Essay about Real Estate Volatility Tests

1. True or False: According to the CAPM, a stock's expected return is positively related to its beta.

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Here we choose VW NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ data as market returns, because it’s value weighted and more reliable. The results show CSC’s equity beta = 2.27, QRG’s equity beta = 1.79.

Fama and French’s three factor model attempts to explain the variation of stock prices through a multifactor model that includes a size factor and BE/ME factor in addition to the beta risk factor. Fama-French model essentially extended the CAPM (which breaks up cause of variation of stock price into systematic risk which is non-diversifiable and idiosyncratic risk which is diversifiable) by introducing these two additional factors. Fama and French find that stocks with high beta didn’t have consistently higher returns than stocks with low beta and this indicates that beta was not a useful measure under their model. Their model is based on research findings that sensitivity of movements of the size and BE/ME factor constituted risk, and

To find the asset Beta (βa), we need to find the weighted average β of equity and the weighted average β of debt. We consider the β of debt to be 0, as debt has no relationship with market risk and it is evident from the balance sheet that Ameritrade had no interest bearing debt in 1997[1].

Nearly all investors look to beta as a way of feeling out the risk of a stock or fund. Put simply, beta measures volatility, or the tendency to swing up and down, as compared to a benchmark. Fund managers that take a bullish stance on the short-term horizon may actively stock up on high-beta equities to drive up returns. Controlling beta becomes an obsession for managers; and after they get the balance just right, they feel confident and reassured in their risk profile. Menchero, Nagy, and Singh concentrate on three estimates of beta to test the accuracy of the measure overall. The first, naive beta, makes a gross simplification that all stocks have a beta of 1. Second, the historical beta can be computed by comparing stock

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‘The Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is a very useful model and it is used widely in the industry even though it is based on very strong assumptions. Discuss in the light of recent developments in the area.’

stocks with a low price –earnings ratio, called value stocks, tend to outperform stocks with a high priceearnings

Even though there are flaws in the CAPM for empirical study, the approach of the linearity of expected return and risk is readily relevant. As Fama & French (2004:20) stated “… Markowitz’s portfolio model … is nevertheless a theoretical tour de force.” It could be seen that the study of this paper may possibly justify Fama & French’s study that stated the CAPM is insufficient in interpreting the expected return with respect to risk. This is due to the failure of considering the other market factors that would affect the stock price.

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Clearly, Charger Products is better off using the standard deviation and coefficient of variation, rather than subjective approach, to assess investment risk. Beta and CAPM, however, provide a link between risk and quantify risk and convert it into a required return that can be compared to the expected return to draw a de conclusion about investment acceptability. Contrasting the conclusions in the responses to parts c and d a clearly demonstrate why Mary is better off using beta to assess risk. Also, since Mary holds a diversified p systematic risk is the relevant risk for her to be concerned about. Since firm specific risk can be diversified portfolio, focusing on total risk (or standard deviation) may lead to distorted investment decisions.

A trade-off often shows the link connecting risk and return. Presented the opportunity amid (Garnger, 2010) "two alternatives

As indicated by the case study S&P 500 index was use as a measure of the total return for the stock market. Our standard deviation of the total return was used as a one measure of the risk of an individual stock. Also betas for individual stocks are determined by simple linear regression. The variables were: total return for the stock as the dependent variable and independent variable is the total return for the stock. Since the descriptive statistics were a lot, only the necessary data was selected (below table.)

CAPM model (Ang, A., & Chen, J. (2007). CAPM over the long run: 1926–2001. Journal of Empirical Finance, 14(1), 1-40.) is: