Investment Planning Flashcards
Margin Call Formula
Margin Call = Loan / 1- Maintenance Margin
Research Reports
Know that Value Line ranks stocks
Morning Star primarily ranks mutual funds. Also know the rankings and whether they are a buy or sell signal
Dividend
to receive the dividend, an investor must purchase the stock prior to the ex-dividend date or 2 business days before the date of record.
Security Regulations
Money Market Securities
Investment Policy statement
The IPS establishes “RR TTLLU” = Risk, Return, Taxes, Time-line, Liquidity, Legal, and Unique circumstances
Price Weighted Avg vs Value Weighted Index
Simple price-weighted averages do not take into account the percent allocation of the position within the portfolio.
A value-weighted index - incorporates market capitalization of individual stocks into the average.
Behavioral Finance Terms
Behavioral Finance (cont)
Behavioral Finance (cont 2)
Standard Deviation
Memorize the 68%, 95%, 99% depending if the return is +/- 1,2,or3 standard deviations away from the average.
How to calculate Standard Deviation
Example
COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION FORMULA
CV = Standard Deviation / Avg Return
Example
Covariance
Systematic Risk
Remember the mnemonic PRIME for systematic risks.
See bottom for more
Unsystematic Risks
Remember - Unsystematic risks are ABCDEFG
Capital Market Line
Capital Asset Pricing Model
The CAPM formula is on the formula sheet and you will need to use it. You may be asked to calculate an expected return or requested rate of return using the CAPM. Also, you may be given the market risk premium rather than return of the market. BE SURE TO REMEMBER THAT THE MARKET RISK PREMIUM (Rm -Rf).
Capital Asset Pricing Model
The CAPM formula is on the formula sheet and you will need to use it. You may be asked to calculate an expected return or requested rate of return using the CAPM. Also, you may be given the market risk premium rather than return of the market. BE SURE TO REMEMBER THAT THE MARKET RISK PREMIUM (Rm -Rf).
Summary of Performance Measures
If the exam doesn’t give you r-squared, then select Sharpe!
Sharpe
Uses Beta to measure risk
Diversified and Non diversified
Standard deviation is used for nondiversified and Beta is used for well-diversified portfolio.
HOLDING PERIOD RETURN
HOLDING PERIOD RETURN = Selling Price - Purchase Price +/- Cashflows / Purchase Price or Equity Invested
EAR
EFFECTIVE ANNUAL RATE
GEOMETRIC AVERAGE
Net Present Value
NPV = PV of Cash Flows - Initial Cost
If NPV = 0, then YES make the investment
ARBITRAGE PRICING THEORY (APT)
DOLLAR WEIGHTED VS TIME-WEIGHTED RETURN
Dividend Discount Model