Investment Basics

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Learning Objectives Set your goals and be ready to invest. Understand

Learning Objectives

Set your goals and be ready to invest.
Understand how taxes

affect your investments.
Calculate interest rates and real rates of return.
Manage risk in your investments.
Allocate your assets in the manner that is best for you.
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Investing Versus Speculating When you buy an investment, you put money

Investing Versus Speculating

When you buy an investment, you put money in

an asset that generates a return.
Part of that is income:
Rent on real estate
Dividends on stock
Interest on bonds
Even if the stock or bond does not pay income now, in the future it may.
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Investing Versus Speculating With speculation, assets don’t generate an income return

Investing Versus Speculating

With speculation, assets don’t generate an income return and

their value depends entirely on supply and demand.
Examples include:
Gold coins
Baseball cards
Non-income producing real estate
Gems
Derivative securities
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Investing Versus Speculating Derivative securities derive their value from the value

Investing Versus Speculating

Derivative securities derive their value from the value of

another asset.
Futures - a written contract to buy or sell a commodity in the future.
Options - the right to buy or sell an asset at a set price on or before maturity date.
Call option – right to buy
Put option – right to sell
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Investing Versus Speculating Futures contracts deal with commodities such as oil,

Investing Versus Speculating

Futures contracts deal with commodities such as oil, soybeans,

or corn.
It requires the holder to buy or sell the asset, regardless of what happens to its value in the interim.
Contract sets a price and a future time at which you will buy or sell the asset.
With futures, it is possible to lose more than you invested.
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Investing Versus Speculating Options markets and futures markets are a “zero

Investing Versus Speculating

Options markets and futures markets are a “zero sum

game.”
If someone makes money, then someone must lose money.
If profits and losses are added up, the total would be zero.
Can lose more than invested.
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Setting Investment Goals When you make a plan, you must: Write

Setting Investment Goals

When you make a plan, you must:
Write down your

goals and prioritize them.
Attach costs to them.
Determine when the money for those goals will be needed.
Periodically reevaluate your goals.
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Setting Investment Goals Formalize goals into: Short-term – within 1 year

Setting Investment Goals

Formalize goals into:
Short-term – within 1 year
Intermediate-term – 1-10

years
Long-term – over 10 years
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Setting Investment Goals Focus on which goals are important by asking:

Setting Investment Goals

Focus on which goals are important by asking:
If I

don’t accomplish this goal, what are the consequences?
Am I willing to make the financial sacrifices necessary to meet this goal?
How much money do I need to accomplish this goal?
When do I need this money?
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Fitting Taxes into Investing Compare returns on an after-tax basis: Marginal

Fitting Taxes into Investing

Compare returns on an after-tax basis:
Marginal tax

is the rate you pay on the next dollar of earnings.
Make investments on a tax-deferred basis so no taxes are paid until liquidation.
Capital gains and dividend income are better than ordinary income.
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Starting Your Investment Program Tips to Get Started Pay yourself first

Starting Your Investment Program

Tips to Get Started
Pay yourself first – set

aside savings, so spending remains.
Make investing automatic – use automatic withholding.
Take advantage of Uncle Sam and your employer – try matching investments.
Windfalls – invest some or all.
Make 2 months a year investment months – reduce spending.
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Investment Choices Lending Investments Savings accounts and bonds. Debt instruments issued

Investment Choices

Lending Investments
Savings accounts and bonds.
Debt instruments issued by corporations

and the government.

Ownership Investments
Preferred stocks and common stocks which represent ownership in a corporation.
Income-producing real estate.

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Lending Investments A savings account pays interest on the balance held

Lending Investments

A savings account pays interest on the balance held in

the account.
With a bond, the return is usually fixed and known ahead of time.
Principal returned on maturity date.
Corporate bonds issued in $1000 units.
Pay semiannual interest.
Coupon rate is the annual interest rate.
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Ownership Investments Real estate investments in income-producing properties are illiquid. Stocks,

Ownership Investments

Real estate investments in income-producing properties are illiquid.
Stocks, or equities,

are the most popular ownership investment.
Stocks may pay a quarterly dividend.
Preferred stock dividends are fixed.
Common stock has voting rights.
Bond interest is paid prior to stock dividends.
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Market Interest Rates Interest rates affect the value of stocks, bonds,

Market Interest Rates

Interest rates affect the value of stocks, bonds, and

real estate.
Nominal rate of return is not adjusted for inflation.
Real rate of return adjusts for inflation.
Real rate = nominal rate - inflation rate
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What Makes Up Interest Rate Risk? Real risk-free rate of return

What Makes Up Interest Rate Risk?

Real risk-free rate of return is

what investors receive for delaying consumption.
Short-term Treasury bills are virtually risk-free. Their interest rate is considered to be the risk-free rate.
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What Makes Up Interest Rate Risk? Inflation Risk Premium Return above

What Makes Up Interest Rate Risk?

Inflation Risk Premium
Return above the

real rate of return to compensate for anticipated inflation.

Default Risk Premium
Compensates investors for taking on the risk of default.

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What Makes Up Interest Rate Risk? Maturity Risk Premium Additional return

What Makes Up Interest Rate Risk?

Maturity Risk Premium
Additional return demanded

by investors on longer-term bonds.

Liquidity Risk Premium
For bonds that cannot be converted into cash quickly at a fair market price.

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How Interest Rates Affect Returns on Other Investments Expected returns on

How Interest Rates Affect Returns on Other Investments

Expected returns on all

investments are related.
What you can earn on one investment determines what you can earn on another.
Interest rates act as a “base” return. When interest rates go up, investors demand a higher return on other investments.
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Look at Risk-Return Trade-Offs Risk is related to potential return. The

Look at Risk-Return Trade-Offs

Risk is related to potential return.
The more risk

you assume, the greater the potential reward – but also the greater possibility of losing your money.
You must eliminate risk without affecting potential return.
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Sources of Risk in the Risk-Return Trade-Off Interest Rate Risk –

Sources of Risk in the Risk-Return Trade-Off

Interest Rate Risk – the higher

the interest rate, the less a bond is worth.
Inflation Risk – rising prices will erode purchasing power.
Business Risk – effects of good and bad management decisions.
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Sources of Risk in the Risk-Return Trade-Off Financial Risk – associated

Sources of Risk in the Risk-Return Trade-Off

Financial Risk – associated with the

use of debt by the firm.
Liquidity Risk – inability to liquidate a security quickly and at a fair market price.
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Sources of Risk in the Risk-Return Trade-Off Market Rate Risk –

Sources of Risk in the Risk-Return Trade-Off
Market Rate Risk – associated with

overall market movements.
Bull markets – stocks appreciate in value
Bear markets – stocks decline in price
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Diversification “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Extreme good

Diversification

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
Extreme good and bad

returns cancel out, resulting in a reduction of the total variability or risk without affecting expected return.
Not only eliminates risk but also helps us understand what risk is relevant to investors.
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Systematic and Unsystematic Risk As you diversify, the variability or risk

Systematic and Unsystematic Risk

As you diversify, the variability or risk of

the portfolio should decline.
Not all risk can be eliminated by diversification.
The risk in returns common to all stocks isn’t eliminated through diversification.
Risk unique to one stock can be countered and cancelled out by the variability of another stock in the portfolio.
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Systematic and Unsystematic Risk Systematic Risk Market-related or non-diversifiable risk. That

Systematic and Unsystematic Risk

Systematic Risk
Market-related or non-diversifiable risk.
That portion of a

stock’s risk not eliminated through diversification.
It affects all stocks.
Compensated for taking on this risk.

Unsystematic Risk
Firm-specific, company-unique, or diversifiable risk.
Risk that can be eliminated through diversification.
Factors unique to a specific stock.

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How to Measure the Ultimate Risk on Your Portfolio For risk

How to Measure the Ultimate Risk on Your Portfolio

For risk associated

with investment returns, look at:
Variability of the average annual return on your investment.
Uncertainty associated with the ultimate dollar value of the investment.
How the ultimate dollar return on the investment compares to that of another investment.
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How to Measure the Ultimate Risk on Your Portfolio If investment

How to Measure the Ultimate Risk on Your Portfolio

If investment time

horizon is long and you invest in stocks, there is uncertainty about the ultimate value of investment, so take on additional risk.
Take on more risk as time horizon lengthens.
No place to hide in a crash, both stocks and bonds are affected.
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Asset Allocation How your money should be divided among stocks, bonds

Asset Allocation

How your money should be divided among stocks, bonds and

other investments.
Investors should be diversified, holding different classes of investments.
Common stocks more appropriate for the long-term horizon.
Asset allocation is the most important investing task.
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Asset Allocation and Approaching Retirement The Golden Years (Age 55-64) Preserve

Asset Allocation and Approaching Retirement

The Golden Years (Age 55-64)
Preserve level of

wealth and allow it to grow.
Start moving into bonds.
Maintain a diversified portfolio.
Own 60% stocks and 40% bonds.
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Asset Allocation and Approaching Retirement The Retirement Years (Over Age 65)

Asset Allocation and Approaching Retirement

The Retirement Years (Over Age 65)
Spending more

than saving.
Income is primary, capital appreciation secondary.
Safety through diversification and movement away from common stocks.
Early on, own 40% stocks, 40% bonds, 20% T-bills. Later own 20% common, 60% bonds, and 20% T-bills.