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Investment Decision and Portfolio Management (ACF 722)
Investment Decision and Portfolio Management (ACF 722)
Investment Decision and Portfolio Management (ACF 722)
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Investment
defined
• Investment is defined as a sacrifice made now to
obtain a return later.
It is current consumption that is sacrificed.
It involves the commitment of cash today for the chance
of more cash at some future date.
current commitment of money for a period of time in
order to derive future payments that will compensate
the investor for:
• the time the funds are committed (Pure time value of money
or rate of interest).
• The expected rate of inflation, and
• the uncertainty of the future payments.
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Investment …..
• The difference between investing and gambling?
Investing: The chances are in your favor.
• There is a favorable risk-return tradeoff.
• It is part of a long-term plan
• You have done your homework
• It involves the creation of wealth
Gambling: The chances are in another’s favor.
• There is no favorable risk-return tradeoff.
• There is no long-term plan
• There is no homework, only chance
• It is a zero-sum game—no wealth is created
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What do Investors Want?
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Forms of Investment
• Two forms of investment can be defined: real and financial
Primary/Secondary
– Primary markets are security markets where new issues
of securities are traded.
– A secondary market is a market where securities are
resold.
Money/Capital
– Money market: for assets with a life of less than 1 year
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Brokers
• A broker is a representative appointed by an individual
investor
• Brokers have two conflicting roles
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Securities
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Securities…Cont’d
• Money market securities
• 1. Treasury Bills
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Securities…Cont’d
• Capital market securities
– Instruments having maturities greater than one year
and those having no designated maturity at all.
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Securities…Cont’d
– Fixed income securities differ from each other
in promised return for several reasons
• The maturity of the bonds
• The creditworthiness of the issuer
• The taxable status of the bond
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Securities…Cont’d
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Securities…Cont’d
3. Derivative instruments
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Securities…Cont’d
5. Indirect investing
– The purchase of a shares of an investment
portfolio
• mutual fund
• Unit trusts
• Investment trusts
• Hedge funds
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Securities…Cont’d
• Mutual funds are a type of investment that take money
objective.
fund . It is unincorporated mutual fund structure that allows funds to hold
– If there are more sellers than buyers, the fund will become smaller.
– They are open ended, invests on smaller diversified portfolio
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Securities…Cont’d
• Hedge fund is investment fund that pooled capitals from
accredited individuals and institutional investors and invest in
variety of Assets.
• It is investment pools that are relatively unconstrained
in what they do; relatively unregulated; charge very
high fees.
• The primary aims of most hedge funds is to reduce
volatility and risk, while attempting to preserve
capital, and deliver positive returns under all market 28
Key Participants in Investment
• Process
Government
– Federal, state and local
• Business
• Individuals
• Institutional Investors
– Paid to manage other people’s money
– Typically manage large amounts of money
– Include: banks, life insurance companies, mutual
funds and pension funds
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Institutional investors
• Life Insurance Companies
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Institutional
investors
• Money Market Mutual Funds
– Treasury bills
• Receive premiums
Process
The
Client
Utility Risk Investment Tax Tax Code
Function Tolerance/ Horizon Status
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Costs - How does
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missi prices?
risk?
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- Bid
Ask
Sprea Performance Risk
dMarket Evaluation Models
1. How much risk did the portfolio manager take? Stock
- Price
Timin 2. What return did the portfolio manager make? Selectio - The CAPM
Impac
g 3. Did the portfolio manager underperform or n - The APM
t outperform? 3
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