Chapter 8 Flashcards

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a collection or group of assets

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portfolio

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measure of uncertainty surrounding the return that an investment will earn, or more formally, the variability of returns associated with a given asset.

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risk

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total gain or loss experienced on an investment over a period of time; calculated by dividing the asset’s cash distributions during the period, plus change in value, by its beginning-of-period investment value.

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total rate of return

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_____ has maturities of 1 year or less, while ___ has maturities ranging up to 30 years.

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bills, bonds

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three different categories of risk:

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risk aversion, risk neutrality, risk seeking.

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the attitude toward risk in which investors require an increased return in compensation for an increase in risk.

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risk aversion

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the attitude toward risk in which investors choose the investment with the higher return regardless of risk.

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risk neutrality.

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attitude toward risk in which investors prefer investments with greater risk even if they have lower expected returns.

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risk seeking

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approach for assessing risk that uses several possible alternative outcomes to obtain a sense of variability among returns.

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scenario analysis

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Measure of an assets risk, which is found by subtracting the return associated with the pessimistic (worst) outcome from the return associated with the optimistic (best) outcome.

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Range

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Three different outcomes expected with range: pessimistic, __________ and optimistic

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Most likely

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The chance that a given outcome will occur.

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Probability.

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Model that relates probabilities to the associated outcomes.

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Probability distribution

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Simplest type of probability distribution is the

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Bar chart

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A probability distribution showing all the possible outcomes and associated probabilities for a given event.

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Continuous probability distribution

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Most common statistical indicator of an assets risk; measures the dispersion around the expected value.

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Standard deviation.

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Average return that an investment is expected to produce over time.

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Expected value of a return.

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18
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Investments with higher returns have higher

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Standard deviations.

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Higher standard deviations are associated with ____ risk, which confirms a positive correlation between risk and return. This correlation reflects risk aversion by market participants.

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Greater

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Symmetrical probability distribution whose shape resembles a bell shaped curve.

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Normal probability distribution.

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___% of possible outcomes will lie between 1 standard deviation, ___% will lie between 2 standard deviations from expected return, and ___% between 3 standard deviations.

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Measure of relative dispersion that is useful in comparing the risks of assets with differing expected returns.

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Coefficient of variation.

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Portfolio that maximizes return for a greater level of risk, or minimizes risk for a given level of return.

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Efficient portfolio

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Underlies the process of diversification that is used to develop an efficient portfolio.

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Weighted average of the returns on the individual assets from which it is formed.
Return on a portfolio
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Statistical measure of the relationship between any two series of numbers.
Correlation
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Describes two series that move in the same direction.
Positive correlation
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Describes two series that move in opposite directions.
Negative correlation
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Measure of the degree of correlation between two series.
Correlation coefficient
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Describes two positively correlated series that have a correlation coefficient from +1
Perfectly positively correlated
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Describes two negatively correlated series that have a correlation coefficient of -1.
Perfectly negatively correlated
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To reduce overall risk, if is best to ______ by combining or adding to the portfolio, assets that have lowest possible correlation. Combining assets that have a low correlation with each other can reduce the overall variability of a portfolios return.
Diversifying
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Describes twos Erie’s that lack any interaction and therefore have a correlation coefficient close to zero.
Uncorrelated
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In general, the lower the correlation between asset returns, the ___ the risk reduction that investors can achieve by diversifying.
Greater
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Over long periods, _____ diversified portfolios tend to perform better than _____ portfolios.
International, domestic.
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Risk that arises from the possibility that a host government will take actions harmful to foreign investors or that political turmoil will endanger investments.
Political risk
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Basic theory that links risk and return for all assets.
Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
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Combination of a security’s non diversifiable risk and diversifiable risk.
Total risk
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Portion of an assets risk that is attributable to firm specific, random causes; can be eliminated through diversification. Also called unsystematic risk.
Diversifiable risk.
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Relevant portion of an assets risk attributable to market factors that affect all firms; cannot be eliminated through diversification. Also called systematic risk.
Nondiversifiable risk
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The only relevant risk is
Nondiversifiable risk is systematic risk
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Relative measure of nondiversifiable risk. degree of movement of an assets return in response to a change in the market return.
Beta coefficient.
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The return on the market portfolio of all traded securities.
Market return.
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The beta coefficient for the entire market equals
1
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The required return on a risk free asset, typically a 3 month US treasury bill.
Risk free rate of return.
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Short term IOU’s issued by the US treasury; considered the risk free asset.
Treasury bills (T-bills)
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The depiction of the capital asset pricing model as a graph that reflects the required return in the marketplace for each level of nondiversifiable risk (beta)
Security market line (SML)
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When beta < 1, it is
Less risky than the market
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When b > 1, it is
Riskier than the market
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When b=0, it is
Not related to market/risk free