Fundamentals of
Corporate
Finance
Chapter 10
Introduction to Risk, Return,
and the Opportunity Cost of
Capital
Fifth Edition
Slides by
Matthew Will
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Topics Covered
Rates of Return: A Review
A Century of Capital Market History
Measuring Risk
Risk & Diversification
Thinking About Risk
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Rates of Return
Percentage Return =
Capital Gain + Dividend
Initial Share Price
5.47 + .82
Percentage Return =
31.12
= .202 or 20.2%
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Rates of Return
Dividend Yield =
Capital Gain Yield =
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Initial Share Price
Capital Gain
Initial Share Price
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Rates of Return
0.82
Dividend Yield =
31.12
= .026 or 2.6%
5.47
Capital Gain Yield =
31.12
= .176 or 17.6%
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Rates of Return
Nominal vs. Real
1+ real ror =
1 + nominal ror
1 + inflation rate
1 + real ror =
1 + .202
1 + .033
= 1.164
real ror = 16.4%
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Market Indexes
Dow Jones Industrial Average (The Dow)
Value of a portfolio holding one share in each of 30 large
industrial firms.
Standard & Poor’s Composite Index (The S&P 500)
Value of a portfolio holding shares in 500 firms. Holdings are
proportional to the number of shares in the issues.
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The Value of an Investment of $1 in 1900
Index
$17,545
$160
2004
$61
Source: Ibbotson Associates
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Rates of Return
2004
Common Stocks (1900-2004)
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Expected Return
Expected market
interest rate on
normal risk
=
+
return
Treasury bills
premium
(1981) 21.6%
=
14
+
7.6
(2005) 10.1%
=
2.5
+
7.6
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Measuring Risk
Variance - Average value of squared deviations
from mean. A measure of volatility.
Standard Deviation - Average value of squared
deviations from mean. A measure of volatility.
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Measuring Risk
Coin Toss Game-calculating variance and standard deviation
(1)
(2)
(3)
Percent Rate of Return Deviation from Mean Squared Deviation
+ 40
+ 30
900
+ 10
0
0
+ 10
- 20
0
- 30
0
900
Variance = average of squared deviations = 1800 / 4 = 450
Standard deviation = square of root variance =
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Risk and Diversification
Diversification - Strategy designed to reduce risk
by spreading the portfolio across many
investments.
Unique Risk - Risk factors affecting only that firm.
Also called “diversifiable risk.”
Market Risk - Economy-wide sources of risk that
affect the overall stock market. Also called
“systematic risk.”
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Risk and Diversification
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Risk and Diversification
Portfolio rate
of return
(
(
=
)(
)(
fraction of portfolio
in first asset
x
rate of return
on first asset
)
)
fraction of portfolio
rate of return
+
x
in second asset
on second asset
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2004
Std Dev
Stock Market Volatility 1926-2004
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Country Risk Premia (%)
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Histogram of Returns
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Risk and Diversification
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Risk and Diversification
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Thinking About Risk
Message 1
Some
Risks Look Big and Dangerous but
Really Are Diversifiable
Message 2
Market
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Risks Are Macro Risks
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