active equity investing: port construction Flashcards
3 main blocks of portfolio construction
BRAP BRAP
+ rewarded factor weighting
+ alpha skills (timing)
+ position sizing
+ Breath of expertise
idiosyncratic risk
endemic risk / specific risk / unsystematic risk
information coefficient
correspond of which manager forecast active return and manager realized active return
breath
number of truthly dependence decisions made every year
transfer coefficient
the ability to translate from insight into investment decision without constraint
(unconstraint portfolio have TC = 1)
systematic
seeking return from a balance exposure
discretionary strategies
seek return form understanding in depth of:
+ firm governance,
+ business model
+ competitive lanscape
through successfull timing strategies
timing strategies
timing buy/ sell order before it go up /down
heuristic constraint
not formal constraint
well constructed portfolio
consistent with investor risk and return expectation
consideration between long-only and long/short strategy
RMCT P2L
+ regulatory constraints
+ management cost
+ capacity & scale
+ transaction comlexity
+ personal ideology
+ long-term risk premium
+ limited legal liability
130/30 strategy
long 1.3 time the amount of capital
short 0.3 capital
multi-factor manager
The manager concerned with balancing their factor exposure
gross exposure of portfolio
absolute level of a fund’s investments
3 Sources of Active Returns
(1) exposures to rewarded factors (lien quan den xay dung chien luoc dai han)
(2) . Tactical exposures to mispriced securities, sectors, and rewarded risks that generate alpha (lien quan den skill cua manager)
(3) Idiosyncratic risk (from concentrated active positions) that generates returns related to luck (an may)
what is sizing position
+ concentrate / unconcentrate
+ reduce / increase idiosyncratic risk
content of systematic top down
(1) emphasized rewarded factor
(2) factor timing possible but rare
(3) Formal portfolio organization used
(4) Diversification across broad universe
(5) Few managers in this category
Discretionary top down
(1) emphasize macro rewarded factors
(2) Most likely use factor timing
(3) Diversified on broad universe or focus on smaller subset
(4) Less formal portfolio construction
Systematic Bottom up
(1) Emphasize security specific factors
(2) No factor timing
(3) Diversified across board universe
(4) Formal portfolio optimization used
content of discretionary bottom up
(1) emphasize security specific characteristic / factors
(2) Potential factor timing
(3) Diversified or concentrated depending onstrategy and style
Description of pure indexing, active share, active risk
+ Description: No active position, porfolio = benchmark
+ Active share: = 0
+ Active risk = 0
Description , active share, active risk of Factor neutral
+ Description:
* No active factor bet
* idiosyncratic risk low if diversify
+ Active risk: low
+ Active return: low
Description , active share, active risk of Factor diversified
+ Description: balance exposure to risk factor, minimized of idiosycratic via high number of securities
+ Active share: reasonable low
+ Active risk: high from large security not form benchmark
Description , active share, active risk of concentrate factor bets
+ Description: target factor bets, idiosyncratic high
+ Active risk: high
+ Active share: high