1 Performance Evaluation and Active Portfolio Management CHAPTER 18
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Performance Evaluation and Active
Portfolio Management
CHAPTER 18
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Introduction• Complicated subject• Theoretically correct measures are difficult to
construct• Different statistics or measures are appropriate for
different types of investment decisions or portfolios• Many industry and academic measures are different• The nature of active managements leads to
measurement problems
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Abnormal Performance
What is abnormal? Abnormal performance is measured:• Comparison groups• Market adjusted• Market model / index model adjusted• Reward to risk measures such as the Sharpe
Measure:E (rp-rf) / sp
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Factors That Lead to Abnormal Performance• Market timing• Superior selection
– Sectors or industries– Individual companies
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Comparison Groups• Simplest method• Most popular• Compare returns to other funds with similar
investment objectives
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Risk Adjusted Performance: Sharpe 1) Sharpe Index
rp - rf
rp = Average return on the portfolio
rf = Average risk free rate
p= Standard deviation of portfolio
return
ps
s
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Risk Adjusted Performance: Treynor
2) Treynor Measure rp - rf
ßp
rp = Average return on the portfolio
rf = Average risk free rate
ßp = Weighted average b for portfolio
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= rp - [ rf + ßp ( rm - rf) ]
3) Jensen’s Measure
p
p
rp = Average return on the portfolio
ßp = Weighted average Beta
rf = Average risk free rate
rm = Avg. return on market index port.
Risk Adjusted Performance: Jensen
= Alpha for the portfolioaa
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M2 Measure
• Developed by Modigliani and Modigliani• Equates the volatility of the managed portfolio
with the market by creating a hypothetical portfolio made up of T-bills and the managed portfolio
• If the risk is lower than the market, leverage is used and the hypothetical portfolio is compared to the market
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M2 Measure: ExampleManaged Portfolio Market T-bill
Return 35% 28% 6%
Stan. Dev 42% 30% 0%
Hypothetical Portfolio: Same Risk as Market
30/42 = .714 in P (1-.714) or .286 in T-bills
(.714) (.35) + (.286) (.06) = 26.7%
Since this return is less than the market, the managed portfolio underperformed
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Figure 17-2 The M2 of Portfolio P
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T2 (Treynor Square) Measure• Used to convert the Treynor Measure into
percentage return basis• Makes it easier to interpret and compare• Equates the beta of the managed portfolio with the
market’s beta of 1 by creating a hypothetical portfolio made up of T-bills and the managed portfolio
• If the beta is lower than one, leverage is used and the hypothetical portfolio is compared to the market
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T2 ExamplePort. P. Market
Risk Prem. (r-rf) 13% 10%
Beta 0.80 1.0
Alpha 5% 0%
Treynor Measure 16.25 10
Weight to match Market w = bM/bP = 1.0 / 0.8
Adjusted Return RP* = w (RP) = 16.25%
T2P = RP
* - RM = 16.25% - 10% = 6.25%
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Figure 17-3 Treynor Square Measure
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Which Measure is Appropriate?
It depends on investment assumptions1) If the portfolio represents the entire
investment for an individual, Sharpe Index compared to the Sharpe Index for the market.
2) If many alternatives are possible, use the Jensen a or the Treynor measureThe Treynor measure is more complete because it adjusts for risk
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Exercise2• 1. A managed portfolio has a standard deviation equal to 22% and a beta
of 0.9 when the market portfolio's standard deviation is 26%. The adjusted portfolio P* needed to calculate the M2 measure will have _____ invested in the managed portfolio and the rest in T-bills. a. 84.6%b. 118%c. 18%d. 15.4%
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Exercise 2• Use the following to answer questions 2-4:
The average returns, standard deviations and betas for three funds are given in previous slide along with data for the S&P 500 index. The risk free return during the sample period is 6%.
• 2. You wish to evaluate the three mutual funds using the Sharpe measure for performance evaluation. The fund with the
highest Sharpe measure of performance is __________. a. Fund Ab. Fund Bc. Fund Cd. Indeterminable
• • 3. You wish to evaluate the three mutual funds using the Treynor measure for performance evaluation. The fund with the
highest Treynor measure of performance is __________. a. Fund Ab. Fund Bc. Fund Cd. Indeterminable
• • 4. You wish to evaluate the three mutual funds using the Jensen measure for performance evaluation. The fund with the
highest Jensen measure of performance is __________. a. Fund Ab. Fund Bc. Fund Cd. S&P500
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Limitations
• Assumptions underlying measures limit their usefulness
• When the portfolio is being actively managed, basic stability requirements are not met
• Practitioners often use benchmark portfolio comparisons to measure performance
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Performance Attribution• Decomposing overall performance into
components• Components are related to specific elements of
performance• Example components
– Broad Allocation– Industry– Security Choice– Up and Down Markets
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Market Timing
• Adjust the portfolio for movements in the market
• Shift between stocks and money market instruments or bonds
• Results: higher returns, lower risk (downside is eliminated)
• With perfect ability to forecast behaves like an option
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rf
rf
rM
Rate of Return of a Perfect Market TimerWhat if the forecast is not precise?
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Market Timing & Performance Measurement
Adjusting portfolio for up and down movements in the market
• Low Market Return - low ßeta• High Market Return - high ßeta
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Figure 17-6 Characteristic Lines
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Style Analysis• Introduced by Bill Sharpe• Explaining percentage returns by allocation to
style• Style Analysis has become popular with the
industry
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Superior Selection Ability
• Concentrate funds in undervalued stocks or undervalued sectors or industries
• Balance funds in an active portfolio and in a passive portfolio
• Active selection will mean some unsystematic risk