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Portfolio Management
Eighth Edition
by
Frank K. Reilly & Keith C. Brown
Chapter 3
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• Why should investors have a global
perspective regarding their investments?
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• What has happened to the relative size of
U.S. and foreign stock and bond
markets?
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• What are the differences in the rates of
return on U.S. and foreign securities
markets?
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• How can changes in currency exchange
rates affect the returns that U.S.
investors experience on foreign
securities?
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• Is there an additional advantage of
diversifying in international markets
beyond the benefits of domestic
diversification?
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• What alternative securities are available?
What are their cash flow and risk
properties?
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• What is the historical return and risk
characteristics of the major investment
instruments?
Chapter 3 - Selecting
Investments in a Global
Market
Questions to be answered:
• What is the relationship among returns
for foreign and domestic investment
instruments? What is the implication of
these relationships for portfolio
diversification?
Reasons for the expansion of
investment opportunities
1. Growth and development of foreign
financial markets
2. Advances in telecommunications
technology
3. Mergers of firms and security exchanges
The Case for Constructing
Global Investment Portfolios
1. Ignoring foreign markets can substantially
reduce the investment choices for U.S.
investors
2. The rates of return on non-U.S. securities
often have substantially exceeded those for
U.S.-only securities
3. The low correlation between U.S. stock
markets and many foreign markets can help
to substantially reduce portfolio risk
Relative Size of U.S. Financial
Markets
1. The share of the U.S. in world stock and
bond markets has dropped from about 65
percent of the total in 1969 to about 51
percent in 2003
2. The growing importance of foreign
securities in world capital markets is
likely to continue
Relative Size of
U.S. Financial Markets
• Can be illiquid
• Grading determines value, but is subjective
• Investment-grade gems require substantial
investments
• No positive cash flow until sold
• Costs of insurance, storage, and appraisal
Historical Risk-Returns on
Alternative Investments
World Portfolio Performance
Reilly and Wright (2004) examined the
performance of various investment alternatives
from the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan,
and the emerging markets for the period 1980-
2001
Reilly and Wright’s 2004 Study
• Asset Returns and Total Risk
– The expected relationship between annual rates
of return and total risk (standard deviation) of
these securities was confirmed
Reilly and Wright’s 2004 Study
• Return and Systematic Risk
– The systematic risk measure (beta) did a better
job of explaining the returns during the period
than did the total risk measure
– The beta risk measure that used the Brinson
index as a market proxy was somewhat better
than the beta that used the S&P 500 Index
Reilly and Wright’s 2004 Study
• Correlations between Asset Returns
– U.S. equities have a reasonably high correlation
with Canadian and U.K. stocks but low
correlation with emerging market stocks and
Japanese stocks
– U.S. equities show almost zero correlation with
world government bonds, except U.S. bonds
Art and Antiques
• Market data is limited
• Results vary widely, and change over time,
making generalization impossible, but
showing a reasonably consistent
relationship between risk and return
• Correlation coefficients vary widely,
allowing for great diversification potential
• Liquidity is still a concern
Real Estate
• Returns are difficult to derive due to lack of
consistent data
• Residential shows lower risk and return than
commercial real estate
• During some short time periods REITs have shown
higher returns than stock with lower risk measures
• Long term returns for real estate are lower than
stocks, and have lower risk
Real Estate
• Negative correlation between residential
and farm real estate and stocks
• Low positive correlation between
commercial real estate and stocks
• Potential for diversification
Appendix Chapter 3
Covariance and Correlation
Covariance
• absolute measure of the
extent to which two sets
of numbers move together
over time
Covariance
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COVij
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Correlation
• relative measure of a
given relationship
Correlation
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