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= component of returns due to movements in the
overall market
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= component attributable to company specific
events
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+ e
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(Notice the similarity to the Single Index model discussed earlier)
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Excess returns
on market index
R
i
= a
i
+
i
R
m
+ e
i
Plot of a companys excess return as a
function of the excess return of the market
Does the CAPM hold?
There is much evidence that supports the
CAPM
There is also evidence that does not support the
CAPM
Is the CAPM useful?
Yes. Return and risk are linearly related for
securities and portfolios over long periods of time
Yes. Investors are compensated for taking on
added market risk, but not diversifiable risk
Perhaps instead of determining whether the CAPM is
true or not, we might ask: Are there better models?
Questions
Any questions on capital asset pricing
and the Capital Asset Pricing Model?
CAPM Problem
Suppose the risk premium on the market portfolio is
9%, and we estimate the beta of Dell as b
s
= 1.3. The
risk premium predicted for the stock is therefore 1.3
times the market risk premium of 9% or 11.7%. The
expected return on Dell is the risk-free rate plus the
risk premium. For example, if the T-bill rate were
5%, the expected return of Dell would be 5% +(1.3 *
9%) = 16.7%.
a. If the estimate of the beta of Dell were only 1.2,
what would be Dells required risk premium?
b. If the market risk premium were only 8% and
Dells beta was 1.3, what would be Dells risk
premium?
Answer
a. If Dells beta was 1.2 the required risk premium
would be (remember the risk premium is the
expected return less the risk-free rate):
E(r
s
) = r
f
+ b
s
[E(r
M
) - r
f
] or the expected return on
Dell = 5% + 1.2 (9%) = 15.8%
Dells risk premium (over the risk free rate) =
15.8% - 5% = 10.8%
b. If the market risk premium was 8%:
E(r
s
) = r
f
+ b
s
[E(r
M
) - r
f
]
E(r) of Dell = 5% + 1.3 (8%) = 15.4%
Dells new risk premium is 15.4 5% = 10.4%
C. Understand Arbitrage Pricing Theory
(APT) and How it Works
What is arbitrage?
The exploitation of security mis-pricing to earn
risk-free economic profits
It rises if an investor can construct a zero
investment portfolio (with a zero net investment
position netting out buys and sells) with a sure
profit
Should arbitrage exist?
In efficient markets (and in CAPM theory),
profitable arbitrage opportunities will quickly
disappear as more investors try to take advantage of
them
Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) (continued)
What is APT based on?
It is a variant of the CAPM, and is an attempt to
move away from the mean-variance efficient
portfolios (the calculation problem)
Ross instead calculated relationships among
expected returns that would rule out riskless profits
by any investor in a well-functioning capital market
What is it?
It is a another theory of risk and return similar to the
CAPM.
It is based on the law of one price: two items that
are the same cant sell at different prices
APT (continued)
In its simplest form, it is:
R
i
= a
i
+
i
R
m
+ e
i
the same as CAPM
The only value for a which rules out arbitrage
opportunities is zero. So set a to zero and you get:
R
i
=
i
R
m
Subtract the risk-free rate and you get the
well-known equation:
E(r
s
) = r
f
+ b
s
[E(r
M
) - r
f
] from CAPM
APT and CAPM Compared
Differences:
APT applies to well diversified portfolios and not
necessarily to individual stocks
With APT it is possible for some individual stocks
to be mispriced to not lie on the SML
APT is more general in that it gets to an expected
return and beta relationship without the assumption
of the market portfolio
APT can be extended to multifactor models, such
as:
R
i
= a
i
+
1
R
1
+
2
R
2
+
3
R
3
+
n
R
n
+ e
i
APT and Investment Decisions
Roll and Ross argue that APT offers an approach to
strategic portfolio planning
Investors need to recognize that a few systematic
factors affect long-term average returns
Investors should understand those factors and set
up their portfolios to take those factors into
account
Key Factors:
Changes in expected inflation
Unanticipated changes in inflation
Unanticipated changes in industrial production
Unanticipated changes in default-risk premium
Unanticipated changes in the term structure of
interest rates
Questions
Any questions on Arbitrage Pricing Theory
and how it differs from CAPM?
Problem
Suppose two factors are identified for the U.S.
economy: the growth rate of industrial
production (IP) and the inflation rate (IR). IP
is expected to be 4% and IR 6% this year. A
stock with a beta of 1.0 on IP and 0.4 on IR
currently is expected to provide a rate of return
of 14%. If industrial production actually
grows by 5% while the inflation rate turns out
to be 7%, what is your best guess on the rate
of return on the stock?
Answer
The revised estimate on the rate of return on
the stock would be:
Before
14% = a +[4%*1] + [6%*.4]
a = 7.6%
With the changes:
7.6% + [5%*1] + [7%*.4]
The new rate of return is 15.4%
Review of Objectives
A. Can you solve problems using the CAL,
MPT, and the Single Index model?
B. Do you understand the implications of
capital asset pricing theory and the CAPM to
compute security risk premiums?
C. Do you understand arbitrage pricing theory
and how it works?