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Risk Return trade off

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The greater the risk, the greater the potential return

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assumption about investors

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they are averse to risk (dont like)

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Formula for interest

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Principle * interest * fraction of a year

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Formula for return in $

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amount received - amount invested

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Formula for return in %

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Return in $ / amount invested

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Alt names for return in %

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rate of return / expected return

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Required rate of return

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the minimum acceptable potential return given the risks

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Decision rule

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expected return must be greater than required return for people to invest

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Formula for expected return in dollars

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take each scenario and multiply return by weight, add the products to get the total

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Formula for expected rate of return

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Return in $ / Amount Invested

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Efficient Portfolio

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provides either greatest expected return or least risk relative to amount invested

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Calculate expected portfolio return

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% holding * return expected for all holdings then added together

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objective of portfolio construction

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to invest in assets whose prices are non or negatively correlated

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company specific risk

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derived from events specific only to a company

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alternate names for company specific risks

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diversifiable risk

nonsystematic risk

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market risk

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derived from events that affect all/most investments in the marketplace

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alternate names for market risk

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nondiversifiable risk

systematic risk

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which risk does diversification mitigate

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only company specific

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MPT

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Modern Portfolio Theory - investors want to max return and manage risk

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Discount Rate

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rate charged to financing operations for businesses

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Present Value

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the amount if invested today will grow to a specified amount by a specified date

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To compound or discount more or less frequently than annually you

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Divide interest by number of terms and multiply periods by number of terms

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When is each annuity paid

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Ordinary - at the end of each period

Annuity Due - at the beginning of each period

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Amortizing Loan

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borrower pays principal and interest, loan balance is zero at maturity, highest payment

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Non-amortizing loan | interest only loan
borrow pays interest only, loan balance is the principal at maturity, medium payment
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Negative Amortizing loan
borrow pays less than interest, loan balance is greater than principal at maturity, lowest payment
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Formula to determine amortization payment
FV = PV(1+i)^n | FV is always 0
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Uneven cashflows
find the present value of each of the sums and then add together (divide PV by (1+i)^n)
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Formula to determine interest portion of amortization payments
principal * interest * fraction of a year. for subsequent years use the principal - payments for principal
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relative valuation
determined by comparing it to a similar assets value
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absolute value
the fundamental value is based on its own characteristics
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asset - based valuation
absolute fundamental value is determined by the asset the company owns
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discounted cashflow analysis
absolute fundamental value is based on present value of the future cashflows based on require return (i)
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equilibrium
when market price = fundamental value, investors will hold the asset and have a neutral outlook
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discounted cashflow analysis steps
place future cashflows on a timeline find present value of the cashflows (v) PV formula compare v to market value buy, sell, or hold
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undervalued
asset is worth more than what the market thinks its worth, you should buy it
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overvalued
asset is worth less than what the market thinks it is, you should sell it
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bullish
prices undervalued, will return more than expected, going up
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bearish
prices overvalued, will return less than expected, going down
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goal of financial services company
maximize the wealth of the owners
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goal of financial management
maximize the wealth of stakeholders
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5 subsectors of financial services
``` lending institutions insurance companies investment banks securities brokers funds ```
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lending institutions
products are loans and cash accounts | revenue is interest and fees
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insurance companies/underwriter
product is policies | revenue is premiums and returns from investing premium money
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investment banks
product is securities underwriting, consulting and mergers and acquisitions revenue is flotation costs passed from the issuer
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securities/stock brokers
product is executing trades | revenue is commission paid by investors
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funds
product is shares in the fund and pro money management | revenue is management fees of the funds
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Market
a place where buyers and seller meet to exchanges goods and services
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bull market
prices are rising
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bear market
prices are falling
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flat , sideways market
prices are steady over time
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public market | NYSE / NASDAQ
open to anyone with money not on a terror list, highly regulated
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private market
only open to those invited, where an owner is willing to sell, less regulated
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what is the SEC/ do they do
government organization that regulates public businesses and protects investors
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IPO
initial public offering - when a private company goes public and offers people to buy shares
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3 functions of securities underwriter
locates investors aids regulatory compliance aids pricing of IPO shares
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seasoned offering
releasing more shares after you are already public, technically new offering
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primary market
consists of transactions involving the issuance of new securities
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buyers and sellers of primary markets
sellers are issuers | buyers are investors
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secondary market
transactions between investors
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buyers and sellers of secondary market
sellers and buyers are both investors
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which market do seasoned offerings occur
secondary
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are issuers involved in secondary market transactions
no
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2 examples of secondary markets
NYSE / NASDAQ
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does the secondary market affect the primary market, why
yes, seasoned offerings can only be released at current prices
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when is the most ideal time to release IPO
bull market
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efficient market
one in which all participating has access to all info
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first implication of efficient market
1 - if all info is accessible immediately, it is factored into the price of the security
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second implication of efficient market
2 - markets react only if the info is different than what was expected
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third implication of efficient market
3 - it is impossible to consistently beat an efficient market
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fourth implication of efficient market
4 - more participants, more efficiency, fewer participants offer more opportunity to outperform
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real assets
physical, tangible assets - gold/land
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financial assets
valuable based on legal rights they bestow (profits and dividends) - stock/bond

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