Portfolio Performance and Attribution Analysis

This was a simulation project related to application of different tools of portfolio management. The project was applied by using stocktrak.com platform. This website provides the students and teachers with a real time simulation platform for learning the portfolio investment. A specific allocated amount was used in this simulation project for portfolio investment. A portfolio was created of different securities like stocks, bonds and currencies. These bonds and securities were from different sectors of economy like technology industry, financial industry, consumer goods industry, services industry, health industry, industrial goods industry, utilities industry, and basic materials industry. The top performing stocks in this simulation project were Bank of America Corporation, Hersha Hospitality trust, Deans Food Company, Loews Corporation, and Pepsi Co Inc. The study also found that the percentage return on portfolio remained above the return realized on Dow Jones ETF during the timeline of the project.

In conclusion, the returns of the all ordinaries index are not very good during the study period. Furthermore, it seems unlikely that the variations of the time index will have any impact on the change of the all ordinaries index. Nevertheless, the prediction of the all ordinaries index are almost not influencing by the variation of the time

With Reference to this statement, describe, discuss and illustrate the principles of portfolio theory. Your essay should include coverage of the Markowitz Efficient Frontier and the Capital Market Line.

(b) The mean excess return, standard deviation, and portfolio weights for the optimum (maximum Sharpe ratio) portfolio.

I strongly advocate tactical asset allocation process and diversification over several different income and growth strategies. I believe that risk management and protection of investor's endowment are major objectives. In my portfolio, stocks may occupy a large portion and the

For the three consecutive days of teaching reading and writing, the student will complete a mini portfolio to prepare for student teaching portfolio expectations. For this assignment you will be required to:

This is easy: just calculate how the index changes from year to year in percentage terms.

When investing in a company, the goal is to buy shares at a low price and then sell them at a higher price. Individual stocks may go up or down independent of how “The Market” is doing overall. Stock market indices such as the Dow Jones Average, the NASDAQ, and the Standard and Poors 500 report how “The Market” is doing “on average.” To check

In order to find the optimal portfolio allocation, the group needs to find the portfolio structured with lowest risk under a given return. This can be achieved by applying Mean-Variance Theory and Markowitz model find the efficient frontier, which yields the most optimal portfolio under given returns. It can be expressed in mathematical terms and solved by quadratic programming. [Appendix A]

b. Plot the CAL along with a couple of indifference curves for the investor type identified above. c. Use Excel’s solver to maximize the investor’s utility and confirm that you get a 50% allocation in stocks. 3. You can invest in a risky asset with an expected rate of return of 20% per year and a standard deviation of 40% per year or a risk free asset earning 4% per year or a combination of the two. The borrowing rate is 9% per year. a. What is the range of risk aversion for which a client will neither borrow nor lend, that is, for which the allocation to this risky investment is 100%? b. Draw the Capital Allocation Line. Indicate the points corresponding to (i) 50% in the risk-less asset and 50% in the risky asset; and (ii) -50% in the riskless asset and 150% in the risky asset. c. Compute the expected rate of return and standard deviation for (i) and (ii). d. Suppose you have a target risk level of 50% per year. How would you construct a portfolio of the risky and the riskless asset to attain this target level of risk? What is the

Thus, Lipper Growth Index was proved to be an appropriate benchmark for the evaluation of the equity funds.

2. Actual return was calculated for all the companies as well as for the BSE 500 on the event period days (-60 to +60).

According to the CAPM model:R_i=α+βR_m+ε, α represent the abnormal return gained by the portfolio. If the market is efficiency, the α has to be zero.

The use of Issue Breadth and 52-week High/Low statistics for navigating the sea of uncertainty, and Peak-to-Peak interest rate and market cycle analysis are much more useful as performance expectation barometers than the DJIA was

Q3. Suppose you want to add commodities into your investment opportunity set in addition to cash, domestic equity, and domestic bonds. What is your optimal asset allocation decision in this case, i.e., how should you allocate your fund across cash, domestic equity, domestic bonds, and commodities? What is the Sharpe ratio of your optimal complete portfolio?