Investment Flashcards
What is Unsystematic Risk?
Known as Diversifiable Risk, may also be referred to a Non-systematic Risk.
- Business Risk: Refers to the nature of the firm’s operations (i.e., possibility of loss due to new technology)
- Financial Risk: Refers to how the firm finances its assets (i.e., the possibility of loss due to heavy debt financing)
What is Systematic Risk?
Also known as Non-Diversifiable Risk.
- This part of risk is inescapable because no matter how well an investor diversifies, the risk of the overall market cannot be avoided.
What are the Types of Systematic Risk?
- Purchasing Power Risk: Loss of purchasing power through inflation.
- Reinvestment Risk: Risk that proceeds available for reinvestment must be reinvested at a lower interest rate than the instrument that generated the proceeds.
- Interest Rate Risk: The risk that a change in interest rates will cause the market value of the fixed income security to fall.
- Market Risk: Risk of the overall market
- Exchange Rate Risk: Risk associated with changed in the value of the currency.
Study Hint: Remember P.R.I.M.E.
FDIC Insured Amounts (per bank/per type of account)
- Individual: $250k
- Joint (per owner): $250K
- Trust (per beneficiary): $250k
- IRA/Keogh: $250k
The Yield Ladder
Discounted Bonds (Yields Higher than coupon)
Yield to Call
Yield to Maturity
Current Yield
Nominal Yield (Annual Coupon Rate)
Current Yield
Yield to Maturity
Yield to Call Premium Bonds (yields lower than coupon)
What are the provisions of EE Bonds?
- Non-marketable, Non-transferrable, can’t be used for collateral
- Sold at Face Value
- Interest Rate based on 10 yr Treasury Note Yields
- Fixed Interest Rate that is in effect at the time of purchase
- Subject to federal taxation when redeemed, unless used as education bonds
- Not subject to state or local taxes
What are the provisions of I bonds?
- Non-marketable, non-transferrable, can’t be used for collateral
- Sold at Face Value
- Interest Rate is composed of two parts:
- A Fixed Base Rate (remains the same for the life of the bond)
- An Inflation Adjustment (adjusted every 6 months)
- Subject to federal taxation when redeemed (unless used as education bonds)
- Not subject to state or local taxation
What are the Types of Municipal Securities?
- General Obligation Bonds (GO Bonds): Backed by the full faith, credit and taxing power of the issuer. GO Bonds are generally considered the safest types of municipal credit.
- Revenue Bonds: Backed by a specific sources of revenue to which the full faith and credit of the issuer is NOT pledged. Because revenue bonds are backed by a single source of funds (like toll roads, hospitals, power plants, etc.), they have a greater credit risk than GO Bonds. As such, they trade at higher yields.
- Insured Municipal Bonds: The insurers pay timely interest and principal when the issuer is in default. Municipal bond insurers are AMBAC and MBIA.
What do Indenture Agreements Cover?
- Form of Bond
- Amount of Issue
- Property Pledged
- Protective covenant, including any provision for a sinking fund
- Working Capital and Current Ratio
- Redemption Rights
What are the Risks of Corporate and Municipal Bonds?
- Default: A creditor may seize the collateral and sell it to recoup the principal
- Reinvestment: As payments are received from an investment, interest rates may fall. When the funds are reinvested the investor receives a lower yield.
- Interest Rate: Rising interest rates may cause bond prices to fall
- Purchasing Power: Inflation may lower the value of bond interest payments and principal repayment, thereby forcing bond prices to fall.
Study Hint: Remember: D.R.I.P.
What are the Risks of Government Bonds?
RIP only! No default or credit risk.
What are the market values to define
Market Capitalizations of Companies?
- Large: > $10 billion
- Mid: $2-10 billion
- Small: < $2 billion
- Micro: < $300 million
American Depository Receipt (ADR)
- Prices of ADRs quoted in US dollars
- Dividends paid in US dollars
- Dividends declared in foreign currency
- Attain diversification and risk reduction due to lower correlation of foreign securities with US securities.
What is the NOI calculation for Improved Land/Real Estate?
Improved land is normally income producing.
Income properties include residential rental, commercial and industrial properties. The intrinsic value of a real estate property can be computed using a Net Operating Income (NOI) calculation.
Gross Rental Receipts plus Non-rental Income (laundry, etc.) equals Potential Gross Income (PGI) minus Vacancy and collection losses minus Operating Expenses (excludes interest and depreciation) = Net Operating Income (NOI)
What are General Definitions for Options?
- Intrinsic Value is the minimum price the option will command as an option. It is the difference betwen the market price and exercise price of the stock.
- Exercise Price is the price at which the stock can be purchased or sold on exercise of the option.
- Premium is the market price of an option. As the option approaches its expiration date the market price of the option (Premium) approaches its Intrinsic Value Time. Premium is the amount the market prices of an option exceeds its intrinsic value.
Study Hint: IV + TV = Premium
What is the Taxability of Call Options?
At the Time of Purchase: Non-deductible Capital Expenditure
To the Writer Due to Lapse: Premium received is a short-term gain
To the Writer Due to Exercise: Premium received is added to sale price (can be long term gain if underlying security was held more than 12 months, otherwise short term). Covered Call.
To the Holder: If the option is NOT exercised, then the option is considered sold (it expires) and it is a short-term loss. The option period is 9 months or less.
Define: Hedging Strategies - Straddles, Collar, Protective Put
Straddle: Buying a Put and Buying a Call - The buyer does NOT own the stock.
Collar: Selling a Call (out-of-the-money) at one strike price and buying a Put at a lower strike price; investor OWNS the stock.
Protective Put: Buying a stock (or already owning it) and a Put for the stock serving as insurance against the decline in the underlying stock. (Hint: A good answer for the exam)
Compare: Warrants vs. Call Options
- Warrants are issued by corporations, whereas Calls are issued by individuals.
- Warrants typically have maturities of several years.
- Warrant terms are not standardized. Call options are standardized.
What are the Hedging Positions of Futures Contracts?
Long Commodity Position: If a farmer is long a commodity (for example, corn) he needs a short hedge and will sell a futures contract.
Short Commodity Position: If Kellogs is short a commodity (for example, corn), they need a long hedge and will buy a futures contract.
Compare: Reg D Accredited vs. Non-Accredited Investors
Accredited (Unlimited):
- Net worth of $1 million or,
- Individual with income of $200,000 or,
- Couple with income of $300,000
Non-Accredited
- Issue sold to a maximum of 35 investors
- Must use a purchaser representative if not “sophisticated”
Coefficient of Determination R2
The square of the correlation coefficient measuring the proportion of the variation in one variable explained by the movement of the other variable.
How is R2 used on the exam?
It describes the percentage of a fund’s movement that are explained by the movements in the S&P 500.
Index funds/diversified funds based on the S&P 500 will have R2 of very close to 100%, while sector funds (not diversified) will have very low R2 (typically 5% - 25%).
Risk Level Quantification
Compare: Standard Deviation vs. Beta
Standard Deviation: Measures variability of returns used in a non-diversified portfolio and is a measure of total risk.
Beta: An index of volatility used in a diversified portolio and is a measure of systematic risk.
Geometric Return vs. Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Geometric Return or Time-Weighted Return: Evaluates the performance of a portfolio manager.
IRR or Dollar Weighted Return: Compares absolute dollar amounts.
“Real” vs. Nominal Rate of Returns
Real: The inflation adjusted interest rate
Nominal: Actual returns not adjusted for inflation.
The “Real” rate is defined as the Nominal Rate of return adjusted for inflation.
Holding Period Return (HPR)
The total return (income plus price appreciation and dividends less margin interest) over the entire period divided by the out of pocket cost of the investment.
Taxable Equivalent Yield (TEY)
To make the returns on municipal bonds comparable to those of taxable bonds, the TEY can be calculated.
- TEY = Tax Exempt Yield / (1-Marginal Tax Rate)
OR
- TEY x (1-Marginal Tax Rate) = Tax Exempt Yield
Duration (Principles to Remember)
Years to Maturity: Remember duration and maturity are positively related
Annual Coupon: Remember duration is inversely related to coupon rate
YTM: The current yield on comparative bonds (duration is inversely related)
Remember, Coupon and Yield are Interest Rates - Inversely Related.
Zero Coupon Bonds
- Duration equal to Maturity
- No coupon interest, yet produces “phantom” income
- No reinvestment rate risk
- Sold at deep discounts to PAR
- Fluctuate more than coupon bond with the same maturities
Rules for using Duration to Manage Bond Portfolios
If interest rates are expected to rise, shorten duration (Interest rates up, shorten Duration)
Remember: UPS: UP for “up” and S for “shorten”)
If interest rates are expected to fall, lengthen duration. Buy low coupon bonds with long maturities.
Interest rates fall → lengthen duration.
Remember: FALLEN - FAL for “fall” and LEN for “Lengthen.”
Conclusions to Fluctuations in Bond Prices
- The smaller the coupon, the greater the Relative Price Fluctuation
- The longer the term to maturity, the greater the Price Fluctuation
- The lower the market interest rate, the greater the Relative Price Fluctuation
Convexity
- The degree which duration changes as the yield-to-maturity (YTM) changes.
- Largest for low coupon bonds, long-maturity bonds and low-YTM bonds allows investor to improve the duration approximation for bond price changes.
What is Return on Equity (ROE)?
ROE = Earnings Available for Common (EPS)
Common Equity (net worth or book value)
How to Calculate Dividend Payout Ratio
Dividend Payout Ratio = Common Dividends Paid divided by Earnings Available for Common (EPS)
What are three types of Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)?
Strong Form: Asserts that stock prices fully reflect all information, public and private. Not even access to inside info can be expected to result in superior investment performance over time. Neither fundamental analysis nor technical analysis can produce superior results over time on a risk-adjusted basis.
Semi-Strong Form: Asserts that all publicly known information is reflected in stock prices. Neither technical analysis nor fundamental analysis can produce superior results over time on a risk-adjusted basis. Only an investor with access to inside information may consistently achieve superior results (but such access is illegal)
Weak Form: Suggests that historical price data is already reflected in current stock prices and is of no value in predicting future price changes.
Technical analysis will not produce superior results. Fundamental Analysis may produce superior results.
Types of Indexes / Benchmarks
- PRICE WEIGHTED:
- *Dow Jones:** 30 industrial stocks
FLOAT WEIGHTED:
- S&P 500 (large caps): Broader measure of NYSE activity
CAP WEIGHTED
- NASDAQ: Broadest measure of OTC trading
VALUE WEIGHTED
- Wilshire 5000: Broadest measure of the activity and movement of the overall stock market
- Europe, Australia and Far East (EAFE): Equity performance of the major foreign markets
- POPULAR CAP WEIGHTED
- *Russell 2000 (small caps):** Smallest 2000 stocks of the Russell 3000 index
- EQUALLY WEIGHTED
- *Value Line:** ±1700 stocks
Barclays Aggregate Bond: More than 5000 US Government, corporate and mortgage backed and asset backed bonds.
Tax Basis of a Mutual Fund
First-in, First-out method treats shares acquired first as being sold first.
Specific ID requires the seller to identify the shares of the fund that are sold. Specific ID allows the investor to create gain, neutralize gain or create a loss (most flexible).
Average Cost allows the investor to divide the total cost of all shares held by the number of shares sold.
Steps to Risk-Adjusted Measures of Performance (Sharpe)
- Step 1: Look for a low R2 (less than 60), or a non-diversified portfolio.
- Step 2: Look for the highest Sharpe number.
Steps to Risk Adjusted Measures of Performance
Jensen (Alpha) / Treynor
- Step 1: Look for high R2 (60+) or a diversified portfolio.
- Step 2: Look for the highest positive Alpha. If no Alpha is given, then look for the highest Treynor.
What is a Margin (Maintenance) Call?
The formula for calculating when an investor will receive a margin call is:
- (1 - Initial Margin % ÷ 1 - Maintenance Margin %) x Purchase Price of stock
Shortcut: 2/3 of the purchase price if the minimum maintenance is 25%. If it’s 30%, take 2/3 and then choose the next highest number.
Examples of Passive Investment Strategies
- Buy & Hold (EMH)
- Dollar Cost Averaging
- Index Investing
- Strategic Asset Allocation (revised every few years)
Examples of Active Investment Strategies
- Market Timing
- Tactical Asset Allocation
- Technical Analysis
Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) Keys
- Unexpected Inflation
- Unexpected changes in industrial production
- Unanticipated shifts in risk premium
- Unanticipated changes in structure of yields.
Negotiable CDs
Interest rate Risk
Lack Liquidity
Money Market Deposit Accounts
FDIC insured
6 preauthorized transfers / month
(3 by check)
Money Market Mutual Funds
- Default Risk
- NOT FDIC insured
(some open ended funds offer insurance) - Can be taxable OR tax exempt (municipal debt)
- Holdings:
- T Bills
- Neg. CDs
- Prime Commercial Paper
- Avg Maturity 90 Days
T Bills
- Maturity ≤ 1 yr
- NO Default Risk
- NO Credit Risk
- Issued at Discount OR Face Value
- $100 to $1mm (discount yield basis)
- Not callable
- Subject to Federal income Tax (exempt from local and state)
- Auctioned WEEKLY
Commercial Paper
100k denomination
270 day (9 mth) maturity
Bankers Accptance
- Finances imports and exports
- Bearer securities
- ≤ 9 mth maturity
- Trades at Discount to face value
Eurodollars
Deposit on NON-U.S. bank in US$
Yankee Bonds
- US$ denominated Bonds issued in the US by foreight banks and corps.
- Issued during favorable market conditions in the US
Original Issue Discount (OID) Bonds
- Bonds issued far below par
- Zero Coupon
- Payno interest until maturity
- Accreted interest
- Taxable – creates PHANTOM income
- (NO ACCRETION for Muni Bonds)
Treasury STRIPS
(Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principle Securities)
U.S. Govt Issued Zero Coupon Bond
TIPS
(Treasury Inflation Protected Protected Securities)
- Marketable
- Face Value adjusted semiannually with inflation
- Measured by CPI over 6 mths
- Lower stated coupon than treasuries
- higher infrlation higher FACE value with Fixed %
- $1000 denominations
- Taxed ANNUALLY on the Apprciation of face value (Phantom Income)
- Not collectible until bond matures
- Holder has option to RAISE BASIS
- Income taxable in the year accrued
EE Bonds
- 30 yr life (20yr + 10yr extended maturity); $50 denom.; Issued May 1 and Nov 1
- New Rate every 6 mths
- Interest accrues monthly; Owner has option of interest taxed each year
- Owner must be ≥ 24 yo
- Cannot be in UTMA or UGMA
- Grandparent may claim exclusion for student
- If held < 5yrs THEN 3 mth interest penalty
- Treasury GUARANTEES DOUBLING in 20 yrs
HH Bonds
WERE available by xchange of EE bonds
Used to pay interest semiannually by check
I Bonds
Inflation Indexed Accrual Securities
- Monthly Interest, compounded semi annually
- Owner has option to DEFER taxation of interest
- If used for Education, Tax Exempt
- No guaranteed interest rate
- 2 parts to interest
- Fixed: same for life
- Inflation Adjusted: every six months for inflation
- $50 denominations
Mortgage Backed Securities
GNMA
FNMA
FreddieMac
G = Govertment Guarantee
F = Fah-Cocked
GNMA
- Buys : FHA, VA ( Farmers Home ASsociation) mortgages; All insured from banks
- Pass throug certs
- DIRECT guarantee of US govt; NOT ISSUED BY TREASURY
- TAXABLE at FED and SALT
- Min : $25,000
- Risk
- NO Default Risk
- Interest Rate Risk
- Reinvestment Rate Risk
- Intrst goes up NO GOOD; stuck with lower market rates
- value MBS goes down
- Intrst goes down reinvestment risk
- Intrst stays flat prices fall when rates rise
- YIELD = interest + principal
- Intrst goes up NO GOOD; stuck with lower market rates
GO (General Obligation) Bonds
- SAFEST of bonds
- Backed by muni taxes
- issuer makes promise to raise taxes to pay
- bond holders can FORCE issuers to tax levy
Revenue Bonds
- Backed by Specific Revenue (unpledged revenue stream)
- SINGLE SOURCE FUNDS = GREATER RISK
- Higher Risk = Higher Yields
Insured Muni Bonds
(S&P AAA rated when Issued)
- Insured by:
- AMBAC (American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp)
- MBIA/National (Muni Bond INsurance Ass)
- BAM (Build America Mutual Insurance)
Mortgage Bonds
Safest of the safest CORP bonds
Backed by Real Property owned by issuer
CMO
Collateralized Mortgage Debt Obligations
- High REINVESTMENT rate Risk
- Developed to prevent Repayment risk
- Multi Class Pass Through Securities
- Payments rec’d are CASH FLOW
- Payments over life of pool
- Tranches A to Z (Fast repayment to Slow Repayment)
- Risk Level Increases A to Z
Debenture
Corporate debt backed by issuer integrity
Indenture
- Agreement btwn issuer and trustee of bond
- Parts: Form of bond (zero or coupon)
- Amt of issue
- Propety pledged (if NOT debenture)
- Protective convenant (incldg sinking fund provision)
- Working capital and current ratio
- Call, Put, Conversion provisions
- Redemption rights
Investment Grade Bonds DRIP
Government Bonds RIP
Zero Coupons IP
- Default
- Reinvestment risk (when Interest rates go down)
- Interest rate risk (when interest rates go up)
- Purchasing Power Risk (Inflation lowers value, yeld, interest rates)
Rating Agencies and Grades
StAndArd And Poors: AAA, AA, A BBB
Moody’s: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa
Speculative below BBB (Better Band Bonds)
BB = Band Bonds
High Yield Corporate Bonds
≤ BB rating are JUNK
Pay higher yield
seldom the right answer
Convertible Bonds
- Have embedded call option
- Trades at Premium
- Hybrid debt securities
- Pays interest
- may convert to common stock
- Market Price of Convert driven by Value of Stock and Bond Interest
- Has a FLOOR VALUE
Bond Conversion Price Formula
CV = (Par/CP)*Ps
CV = Conversion Value CP = Conversion Price Ps = Per Share Price
Callable Bonds
- Called when interest rates drop (or bond prices go up)
- cost to issuer is call premium
Put Bond
- Buyer sacrifices some yield for the privelege
- HOLDER CAN SELL BACK TO ISSUER
- If interest rates rise and bonds go down
STRIPS
Do Not distribute interest during holding period