Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management: Lecture Presentation Software
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management: Lecture Presentation Software
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management: Lecture Presentation Software
to accompany
Chapter 17
programming
Full Replication
All securities in the index are purchased in proportion to weights in the index This helps ensure close tracking Increases transaction costs, particularly with dividend reinvestment
Sampling
Buys a representative sample of stocks in the benchmark index according to their weights in the index Fewer stocks means lower commissions Reinvestment of dividends is less difficult Will not track the index as closely, so there will be some tracking error
Expected Tracking Error Between the S&P 500 Index and Portfolio Samples of Less Than 500 Stocks
Expected Tracking Error (Percent) 4.0 3.0 2.0
Exhibit 17.2
1.0
500 400 300 200 100 0
Number of Stocks
Exchange-Traded Funds
EFTs are depository receipts that give investors a pro rata claim on the capital gains and cash flows of the securities that are held in deposit by a financial institution that issued the certificates
Fundamental Strategies
Top-down versus bottom-up approaches Asset and sector rotation strategies
Sector Rotation
Position a portfolio to take advantage of the markets next move Screening can be based on various stock characteristics:
Value Growth P/E Capitalization Sensitivity to economic variables
Technical Strategies
Contrarian investment strategy Price momentum strategy Earnings momentum strategy
Style
Construct a portfolio to capture one or more of the characteristics of equity securities Small-capitalization stocks, low-P/E stocks, etc Value stocks appear to be underpriced
price/book or price/earnings
Determining Style
Style grid:
firm size value-growth characteristics
Style analysis
constrained least squares
Benchmark Portfolios
Sharpe
T-bills, intermediate-term government bonds, long-term government bonds, corporate bonds, mortgage related securities, large-capitalization value stocks, large-capitalization growth stocks, medium-capitalization stocks, smallcapitalization stocks, non-U.S. bonds, European stocks, and Japanese stocks
Benchmark Portfolios
Sharpe BARRA
Uses portfolios formed around 13 different security characteristics, including variability in markets, past firm success, firm size, trading activity, growth orientation, earnings-to-price ratio, book-to-price ratio, earnings variability, financial leverage, foreign income, labor intensity, yield, and low capitalization
Benchmark Portfolios
Sharpe BARRA Ibbotson Associates
simplest style model uses portfolios formed around five different characteristics: cash (Tbills), large-capitalization growth, smallcapitalization growth, large-capitalization value, and small-capitalization value
Options can be sold to reduce weightings in sectors or individual stocks during rebalancing
End of Chapter 17
Equity Portfolio Management Strategies