Week 7 Essay

Lectures so far…Weeks 1-4

Lectures so far…Weeks 4-6

 Corporate objective = Maximise firm value

 What you need to measure value?
– Type of cash flow

 How to measure value?

– Bond value =

 1
1  (1  r ) t 
VB  C 
  F  r 

 1  r

– Timing of the cash flow




  t – Riskiness of the cash flow



– Share value=
– Firm value =
– Project value =

Dn
P0   n n 1 1  R 

 Capital Budgeting: Evaluation

Step 1: Forecast cash flows



Ct
V  t t 1 1  r 
N

NPV   t 1

Step 2: Determine risk of cash flows
Ct

1  r t

Step 3: Apply evaluation technique(s)

 C0

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Step 4: Accept/reject proposal based on quantitative & qualitative analysis
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Lectures so far…Week 6

 Incorporating risk (uncertain cash flows) into capital

budgeting analysis involves:
– applying techniques that assess the risk level of a project’s cash flows

Risk & Return

– using a risk-adjusted discount rate
RTBWJ Chapters 10 & 11

L7: Risk & Return

L8: Capital Asset Pricing Model
L9: Cost of Capital
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RETURNS ON INVESTMENT



When an investment is made, there is the expectation that this investment will generate positive returns.



There are two different ways of measuring the return generated by an investment
1.

Dollar Returns

2.

Rate of Return

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DOLLAR RETURNS


The dollar return is the difference between the amount you receive at the end of the investment and the amount initially invested. Dollar Return  Amount Received
 Amount Invested

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DOLLAR RETURNS (CONT.)



RATE OF RETURN

To fully understand this measure, you need two more pieces of information.
1.

The scale of the original investment.

2.

The length of time the investment has been held for.

 A more useful measure is the rate of return:

Rate of Return 

Dollar Return
Amount Invested

 This gives a percentage answer which is much

easier to understand.

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DOLLAR VS RATE OF RETURN: EXAMPLE

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DOLLAR VERSUS RATE OF RETURN: EXAMPLE (CONT.)

 A share investment costs $2 per share at the start of

 Dollar Return

the year

Dollar Return  Amount Received - Amount Invested

 It is offering a year-end dividend of $0.20 and the

 [$0.20  $2.50] - $2.00  $0.70

year–end share price is expected to be $2.50
 What is your investment return if held for a year, in dollar and percentage terms?

 Percentage Rate of Return

Rate of Return 

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Dollar Return
Amount Invested

$0.70
 0.35 or 35%
$2.00

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RETURNS AND RISK

RISK

 Returns are closely related to risk.
– Investments are only undertaken if the expected return is high enough to compensate the investor for the perceived risk of the investment.  Risk can be considered in different ways:
– Stand-Alone Risk. This is the level of risk when the asset / investment is considered alone

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– Risk on a Portfolio Basis. The level of risk when the asset is just one of a number of items in a portfolio.

 Risk is defined as:
– The possibility of exposure to loss or injury.
– Uncertainty regarding the outcome.

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MEASURING RISK



Risk is often measured using probability.
A probability distribution is a list of all the possible outcomes and the probability that each will occur.
Probabilities can also be used to create a Payoff Matrix which associates probabilities with rates of return

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Economy



n

kˆ  P1k1  P2 k 2  ...  Pn kn   Pi ki
Expected
rate of return

Probability of outcome n 0.2

Average

0.4

Above Ave

0.2

8%

Boom

0.1

8%

kˆ

-22%
22%

28%

10%

8%

-2%

14.7%

45%

1%

8%

20%

0%

7%

15%

35%

-10%

-10%

29%

50%

-20%

30%

43%

8%

17.4% 1.74% 13.8%

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-13%
13%

Below Ave

0.2

8%

-2%

14.7
%

45%

1%

Average

0.4

8%

20%

0%

7%

15%

Above Ave

0.2

8%

35%

-10% -10%

29%

Boom

0.1

8%

50%

-20%

43%

Total

1.0

30%

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Using Equation we can calculate the expected rates of return
for

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