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LOS 41.d: Explain risk aversion and its                 Session Unit 12:
          implications for portfolio selection., p.132            41. Portfolio Risk and Return: Part 1




          Consider the following risk and return data for 3 Portfolios: A, B and C

                                                                      Portfolio A            Portfolio B            Portfolio C




           Expected Return (%)                                            30%                   48%                    60%

           Risk (measured in standard deviation)                            2                     3                      5




                                                                          15%
           CV = Coefficient of Variation                 tanties                                16%                     12%
           (ER/Risk)


           Which will you pick? And why?


          A risk-seeking (risk-loving) investor actually prefers more risk to less and, given equal expected returns, will
          choose the more risky investment.

          A risk-averse investor dislikes risk (i.e., prefers less risk to more risk). Given two investments that have equal
          expected returns, a risk-averse investor will choose the one with less risk (standard deviation, σ).
          A risk-neutral investor has no preference regarding risk and would be indifferent, so will look at return to risk

          ratio!                                        Actually it depends on
                                                        •   the diversification strategy and risk characteristics of the
          We could be wrong in all instances, Why?
                                                            portfolio into which the stocks will be placed or portfolio added!
                                                        •   Also liquidity of each stock;
                                                        •   Skew and kurtosis of each distribution used to derive ER/SD!
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