form efficiency advocates assert that fundamental analysis can be
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used to identify stocks that are undervalued and overvalued. Therefore,keen investors looking for profitable companies can earn profits by
researching financial statements.
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Semi-Strong Form Efficiency
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? Share prices adjust within an arbitrarily small but finite amount of time
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and in an unbiased fashion to publicly available new information, so thatno excess returns can be earned by trading on that information.
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? Semi-strong-form efficiency implies that Fundamental analysis
techniques will not be able to reliably produce excess returns.
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? To test for semi-strong-form efficiency, the adjustments to previouslyunknown news must be of a reasonable size and must be instantaneous.
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initial change must be looked for. If there are any such adjustments it
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fashion and hence in an inefficient manner.Strong-Form Efficiency
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? Share prices reflect all information and no one can earn excess returns.
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insider trading laws, strong-form efficiency is impossible, except in thecase where the laws are universally ignored.
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? To test for strong form efficiency, a market needs to exist where
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time. Even though many fund managers have consistently beaten themarket, this does not necessarily invalidate strong-form efficiency. We
need to find out how many managers in fact do beat the market, how
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many match it, and how many under perform it. The results imply that
performance relative to the market is more or less normally distributed,
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so that a certain percentage of managers can be expected to beat themarket. Given that there are tens of thousand of fund managers
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worldwide, then having a few dozen star performers is perfectly
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Arguments Concerning The Validity Of The Hypothesis
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Some observers dispute the notion that markets behave consistently with
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the efficient market hypothesis, especially in its stronger forms. Someeconomists, mathematicians and market practitioners cannot believe that man-
made markets are strong-form efficient when there are prima facie reasons for
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inefficiency including the slow diffusion of information, the relatively great
power of some market participants (e.g. financial institutions), and the existence
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of apparently sophisticated professional investors. The way that markets react tonews surprises is perhaps the most visible flaw in the efficient market
hypothesis. For example, news events such as surprise interest rate changes from
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central banks are not instantaneously taken account of in stock prices, but rather
cause sustained movement of prices over periods from hours to months.
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Another observed discrepancy between the theory and real markets is
that at market extremes what fundamentalists might consider irrational
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behaviour is the norm: in the late stages of a bull market, the market is driven by
buyers who take little notice of underlying value. Towards the end of a crash,
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markets go into free fall as participants extricate themselves from positionsregardless of the unusually good value that their positions represent. This is
indicated by the large differences in the valuation of stocks compared to
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fundamentals (such as forward price to earnings ratios) in bull markets
compared to bear markets. A theorist might say that rational (and hence,
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presumably, powerful) participants should always immediately take advantageof the artificially high or artificially low prices caused by the irrational
participants by taking opposing positions, but this is observably not, in general,
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rational participants are aware of the irrationality of the market at extremes and
are willing to allow irrational participants to drive the market as far as they will,
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and only take advantage of the prices when they have more than merelyfundamental reasons that the market will return towards fair value. Behavioural
finance explains that when entering positions market participants are not driven
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primarily by whether prices are cheap or expensive, but by whether they expect
them to rise or fall. To ignore this can be hazardous: Alan Greenspan warned of
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"irrational exuberance" in the markets in 1996, but some traders who sold shortnew economy stocks that seemed to be greatly overpriced around this time had
to accept serious losses as prices reached even more extraordinary levels. As
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John Maynard Keynes succinctly commented, "Markets can remain irrational
longer than you can remain solvent."
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5.3.CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL (CAPM)
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The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is used in finance to determine a
theoretically appropriate rate of return of an asset, if that asset is to be added to
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an already well-diversified portfolio, given that asset's non-diversifiable risk.
The CAPM formula takes into account the asset's sensitivity to non-diversifiable
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risk (also known as systematic risk or market risk), referred to as beta (?) in thefinancial industry, as well as the expected return of the market and the expected
return of a theoretical risk-free asset.
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The model was introduced by Jack Treynor, William Sharpe, John
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Lintner and Jan Mossin independently, building on the earlier work of HarryMarkowitz on diversification and modern portfolio theory.
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Formula
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The CAPM is a model for pricing an individual security or a portfolio. The
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security market line (SML) and its relation to expected return and systematicrisk (beta) show how the market must price individual securities in relation to
their security risk class. It enables to calculate the reward-to-risk ratio for any
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security in relation to the overall market's. Therefore, when the expected rate of
return for any security is deflated by its beta coefficient, the reward-to-risk ratio
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for any individual security in the market is equal to the market reward-to-riskratio, thus:
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Individual security's
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Reward-to-risk ratio
Reward-to-risk ratio
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The market reward-to-risk ratio is effectively the market risk premium and by
rearranging the above equation and solving for E(Ri), the Capital Asset Pricing
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Model (CAPM) is obtained.
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(the beta coefficient) the sensitivity of the asset returns to
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market returns, or also
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is the expected return of the market
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is sometimes known as the market premium or risk
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premium (the difference between the expected market rate of return and the
risk-free rate of return).
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Asset pricing
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Once the expected return, E(Ri)-, is calculated using CAPM, the future
cash flows of the asset can be discounted to their present value using this rate
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(E(Ri)-), to establish the correct price for the asset.In theory, therefore, an asset is correctly priced when its observed price
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is the same as its value calculated using the CAPM derived discount rate. If the
observed price is higher than the valuation, then the asset is overvalued
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Asset-specific required return
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The CAPM returns the asset-appropriate required return or discount rate
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- i.e. the rate at which future cash flows produced by the asset should be
discounted given that asset's relative risk. Betas exceeding one signify more than
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average "risk"; betas below one indicate lower than average. Thus a more riskystock will have a higher beta and will be discounted at a higher rate; less
sensitive stocks will have lower betas and be discounted at a lower rate. The
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Since beta reflects asset-specific sensitivity to non-diversifiable, i.e.market risk, the market as a whole, by definition, has a beta of one. Stock market
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definition) have a beta of one. An investor in a large, diversified portfolio (such
as a mutual fund) therefore expects performance in line with the market.
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Risk and diversification
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The risk of a portfolio comprises systematic risk and specific risk. Systematic
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risk refers to the risk common to all securities - i.e. market risk. Specific risk is
the risk associated with individual assets. Specific risk can be diversified away
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(specific risks "average out"); systematic risk (within one market) cannot.Depending on the market, a portfolio of approximately 15 (or more) well
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A rational investor should take only non-diversifiable risks, which arerewarded. Therefore, the return that compensates for risk taken must be linked to
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as opposed to its "stand alone risk." In the CAPM context, portfolio risk is
represented by higher variance i.e. less predictability.
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The efficient (Markowitz) frontier
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The CAPM assumes that the risk-return profile of a portfolio can be
optimized - an optimal portfolio displays the lowest possible level of risk for its
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level of return. Additionally, since each additional asset introduced into a
portfolio further diversifies the portfolio, the optimal portfolio must comprise
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achieve the above (assuming that any asset is infinitely divisible). All such
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(Markowitz) frontier.
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The market portfolio
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An investor might choose to invest a proportion of his or her wealth in a
portfolio of risky assets with the remainder in cash - earning interest at the risk
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free rate Here, the ratio of risky assets to risk free asset determines overall return- this relationship is clearly linear. It is thus possible to achieve a particular
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proportion in a risky portfolio and the remainder in cash (either borrowed orinvested).
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Security Analysis and Portfolio ManagementFor a given level of return, however, only one of these portfolios will be optimal
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(in the sense of lowest risk). Since the risk free asset is, by definition,
uncorrelated with any other asset, option 2) will generally have the lower
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variance and hence be the more efficient of the two.This relationship also holds for portfolios along the efficient frontier: a
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higher return portfolio plus cash is more efficient than a lower return portfolio
alone for that lower level of return. For a given risk free rate, there is only one
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optimal portfolio which can be combined with cash to achieve the lowest levelof risk for any possible return. This is the market portfolio.
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All investors have rational expectations.
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There are no arbitrage opportunities.Returns are distributed normally.
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Fixed quantity of assets.
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No inflation and no change in the level of interest rate exists
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variables. It is however frequently observed that returns in equity and other
markets are not normally distributed. As a result, large swings (3 to 6 standard
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The model assumes that the variance of returns is an adequatemeasurement of risk. This might be justified under the assumption of normally
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coherent risk measures) will likely reflect the investors' preferences more
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The model does not appear to adequately explain the variation in stock
returns. Empirical studies show that low beta stocks may offer higher returns
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than the model would predict.
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The model assumes that given a certain expected return investors willprefer lower risk (lower variance) to higher risk and conversely given a certain
level of risk will prefer higher returns to lower ones. It does not allow for
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investors who will accept lower returns for higher risk. Casino gamblers clearly
pay for risk, and it is possible that some stock traders will pay for risk as well.
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The model assumes that all investors have access to the same
information and agree about the risk and expected return of all assets.
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(Homogeneous expectations assumption)
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The model assumes that there are no taxes or transaction costs, althoughthis assumption may be relaxed with more complicated versions of the model.
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The market portfolio consists of all assets in all markets, where each
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assets solely as a function of their risk-return profile. It also assumes that all
assets are infinitely divisible as to the amount which may be held or transacted.
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The market portfolio should in theory include all types of assets that are
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held by anyone as an investment (including works of art, real estate, humancapital...) In practice, such a market portfolio is unobservable and people usually
substitute a stock index as a proxy for the true market portfolio. Unfortunately, it
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has been shown that this substitution is not innocuous and can lead to false
inferences as to the validity of the CAPM, and it has been said that due to the
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inoperability of the true market portfolio, the CAPM might not be empiricallytestable
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Model: The CAP model (CAPM)1[1]
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The CAP-model is a ceteris paribus model. It is only valid within aspecial set of assumptions. They are:
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? Investors are risk averse individuals who maximize the expected utility of
their end of period wealth. Implication: The model is a one period model.
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? Investors have homogenous expectations (beliefs) about asset returns.
Implication: all investors perceive identical opportunity sets. This is,
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everyone have the same information at the same time.
? Asset returns are distributed by the normal distribution.
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? There exists a risk free asset and investors may borrow or lend unlimited
amounts of this asset at a constant rate: the risk free rate (kf).
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1[1] This derivation draw on the derivation given in Copeland and Weston [1988, pages 194-
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? All assets are perfectly divisible and priced in a perfectly competitive
marked. Implication: e.g. human capital is non-existing (it is not divisible and
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it can't be owned as an asset).
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? Asset markets are frictionless and information is costless and simultaneouslyavailable to all investors. Implication: the borrowing rate equals the lending
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? There are no market imperfections such as taxes, regulations, or restrictions
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Step 1. The derivation of the CAP-model starts by assuming that all assets
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are stochastic and follow a normal distribution. This distribution is described
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completely by its two parameters: mean value () and variance (2). The meanvalue is a measure of location among many such as median and mode. Likewise,
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the variance value is a measure of dispersion among many such as range, semi
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inter-quartile range, semi variance, mean absolute deviation.In the hypothetical
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world of the CAPM theory all that the investor bothers about is the values of the
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normal distribution. In the real world asset return are not normally distributedand investors do find other measures of location and dispersion relevant.
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needed in order to simplify matters.
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(2)and the covariance and the correlation coefficient between two assets X and Y
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where pi is the probability of a random event Xi,
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and N is the total number of events.
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Some mean and variance properties can be derived
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Property 1: E[X + c] = E[X] + c
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Property 2: E[cX] = cE[X]Property 3: VAR[X + c] = VAR[X]
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Property 4: VAR[cX] = c2VAR[X] where c is a constant.
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Consider a portfolio of two risky assets,
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X and Y with a % in asset X and (1- a) % in asset Y.
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They are both normally distributed. The return on this portfolio (using property
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1 and 2) is:mp = E[kp] = E[aX + (1- a)Y] =
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E[aX] + E[(1- a)Y] = aE[X] + (1- a)E[Y] (3)
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and the variance on this portfolio is:
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s2p = VAR[Rp] = E[(kp - E[kp])2] = E[({aX + (1- a)Y} - E[aX + (1-
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= E[(a{X - E[X]} + (1- a){Y - E[Y]})2]= E[a2(X - E[X])2 + (1- a)2(Y - E[Y])2 + 2a(1- a)(X - E[X])(Y - E[Y])] (using
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property 2)
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= 2E[(X - E[X])2]+ (1- )2 E[(Y - E[Y])2]+ 2(1- )E[(X - E[X])(Y -
E[Y])] (using property 4)
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= 2VAR[X]+ (1- )2VAR[Y]+ 2(1- )COV[X,Y]= 2VAR[X]+ (1- )2VAR[Y]+ 2(1- ) rxy xy
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Very important the equations (1) - (4) demonstrate the concept of
portfolio diversification. In general it is true that VAR[Rp] < VAR[X] + (1-
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)VAR[Y] if -1 rxy < 1. In words, the variance of a portfolio is less thanthe simple average of variances of the assets in the portfolio if the assets are not
perfectly correlated. This will not be demonstrated rigorously but set rxy = 0,
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VAR[X] = VAR[Y], and = 0,5 then {VAR[Rp] < VAR[X] + (1- )VAR[Y]}
becomes {0,5VAR[X] < VAR[X]}. Furthermore, if rxy = -1 then {VAR[kp] <
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VAR[X] + (1- )VAR[Y]} becomes {0 = VAR[X] < VAR[X] } aperfect hedge (the resulting portfolio is riskless) The diversification property
implies that the minimum variance opportunity set will be convex, and this is a
necessary condition for the existence of unique and efficient portfolio
equilibrium. As will be seen this property is used for the derivation of the CAP-
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model. The minimum variance opportunity set is the locus of mean and variancecombinations offered by portfolios of risky assets that yield the minimum
variance for a given return. The locus is illustrated as the fat curve in figure I
below. The convexity property holds for two risky assets or more. The area on
and behind the locus (the oval) is sometimes refereed to as the portfolio
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production possibility area. Each point in this region represent the return andrisk from some single asset available in the market, or some portfolio made on
those assets.
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Step 2. The next assumption is that investors are risk averse and
maximize expected utility.
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They perceive variance as a bad and mean as a good.
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This is also illustrated in figure I where tree risk-averse indifferencecurves are drawn. Now, the first conclusion is.
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Proposition 1: An individual investor will maximize expected utility of his end
of period wealth where his subjective marginal rate of substitution between risk
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and return represented by his indifference curves is equal to the objectivemarginal rate of transformation offered by the minimum variance opportunity
set: MRSpp = MRTpp.
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Figure I:
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Optimal portfolio choice for a risk averse investor in a world with risky assets
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The indifference curves of risk averse
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Portfolio production possibility area (the oval area)
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Step 3. Assume now that there in addition to the many risky assets exista risk free asset and that investors may borrow or lend unlimited amounts of this
asset at a constant rate: the risk free rate (kf). Furthermore, capital markets are
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assumed to be frictionless.
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The effect on the shape of the portfolio production possibility area isprofound as illustrated in figure II below.
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Figure II: Optimal portfolio choice for a risk averse investor in a world with many risky assets and one risk free asset
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The reason for this dramatic change is simple. With the existence of the
risk free asset the mean and the variance for a portfolio consisting of the risk
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free asset and the portfolio M (see figure) will be:p = E[km] + (1 - )kf
(5)
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p = 2VAR[km]+ (1- )2VAR[kf]+ 2(1- )COV[km,kf] using property 3
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p = m
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(6)This shows that the new minimum varians opportunity
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set will be linear in the (,p)
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space and consists of portfolios with some fraction of portfolio M and (1 - )
of the risk free asset. In the following an equation for the linear minimum
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variance opportunity set is developed. Taking the derivative of (5) and (6)
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p/ = E[km] - kfp/ = m
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Therefore the slope of the line is:p/ /p/ = (E[km] - kf)/m (7) and since the intercept with the mean axle
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is(,) = (0,kf) the equation for the minimum variance portfolio is
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p = kf + [(E[km] - kf)/m] = Rf + (E[km] - kf)/ m
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(8)This equation has come to be known as the capital market line (CML). It
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is the fat line in figure II. This formula is referred to as the capital portfolio
pricing model (CPPM), because it prices efficient portfolios. The following
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explains why.Step 4. Assume that all investors have homogeneous beliefs about the
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expected distribution of returns offered by all assets. Also, capital markets are
frictionless and information is costless and simultaneously available to all
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investors. Furthermore, there are no market imperfections. Taken together thisimplies that all investors calculate the same equation for the market capital line
and that the borrowing rate equals the lending rate.
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Within broad degrees of risk aversion each investor will maximize their
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utility by holding some combination of the risk free asset and the portfolio M.This property is known as the two-fund separation principle. It is illustrated in
figure II by the tangency of the indifference curves on the CML for different
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degrees of risk.
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Step 5. Assume further that all assets are perfectly divisible and priced ina perfectly competitive marked. Furthermore, there is a definite number of assets
and their quantities are fixed within the one period world. Then the portfolio M
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turns out to be the market portfolio of all risky assets. The reason is that
equilibrium requires all prices to be adjusted so that the excess demand for any
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asset is zero. That is, each asset is equally attractive to investors. Theoretically
the reduction of variance from diversification increases as the number of risky
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assets included in the portfolio M rise. Therefore, all assets will be hold in theportfolio M in accordance to their market value weight: wi = Vi/Vi, where Vi is
the market value of asset i and Vi is the market value of all assets. Proposition
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2 may now be stated:
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Proposition 2: With all the above assumptions in mind (step 1-5) the capital
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market line (8) shows the relation between mean and variance of portfolios(consisting of the risk free asset and the market portfolio) that are efficiently
priced and perfectly diversified.
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The capital market line equation could rightly be called the capital
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portfolio pricing model (CPPM) since it prices efficient portfolios. What is moreinteresting is to develop an equation for pricing of individual assets. This is
exactly what the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) does. The CAP-model
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does not requires any new assumptions only new algebraic manipulations within
the framework of the CPP-model
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Step 6. From CPPM to CAPM. What is wanted is a model for efficient
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cost of capital for portfolios (p, the CPPM). Now, imagine a portfolio
consisting of % in a risky asset I and (1 - )% in the market portfolio M from
the CPP-model. The mean and the variance of this portfolio is by definition
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E[kP] = E[k] + (1 - )E[km]
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<=>Rp = {2VAR[k]+ (1- )2VAR[km]+ 2(1- )COV[k,km]}-0,5
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Rp = {2VAR[k]+ (1- )2VAR[km]+ 2COV[k,km] - 22COV[k,km]}-0,5 (10)
Taking the derivative of (9) and (10) with respect to yields
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E[kP]/ = E[k] - E[km]
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(11)Rp/ = 0,5{2VAR[k]+ (1- )2VAR[km]+ 2COV[k,km] - 22COV[k,km]}-
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0,5
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*{2VAR[k] - 2(1-)VAR[km] + 2COV[k,km] - 4COV[k,km]}
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The basic insight that the Nobel laureate William Sharpe [the farther of the
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CAP-model,1963, 1964] provided, was that he noted that in the CPP-model-equilibrium the
market portfolio M already contains the risky asset I. If the risky asset I is added
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to the market portfolio M in any positive quantities it creates an excess demand
for asset I by I. Therefore, equations (11) and (12) must be evaluated at = 0
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for the equations to describe an equilibrium portfolio. This is done below:E[kP]/|=0 = E[k] - E[km]
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Rp/|=0 = (COV[k,km] - VAR[km])/m
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Now, the slope of an equilibrium portfolio evaluated at point M ( = 0)
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E[kP]//Rp/|=0 = (E[k] - E[km])/[(COV[k,km] - VAR[km])/m]
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The final insight is to note that this slope must be equal to the slope (7)
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(E[km] - kf)/m = (E[k] - E[km])/[(COV[k,km] -VAR[km])/m] <=>
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(E[km] - kf)/VAR[km] = (E[k] - E[km])/(COV[k,km] - VAR[km])
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E[km] <=>E[k] = E[km] + (E[km] - kf)/ VAR[km]*(COV[k,km] - VAR[km])
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E[k] = E[km] + (E[km] - kf)*(COV[k,km]/VAR[km]) - (E[km] - kf)
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Comparing the CAP-model (15) by the CPP-model (8) reveals that they arealmost identical. They are both linear and they have the same measure for the price
of risk (E[km] - kf), but they measure the quantity of risk differently. Where the
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CAPM measures the quantity of risk by its normalised covariance (m
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= COV[k,km]/VAR[km]) the CPPM measures the quantity of risk by itsnormalised standard deviation (/m VAR[k]/VAR[km]). The reason to this
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The CPPM prices portfolios that are perfectly diversified. Therefore, the
appropriate measure for risk is the variance of that portfolio. Contrary, the
CAPM prices an individual asset that will be diversified. Therefore, only the
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to pay for. The following argument helps making this clearer.
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letting the number of risky asset (N) in the portfolio rise, the covariance term
becomes relatively more important. Indeed, in the limit it is the only thing that
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asset in accordance with its covariance with a perfect diversified portfolio M.The same could be said about the CPP-model. However, this model is pricing
assets (portfolios) that are already perfectly diversified and they will by
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definition have the same characteristics as the market portfolio M. This implies
that the covariance is equal to the variance: 2m = VAR[km] = COV[km,km] ad
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notam (2). In other words, the CPP-model is a special case of the more generalCAP-model.
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In India until 1987 , except some banks and UTI, there was practically no
portfolio activities carried out substantially. After the setting up of public sector
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mutual Funds backed by competent research staff and also the success of mutualFunds in Portfolio Management, a number of brokers and Investment
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Portfolio Managers. The SEBI has now imposed stricter rules, which include:
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expertise etc., marking Portfolio Management a respectable and responsibleprofessional service to be rendered by experts only.
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Basically Portfolio Management involves: proper Investment decision-
making; proper Money Management on assets investments; reduction of the risk
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with increased returns.All investments bear risk with of course some risk free investments like
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bank deposits etc. Risk varies in direct proportion with return - higher the risk
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Types of Risk
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Unsystematic Risk
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Systematic Risk
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Company related risks due to higher Market related risk due to demandcosts mismanagement defective sales problems,Interest rates, inflation, raw
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in demand and company specific Tax, Policy etc., Business Risk,
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within a particular risk class. The most important and widely used measures of
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performance are:
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? The Treynor Measure
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? The Sharpe Measure
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The Treynor Measure
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Developed by Jack Treynor, this performance measure evaluates funds
on the basis of Treynor's Index. This Index is a ratio of return generated by the
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fund over and above risk free rate of return (generally taken to be the return onsecurities backed by the government, as there is no credit risk associated),
during a given period and systematic risk associated with it (beta). Symbolically,
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it can be represented as:
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All risk-averse investors would like to maximize this value. While a high
and positive Treynor's Index shows a superior risk-adjusted performance of a
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fund, a low and negative Treynor's Index is an indication of unfavorableperformance.
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The Sharpe Measure
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In this model, performance of a fund is evaluated on the basis of Sharpe
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Ratio, which is a ratio of returns generated by the fund over and above risk free
rate of return and the total risk associated with it. According to Sharpe, it is the
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total risk of the fund that the investors are concerned about. So, the modelevaluates funds on the basis of reward per unit of total risk. Symbolically, it can
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Sharpe Index (Si) = (Ri - Rf)/Si
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Where, Si is standard deviation of the fund.
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performance of a fund, a low and negative Sharpe Ratio is an indication ofunfavorable performance. Comparison of Sharpe and Treynor
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Sharpe and Treynor measures are similar in a way, since they both divide
the risk premium by a numerical risk measure. The total risk is appropriate when
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we are evaluating the risk return relationship for well-diversified portfolios. Onthe other hand, the systematic risk is the relevant measure of risk when we are
evaluating less than fully diversified portfolios or individual stocks. For a well-
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diversified portfolio the total risk is equal to systematic risk. Rankings based on
total risk (Sharpe measure) and systematic risk (Treynor measure) should be
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identical for a well-diversified portfolio, as the total risk is reduced to systematicrisk. Therefore, a poorly diversified fund that ranks higher on Treynor measure,
compared with another fund that is highly diversified, will rank lower on Sharpe
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Jenson Model
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Jenson's model proposes another risk adjusted performance measure.
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This measure was developed by Michael Jenson and is sometimes referred to asthe Differential Return Method. This measure involves evaluation of the returns
that the fund has generated vs. the returns actually expected out of the fund
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given the level of its systematic risk. The surplus between the two returns is
called Alpha, which measures the performance of a fund compared with the
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actual returns over the period. Required return of a fund at a given level of risk(Bi) can be calculated as:
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Ri = Rf + Bi (Rm - Rf)
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Where, Rm is average market return during the given period. After
calculating it, alpha can be obtained by subtracting required return from the
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actual return of the fund.
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Higher alpha represents superior performance of the fund and vice versa.Limitation of this model is that it considers only systematic risk not the entire
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required return commensurate with the total risk associated with it. The
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difference between these two is taken as a measure of the performance of the
fund and is called net selectivity.
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The net selectivity represents the stock selection skill of the fund
manager, as it is the excess return over and above the return required to
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compensate for the total risk taken by the fund manager. Higher value of which
indicates that fund manager has earned returns well above the return
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commensurate with the level of risk taken by him.Required return can be calculated as: Ri = Rf + Si/Sm*(Rm - Rf)
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then calculated by subtracting this required return from the actual return of the
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Among the above performance measures, two models namely, Treynormeasure and Jenson model use systematic risk based on the premise that the
unsystematic risk is diversifiable. These models are suitable for large investors
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like institutional investors with high risk taking capacities as they do not face
paucity of funds and can invest in a number of options to dilute some risks. For
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them, a portfolio can be spread across a number of stocks and sectors. However,Sharpe measure and Fama model that consider the entire risk associated with
fund are suitable for small investors, as the ordinary investor lacks the necessary
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skill and resources to diversified. Moreover, the selection of the fund on the
basis of superior stock selection ability of the fund manager will also help in
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safeguarding the money invested to a great extent. The investment in funds thathave generated big returns at higher levels of risks leaves the money all the more
prone to risks of all kinds that may exceed the individual investors' risk appetite.
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1. Stock Selection
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Various methods have been developed to decompose total portfolio
returns and attribute it to each component. Eugene Fama has provided a frame
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components of Investment performance" Journal of Finance (June 1972), pp.
551 ? 567.]
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The vertical axis refers to return, the horizontal axis shows risk in terms
of beta The diagonal line is the Security Market Line (SML). The Security
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Market Line links the risk-free rate of 2 percent and a market return of 9 per
cent. It provides the benchmark for assessing whether the realised return is
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commensurate with the risk incurred. Fund A had a realised return of 8 percentand a market risk of 0.67. The Fund would have been expected to earn 6.7
percent at the market risk level of f3A. But it actually earned 8% (point A).
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Hence the excess return of 1.3 per cent ( rA -r?A ) is the incremental return to
selectivity. Thus total excess return = selectivity + risk
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rA -rf = rA -r ( f3A ) + r ( f3A )-rf
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8% - 2% = (8% - 6.7) + (6.7% - 2%)
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4.7 per cent represents the premium for risk2. Risk Taking
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To earn excess return, portfolio manages bear additional risk. By using
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the Capital Market Line (CNL) we can determine the return commensurate withrisk as measured he stand deviation of return. The standard deviation of the
Fund is assumed to be 15 per cent and the standard deviation of the market 21
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per cent; risk free rate is 2 per cent. The normal return for Fund A, using total
risk would be
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rf+ (rm -rf) Op/Om
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i.e. 2 % + ( 9 % -2 % ) 15 %/21 % = 7
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The difference between this normal return of 7% and 6.7% that was
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expected pen only considering market risk is 1- 6.7 = 0.3In the above figure it is the distance from r ( ?A) to r ( SA ).
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diversification risk.
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Net Selectivity [rA ? r(?A)] ? [r (SA) ? r (BA)]= (8% - 6.7%) ? 7% - 6.7%)
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Any funds overall performance can be thus decomposed into (1) due to
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selectivity and (ii) due to risk taking.3. Market Timing
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Portfolio manger can also achieve superior performance by picking up
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high beta stocks during a market upswing and moving out of equities and into
cash in declining markets. To study market timing ability one could calculate the
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quarterly return for a fund and for the market like Bombay Stock Exchange'sNational Index of a 5 year period and plot them on a scatter diagram. Then a
characteristic line can be fitted.
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Fig (a,b) : Fund return vs, market return for (a) superior stock selection and (b)
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superior market timing [Source J.L.Treynor and K. Mazuy "Can Mutual Fundsotuguse the Market" Harvard Business Review (July August 1966) pp. 131.
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The above figures give the excess return of the fund of the Y axis and
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the excess return of the market index on the X axis. Both figures reveal positiveex-post alphas. The scatter diagram shows that all the point cluster close to the
regression line indicating that the relationship between portfolio excess return
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and market excess return is linear. The average beta of the portfolio is fairly
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alpha is positive, it appears that the excess return is due to his stock selectionabilities
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In the second figure, the points in the middle lie below the regression
line and those at the ends lie above the regression line, which suggests that the
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portfolio consisted of high beta securities when market return was high and lowbeta securities when the market return was low
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To describe this relationship, one can fit a curve to the points plotted by
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rp a + brm + cr2 m, where
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r2 m = return on the market index squared rp E return on the
Fund a, b,-C = values to be estimated by regression analysis
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right of the diagram. The Fund movements are amplified on the upside and viceversa. This implies that the Fund Manager was anticipating market changes
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correctly and that the superior performance of the Fund can be attributed to skill
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in timingThe performance of 37 mutual funds was studied by Jack L. Treynor and
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Kay Mazuy over the period 1953 through 1962. Only one of the funds had a
fitted quadratic term that was significantly different from zero, indicating market
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timing skills. The fitted relationship for other funds evidenced no curvilinear,indicating that the funds did! not demonstrate any skills in market timing. This
entire period was one of rising market.
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James Farrel covered market prices in both rising and falling markets
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(1957 -1975) and came to the conclusion that Funds as a group do not makesubstantial shifts in asset positioning to take advantage of market timing
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1. Discuss fully the Sharpe, Treynor and the Jensen measures of portfolio
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returns2. How are the returns on managed portfolio attributed to stock selection
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and market timing? Discuss and illustrate
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3. What is a portfolio? Why is it components?4. Bring out the assumption of capital market Theory?
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5. Explain the CAP model in pricing assets?
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5.8.REFERENCES
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GP Brinson, J J Diermier and G G Schlarbaum A Composite Portfolio
Benchmark for Pellsion Plall.s- Financial Analyst Joufllal, Marchi April 1. 986.
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Eugene Fama Componellts oflnvestmellt Performance
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Journal of Finance,June. 1972.
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Michael Murphy , "why No One Can Tell Who's Winning
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Financial AnalystsJournal, May -June 1980
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Jack L Treynor
How to Rate Management of Investment FU/~ds Harvard
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Business Review, January -February 1965William F Sharpt
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Mutual Fund Performance Journal of Business, January
1966
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