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Basics of Investing IIIEconomics 98 / 198
Spring 2008Copyright 2008 Lawrence Wu
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Schedule
• Quiz
• Current Events
• Today’s Lecture Content
• Next Week
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QUIZ
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CURRENT EVENT / NEWS
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Crude Oil tops $100/barrel again
• After the February 7th low of $88.11, it began steadily rising again.
• After the President’s Day weekend, the New York Mercantile Exchange rose prices by $4.51, 4.7%, to $100.01 for the March delivery.
• Due in part to OPEC’s seasonal production cuts.
• Also, the “Big Spring” refinery in Dallas, with a 70,000 barrel a day capacity was shut down due to blast.
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Effects
• Analysts are unsure whether the market demand, due to the slowing economy, will legitimize the rise in price.
• Inflation could rise due to “supply jitters”. • Drivers could see a an increased price at the
pump due to the approaching spring “driving season”.
* Information from Article titled “Supply worries spur crude back above $100 a barrel” from MarketWatch by DowJones; http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/crude-makes-swift-climb-back/story.aspx?guid=%7B463E952B-0B60-48BA-901C-0874DDC7CE70%7D
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February 19
- Dow Jones, S&P, and NASDAQ plummet as crude prices rise above $100 a barrel for the first time
- crude oil closes above $100 a barrel -- crude oil closes above $100 a barrel -
Why???
1. Alon USA in Texas shuts down because of an explosion and a fire
2. Speculation that OPEC will lower production
3. March crude oil contract expires February 20 – crude prices rise due to short-covering in advance of the expiration
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LECTURE CONTENT
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Today’s Lecture
• Basic investing concepts– Risk-Reward / Financial Goals / Understanding Your Appetite
for Risk
• Portfolio Management– Diversification– Concentration
• Different investment securities– Bonds / CDs / Money Market– Mutual Funds / Exchanged-Traded Funds
• Market Psychology
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Basic Investing Concepts
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Determining Your Financial Goals
• Investing is a long car trip. There needs to be a lot of planning that goes into it.– How much money do you want to make? By
when?– Will you need to live off your investments in
future years?– What will you be using your money for?
• Having a good understanding of yourself will allow you to align your risk tolerance with various strategies
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Determining Your Investment Style
• What kind of person and investor do you want to be?– Shooting for singles and doubles, aiming for slow
and steady gains?– Sitting on the sidelines, relying on and cheering
someone else?– Willing to take risks, go for homers, and achieve
maximum gains?
• Think about your risk tolerance, time horizons for your investments, and your time commitment
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The Risk / Return Tradeoff
• “principle that expected return rises with an increase in risk”– Lower risk with lower returns– Higher risk with high returns
• Important to know your personal risk tolerance when choosing investments– Balance between risk and reward
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Risk Tolerance
• Young people should be in stocks– Time is our best
friend
• BUT, need to be able to handle the market’s volatility– If not… then get out!
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Source: Investopedia. “Determining Risk and The Risk Pyramid.” May 2 2003
What is Your Risk Tolerance?
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Source: Investopedia. “Determining Risk and The Risk Pyramid.” May 2 2003
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(Expected) Return vs. Risk
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Portfolio Management
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Portfolio
• Definition: “collection of assets—such as stock, bonds, and mutual funds—held by an investor”
• Portfolio Management– Deciding type of investment mix and
allocation for your portfolio– Risk versus performance
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Asset Allocation
• Income
• Balanced
• Growth
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Active versus Passive Management
Buy, sell, buy, sell…
versus
Buy and sit?
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Active versus Passive Management
• Examples (Active Management)– Buying / selling individual stocks– Discuss with your broker which stocks to buy– Choosing between different mutual funds
• Example (Passive Management)– Buying an index fund that mirrors the S&P 500 – Having your portfolio match the index fund at all
times (relatively hard and expensive)– Typically has lower fees
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Distribution of Returns of Actively Managed Funds
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How many stocks should I own?
Diversification
versus
Concentration
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“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”
Diversification
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Diversification
• Mixing a wide selection of investments within a portfolio– By industry, sizes, geographic locations, or
other characteristics
• Positive performance of some investments may neutralize the negative performance of others
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Diversification…What’s the Catch?
• Limits your upside potential– Hot stock makes up only 5% of your portfolio– 50% increase will have small effect
• Many investors tend to over-diversify– Harder to keep track, slower to react – Know a little bit about every industries– Over-diversification usually leads to
underperforming the market (What’s the point then?)
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Concentration
“putting your eggs in a few baskets that you know well and watching them very carefully”
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Concentration
• Goal: Keep losses small and ride profits for big gains– Effect: big gains have major effect on your
portfolio value
• Increases risk– Potential for big profits/losses is magnified
• Fund managers can’t do this
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Other Investment Securities
Mutual Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds
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Various investment securities
• Money market funds (~3-4%)– Type of risk-free debt investment that has slightly better
returns than savings– Typically mature in less than 1 year– Very liquid (i.e. easy to buy/sell and convert to cash)– Usually automatically get this in a brokerage account
• Certificate of deposits (CDs) (3-6%)– Certificate to the bearer to receive interest– Issued by commercial banks from 1 month to years– Interest varies with length of maturity
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Various Investment Securities
• Bonds– An IOU issued by a borrower to a lender– Loaning money for pre-determined time– Borrower pays a coupon payment during time-span as well
as lent amount– Borrowers range from banks, government, to corporations
• Advanced / Alternative Investments – Options– Hedge Funds– Private Equity– Futures / Derivatives
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Mutual Fund Basics
• Nothing more than a collection of stocks and/or bonds
• You contribute your money to a company that manages a large fund (made up of other people’s money) and invests in a portfolio
• Often, these mutual funds can manage hundreds of millions and billions of dollars
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Mutual Fund Basics
• Various types of mutual funds– Equities, fixed-income, money market– Mutual funds usually variation of these assets
classes
• Also, other special types: global, international, specialty, index funds
• Costs:– Yearly fees (0.15%-2%)– Transaction fees paid when buy / sell shares
– This is called the “load” – look for “No Load” funds
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Buying and Selling Funds
• Can buy mutual funds by contacting fund companies directly or through brokerages
• Can withdraw your money from fund at the end of market days usually
• If purchase mutual funds through third-parties (brokers, banks, planners), usually faced with extra sales charge (these are called loads)
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Advantages Disadvantages
• Professional
Management
• Periodic
Reinvestment (Dollar
Cost Averaging)
• Diversification
• Liquidity
• Simplicity
• Professional
Management
(huh?!)
• Costs
• Dilution
• Taxes
• Reaction Time
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Choosing Mutual Funds
• Always compare fund performance to stock market averages (S&P500, NASDAQ)– Pay attention to the years in which market
averages were down (anyone can make money in the bull market)
– Look for solid track records
• Make sure objectives of mutual fund are in line with your goals and risk / rewards desires– Aggressive growth? Slow, steady returns?
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Exchange-Traded Funds
• Like mutual fund, but trades like stock– Represents a basket of stocks that reflect
an index / industry such as the S&P500 or alternative energy
– Diversification like an index fund, but the flexibility of a stock
• Value of ETF updated daily as supply and demand fluctuates
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Exchange-Traded Funds
• Number of ETF for various industries and markets – International, oil, retail, emerging markets, etc.
• Buying and selling ETF as simple as buying / selling a stock– Symbols assigned to each ETF (QQQQ for Nasdaq
100 average) – Go to broker & enter buy order for QQQQ
• Can buy / sell at any point of the day
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Advantages over Mutual Funds
• Lower costs• Greater tax efficiency • Easier asset allocation• No fraud (ETF’s are transparent)• Flexibility• Shorting opportunity
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Sample ETF Symbols
ETF Ticker Fund Name Fund Description
IVV iShares S&P 500 Index Fund Large cap US stocks
IJH iShares S&P Mid Cap 400 Index Fund Mid cap US stocks
IWM iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund Small cap US stocks
EFA iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund Large cap foreign developed market stocks
EEMiShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index
FundLarge cap emerging market stocks
RWRstreetTRACKS Wilshire REIT Index
FundReal estate investment trust index fund
LQDiShares GS $ Investop Corporate Bond
FundUS corporate bonds
SHYiShares Lehman 1 to 3 Year Treasury
Bond Fund US short-term Governement bonds
IEFiShares Lehman 7 to 10 Year Treasury
Bond Fund US long-term Governement bonds
TIP iShares Lehman TIPs Bond Fund US Governement inflation-protected bonds
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Additional Resources for ETF’s
Index Funds & ETFs – a Tiny Useful Listhttp://moneychimp.com/articles/index_funds/fund_list.htm
Radical Guide to ETF Investinghttp://seekingalpha.com/article/15134-the-seeking-alpha-etf-investing-guide
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TRADING PSYCHOLOGY
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Trading Psychology
Emotions severely impair your judgment in deciding whether to buy or sell stocks
HOPEFEARGREEDPRIDE
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Psychology & The Stock Market
•Emotions can wreak havoc on your results and decisions
•Need to take emotion out of investing
•Do this by developing a system with rules to follow with discipline
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Next Week
• Financial Statements Primer– Income Sheet– Balance Sheet– Cash Flow Statement
• Financial Ratios– P/E, ROE, Margins, etc.
• Earning Reports, Analyst Estimates
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Reading
Assigned Reading:– SEC. Beginner’s Guide to Financial Statements– Look at Google’s financial statements (income
statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement)
Extra Reading: – Ratio Analysis
http://www.investopedia.com/university/ratios/
– Financial Concepts– http://www.investopedia.com/university/concepts/