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CHAPTER
9
Capital Market Theory:
An Overview

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 Chapter Outline
9.1 Returns
9.2 Holding-Period Returns
9.3 Return Statistics
9.4 Average Stock Returns and Risk-Free Returns
9.5 Risk Statistics
9.6 Summary and Conclusions

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9.1 Returns

Dollar Returns
Dividends
the sum of the cash received
and the change in value of the
Ending
asset, in dollars.
market value

Time 0 1
•Percentage Returns
–the sum of the cash received and the
Initial change in value of the asset divided by
investment the original investment.
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Dollar Return = Dividend + Change in Market Value

dollar return
percentage return =
beginning market value

dividend + change in market value

=
beginning market value

= dividend yield + capital gains yield

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9.1 Returns: Example

Suppose you bought 100 shares of Wal-Mart (WMT) one
year ago today at $25. Over the last year, you received
$20 in dividends (= 20 cents per share × 100 shares). At
the end of the year, the stock sells for $30. How did you
do?
Quite well. You invested $25 × 100 = $2,500. At the end
of the year, you have stock worth $3,000 and cash
dividends of $20. Your dollar gain was $520 = $20 +
($3,000 – $2,500).
$520
Your percentage gain for the year is 20.8% =
$2,500
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9.1 Returns: Example

Dollar Return:
$20
$520 gain
$3,000

Time 0 1
Percentage Return:

$520
-$2,500 20.8% =
$2,500
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9.2 Holding-Period Returns

The holding period return is the return that
an investor would get when holding an
investment over a period of n years, when
the return during year i is given as ri:
holding period return =
= (1 + r1 )  (1 + r2 )   (1 + rn )  1

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Holding Period Return: Example

Suppose your investment provides the following
returns over a four-year period:

Year Return Your holding period return =

1 10% = (1 + r1 )  (1 + r2 )  (1 + r3 )  (1 + r4 )  1
2 -5%
3 20% = (1.10)  (.95)  (1.20)  (1.15)  1
4 15% = .4421 = 44.21%

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Holding Period Return: Example

An investor who held this investment would have
actually realized an annual return of 9.58%:
Year Return Geometric average return =
1 10% (1 + rg ) 4 = (1 + r1 )  (1 + r2 )  (1 + r3 )  (1 + r4 )
2 -5%
3 20% rg = 4 (1.10)  (.95)  (1.20)  (1.15)  1
4 15% = .095844 = 9.58%
So, our investor made 9.58% on his money for four
years, realizing a holding period return of 44.21%
1.4421 = (1.095844) 4
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Holding Period Return: Example

Note that the geometric average is not the same
thing as the arithmetic average:
Year Return
r1 + r2 + r3 + r4
1 10% Arithmetic average return =
2 -5%
4
10%  5% + 20% + 15%
3 20% = = 10%
4 15% 4

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Holding Period Returns

A famous set of studies dealing with the rates of returns
on common stocks, bonds, and Treasury bills was
conducted by Roger Ibbotson and Rex Sinquefield.
They present year-by-year historical rates of return
starting in 1926 for the following five important types of
financial instruments in the United States:
Large-Company Common Stocks
Small-company Common Stocks
Long-Term Corporate Bonds
Long-Term U.S. Government Bonds
U.S. Treasury Bills
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The Future Value of an Investment

of $1 in 1925
$1,775.34
1000

$59.70

$17.48
10

Common Stocks
Long T-Bonds
T-Bills
0.1
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Source: © Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation 2003 Yearbook™, Ibbotson Associates, Inc., Chicago (annually updates work by
Roger G. Ibbotson and Rex A. Sinquefield). All rights reserved.

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9.3 Return Statistics

The history of capital market returns can be summarized
by describing the
average return
( R1 +  + RT )
R=
T
the standard deviation of those returns

( R1  R) 2 + ( R2  R) 2 +  ( RT  R) 2
SD = VAR =
T 1
the frequency distribution of the returns.
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Historical Returns, 1926-2002

Average Standard
Series Annual Return Deviation Distribution

Large Company Stocks 12.2% 20.5%

Small Company Stocks 16.9 33.2

Long-Term Corporate Bonds 6.2 8.7

Long-Term Government Bonds 5.8 9.4

U.S. Treasury Bills 3.8 3.2

Inflation 3.1 4.4

– 90% 0% + 90%

Source: © Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation 2003 Yearbook™, Ibbotson Associates, Inc., Chicago
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9.4 Average Stock Returns

and Risk-Free Returns
The Risk Premium is the additional return (over and
above the risk-free rate) resulting from bearing risk.
One of the most significant observations of stock market
data is this long-run excess of stock return over the risk-
free return.
The average excess return from large company common stocks
for the period 1926 through 1999 was 8.4% = 12.2% – 3.8%
The average excess return from small company common stocks
for the period 1926 through 1999 was 13.2% = 16.9% – 3.8%
The average excess return from long-term corporate bonds for
the period 1926 through 1999 was 2.4% = 6.2% – 3.8%

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Risk Premia
Suppose that The Wall Street Journal announced that the
current rate for on-year Treasury bills is 5%.
What is the expected return on the market of small-
company stocks?
Recall that the average excess return from small
company common stocks for the period 1926 through
1999 was 13.2%
Given a risk-free rate of 5%, we have an expected return
on the market of small-company stocks of 18.2% =
13.2% + 5%

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The Risk-Return Tradeoff

18%
Small-Company Stocks
Annual Return Average 16%

14%

12% Large-Company Stocks

10%

8%

6%
T-Bonds
4%
T-Bills
2%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Annual Return Standard Deviation

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Rates of Return 1926-2002

60

40

20

-20
Common Stocks
Long T-Bonds
-40
T-Bills

-60 26 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 2000

Source: © Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation 2000 Yearbook™, Ibbotson Associates, Inc., Chicago (annually updates work by
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Risk Premiums
Rate of return on T-bills is essentially risk-free.
Investing in stocks is risky, but there are
compensations.
The difference between the return on T-bills and
stocks is the risk premium for investing in stocks.
An old saying on Wall Street is “You can either
sleep well or eat well.”

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Stock Market Volatility

The volatility of stocks is not constant from year to year.
60

50

40

30

20

10

0
26
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
98
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
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9.5 Risk Statistics

There is no universally agreed-upon definition of
risk.
The measures of risk that we discuss are variance
and standard deviation.
The standard deviation is the standard statistical
measure of the spread of a sample, and it will be the
measure we use most of this time.
Its interpretation is facilitated by a discussion of the
normal distribution.
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Normal Distribution
A large enough sample drawn from a normal
distribution looks like a bell-shaped curve.
Probability

The probability that a yearly

return will fall within 20.1
percent of the mean of 13.3
percent will be
approximately 2/3.

– 3s – 2s – 1s 0 + 1s + 2s + 3s
– 49.3% – 28.8% – 8.3% 12.2% 32.7% 53.2% 73.7%
Return on
68.26% large company common
stocks
95.44%

99.74%
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Normal Distribution
The 20.1-percent standard deviation we
found for stock returns from 1926 through
1999 can now be interpreted in the
following way: if stock returns are
approximately normally distributed, the
probability that a yearly return will fall
within 20.1 percent of the mean of 13.3
percent will be approximately 2/3.
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Normal Distribution
S&P 500 Return Frequencies
16
16
Normal
approximation 14
Mean = 12.8% 12 12

Return frequency
Std. Dev. = 20.4% 11 12

9 10

5 6

4
2 2
1 1 1 2
0 0
0
-58% -48% -38% -28% -18% -8% 2% 12% 22% 32% 42% 52% 62%

Annual returns
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9.6 Summary and Conclusions

This chapter presents returns for four asset
classes:
Large Company Stocks
Small Company Stocks
Long-Term Government Bonds
Treasury Bills
Stocks have outperformed bonds over most of
the twentieth century, although stocks have also
exhibited more risk.
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9.6 Summary and Conclusions

The stocks of small companies have
outperformed the stocks of small
companies over most of the twentieth
century, again with more risk.
The statistical measures in this chapter are
necessary building blocks for the material
of the next three chapters.

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