FFM_Risk & Return Tutorial
FFM_Risk & Return Tutorial
RETURN
Tutorial
TA K E 1 5 M I N S T O R E V I E W T H I S N O T E S
• Calculation of realized return, dividend yield, capital gain and annualized rates.
• Nominal rate vs real rate
• Expected (mean) return calculation with probability distribution
• Risk premium (expected rate – risk-free rate): the compensation rate for
“extra” risk taken by securities holders
• Common way to measure risk is variance and standard deviation which
measure the volatility of securities.
• Calculation of portfolio’s risk & return including weight, securities’ risks,
returns and covariance; correlation coefficient.
• Only specific (unsystematic) risk can be diversified, systematic risk
cannot
• beta measures market risk of a security/ portfolio indicating sensitivity of the
security’s return to market return.
• CAPM: Expected return = risk-free rate (RFR) + x (market return –
RFR)
• (Market return – RFR) = market risk premium
QUESTION 1
Standar
• A & D: A dominates when having lower risk,
Expecte higher return
d
Stock d
Deviatio
Return
n
• D & E: no stock dominates, either can be
chosen depending on investor’s risk preference
A 20% 10% • B & E: E dominates when having lower risk,
B 30% 50% higher return
C 15% 12% • A & F, E & F, C & D: no stock dominates as all
D 20% 15% follows the “higher risk, higher return” rule
E 35% 40%
F 25% 15%
QUESTION 3
$
D 20% 8% 1.6%
1,000,000 2.00 2,000,000
$
E 40% 10% 4.0%
500,000 8.00 4,000,000
$
F 40% 21% 8.4%
1,600,000 2.50 4,000,000