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CHAPTER ONE
THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
The student is introduced to the general concept of investing—to forego spending cash today in the hopes
of increasing wealth in the future. Real assets are differentiated from financial assets, and the major
categories of financial assets are defined. The risk/return tradeoff and the reality that most assets are
efficiently priced most of the time are introduced. The role of financial intermediaries is discussed. The
chapter concludes with a presentation of the financial crisis of 2008, its causes and its implications, as well
as regulatory attempts to address those consequences.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter, students should have an understanding of the overall investment process know
some of the key elements involved in the investment process. Students should understand differences in
financial and real assets and be able to identify the major components of the investment process. Students
should be able to describe a derivative security and understand how it is used. Finally, students should
understand the causes and effects of the financial crisis of 2008.
PRESENTATION OF CHAPTER MATERIAL
1.1 Real Assets versus Financial Assets
The main elements of the chapter are presented here. The concept of giving up current consumption to
invest in assets that allow greater consumption in the future is the key notion to start discussion of the
chapter material. The discussion of real and financial assets can be used to discuss key differences in the
assets and their appropriateness as investment vehicles.
The instructor might want to elucidate the material using updated balance sheets and net worth for
Canadian households from the Statistics Canada website:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610058001&pickMembers%5B0%5D=2.4&pick
Members%5B1%5D=3.1
1.2 Financial Assets
Fixed income securities include both long-term and short-term instruments. The essential element of debt
securities and the other classes of financial assets is the fixed or fixed formula payments that are associated
with these securities. Common stock that features residual payments to the owners can be contrasted with
the relatively certain debt claims. A derivative security is a security whose performance is based on or tied
to another asset or financial security. The discussion of derivative securities presented here should be brief
and used to highlight the discussion of innovation in our markets. Students may find interest in key
elements of each derivative and how they relate the properties to debt and equity securities.
1.3 Financial Markets and the Economy
Financial assets (and hence markets where they are traded) play a big role in developed economies by
allowing to make the most of the economy's real assets. Markets encourage allocation of capital to firms
that have the best prospects in the view of the market participants. Markets allow participants to adjust
consumption and to choose levels of risk that are appropriate. Financial markets also allow for separation

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of management and ownership. Current issues related to corporate governance and ethics issues are
presented here, which provides students a great opportunity for discussion. Be sure to mention:
 Consumption Timing
 The role of information in financial markets and the allocation of risk
 Separation of ownership and management and corporate governance
1.4 The Investment Process
Section 1.4 describes the major components of the investment process. Two of the major elements in the
investment process, asset allocation and security selection, can be used to discuss the content and coverage
in the course. Previewing the concept of risk-return trade-off is important for the development of portfolio
theory and many other concepts developed in the course. The discussion of active and passive management
styles is related to the concept of market efficiency.
1.5 Markets are Competitive
The two major elements of a competitive market are the risk-return trade-off and market efficiency. Here
efficiency can be introduced in broad terms. Also, contrast passive management with active management,
which combines security selection and timing. Material in later chapters can be previewed in terms of
emphasis on elements of active management. On the other hand the essential element related to passive
management is holding an efficient portfolio. Here, efficiency means not only diversification, but also
appropriate risk levels, cash flow characteristics and administration costs.
1.6 The Players
The major participants in the financial markets are discussed here, Governments, households and
businesses can be issuers and investors in securities. Financial intermediaries include many
groups who bring issuers and investors together. Investment bankers perform many specialized
services for businesses and operate in the primary market. Venture capital provides financial for
start-up firms. The instructor can obtain updated aggregate balance sheets for Canadian
chartered banks from
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610058001&pickMembers%5B0%5D=2
.13&pickMembers%5B1%5D=3.1
Canadian nonfinancial corporations balance sheets can be obtained from:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610058001&pickMembers%5B0%5D=2
.7&pickMembers%5B1%5D=3.1.
1.7 The Financial Crisis of 2008
Section 1.7 presents the Financial Crisis of 2008, with emphasis on its antecedents and its significance in
the future of the financial world. It begins with events leading up to the crisis and introduces the important
Case-Shiller Index of U.S. housing prices (of which the students should be familiar). The discussion turns
to the mechanics of the mortgage pass-through security (instructors will note that the generalized idea of
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1.4. The authors also discuss in detail the role government sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
played in the crisis.
The text introduces mortgage derivatives in this section, focusing on collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)
and credit default swaps (CDS). This section ties these derivatives with the all important concept of
systemic risk (where problems in one financial sector spill over to other sectors). Students will need to tie
together several disparate concepts here for a strong understanding of how this crisis occurred.
This section then describes the sub-prime housing meltdown, the subsequent credit freeze and the impact
these events had on the real economy. The government’s response is presented. Students can have great
discussions on the effectiveness of the various fiscal and monetary actions during this time.
A brief summary of the Canadian experience over the Financial Crisis is also provided.
1.8 Outline of the Text
In this section, the authors divide the text into seven independent learning parts, with several chapters in
each Ppart. This can be useful for instructors when developing the course syllabus.

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CHAPTER TWO
ASSET CLASSES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter describes the financial instruments traded in the primary and secondary markets. The chapter
provides an overview of overview discussion of money market, capital market instruments and derivative
securities. The various market indices that are used as indicators of "the market" are also described. The
chapter concludes with a discussion of options and futures markets
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this chapter the student should have a thorough understanding of the various
financial instruments available to the potential investor. The student should have an insight as to the
interpretation, composition, and calculation process involved in the various market indexes presented on
the evening news. The student should have some understanding of the basics of options and futures
contracts.
PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL
2.1 The Money Market
The major money market instruments are presented here. In describing the individual instruments, it is
helpful for the students’ understanding of the market to integrate discussion of institutional characteristics
of the instruments. For example, commercial banks are the major participants for many of the
instruments. The text presents a thorough discussion of the calculation of money market instrument
yields. If students have adequate backgrounds from prerequisite classes, discussion of characteristics of
marketability, liquidity, and default risk may be appropriate. Discussion of the concepts should be
delayed to later chapters if students’ backgrounds are not adequate.
2.2 The Bond Market
Debt instruments are issued by both public and private entities. The treasury issues have the direct or
implied guarantee of the federal government. Provincial and municipal entities also issue bonds, but
performance on these bonds does not have the same degree of safety. The Treasury and Agency issues
have the direct or implied guaranty of the federal government. Since state and local entities issue
municipal bonds, performance on these bonds does not have the same degree of safety. Since the interest
income on municipal bonds is not subject to federal taxes, the taxable equivalent yield is used for
comparison.
Key characteristics of Government of Canada. Notes and Bonds are described here. Debt of provincial
government l agencies has also become a significant component of the debt market. Major issuers of
agency debt are described. Municipal bonds issued by cities, municipalities, or counties to finance local
capital expenditures such as the construction of bridges, highways, airports, or schools. They represent a
smaller component of the Canadian fixed income market than the US market This is in part due to the
differential tax treatment: in the US, interest income on most municipal bonds is not subject to taxes. In
the US, to compare the yield on municipals with other taxable securities the taxable equivalent yield is
used. In Canada, municipal bond interest is fully taxable, and this “comparative’ yield adjustment is not
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are considered less risky since they are backed by the full taxing power of the government entity.
Revenue from specific projects is dedicated to revenue bonds. Bonds issued by private corporations are
subject to greater default risk than bonds issued by government entities. Corporate bonds often contain
imbedded options such as the call feature which allows an existing corporation to repurchase the bond
from issuers when rates have fallen. Bonds backed by mortgages have grown to compose a major element
of the bond market. Such bonds can represent proportional shares of a pool of mortgages or specific
portion of a pool of mortgages. The mortgage backed market has grown rapidly in recent years.
2.3. Equity Securities
Two key points are relevant in the discussion of equity instruments. First, it should be emphasized that
with the issue of common stock owners having a residual claim to the earnings of the firm. The priorities
of debt holders and preferred stockholders are contrasted with common shareholders. Second, the
differences in preferred stock and common stock dividends should be emphasized. Preferred shareholders
have a priority claim to income in the form of dividends. Preferred stockholders are limited to the fixed
dividend while common shareholders do not have limits. The partial tax exemption on dividends of one
corporation being received by another corporation is important in discussing preferred stock. A brief
discussion on depository receipts can introduce international investing to the students.
2.4 Stock and Bond Market Indexes
The uses of stock indexes provide a good starting point for the discussion of the structure and
construction of stock indexes. Motivational factors include tracking average returns, making comparisons
of managers’ performance to average performance and, increasingly, indexes are used as a base for
derivative instruments. Discussion of the factors in constructing or using an index focuses the students'
attention on key differences in the indexes. The samples of indexes fits well with discussion of uses of the
index. If the index were going to be used to assess the performance of a manager that invests in Small-
Cap firms, the TSX 60 would not be as appropriate of benchmark as the TSX Small Cap Index. A key
US benchmark, the DJIA which captures the returns from the bluest of blue chips, is also introduced..
Tables Examples 2.2 and 2.4 provides a useful ways to introduce the construction of an index. .Example
2.2 shows the basics in the construction of a price-weighted index. Example 2.4 shows the contrast
between a market-value-weighted index vs. a price-weighted average index. The examples of market-
value indexes used in the text shows their diversity. Many important broad based indexes, such as the
S&P/TSX Composite Index and the S&P 500 are value-weighted. A third possibility is equal weighting.
While this method is not too commonly observed in published indexes, it is commonly used in research,
especially for tests that want to provide more weight to smaller firms.
The international indexes represent the most popular indexes used by investors. They include only a small
example of what it available but they are representative of the major types of indexes and major countries.
The text has several examples of greater detail in several exhibits.
2.5 Derivative Markets
Basic positions and terms for options and futures are described here. The basic positions and terms are
used to contrast the differences in futures and options. The essential difference is that while an option
confers the right but not the requirement to exercise, a futures contract represents a firm commitment to
buy or sell for future delivery. The text provides discussion of options for individual stocks and on
agricultural futures contracts. The extension to discussion of other assets enhances understanding of the
uses and differences of options and futures.

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CHAPTER THREE
HOW SECURITIES ARE TRADED
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter discusses how securities are traded in Canadian and international venues on both the primary
and secondary markets, with detailed coverage of both organized exchange and over the counter
activities. Margin trading and short selling are discussed along with detailed examples of margin
arrangements. The chapter discusses elements of regulation and ethics issues associated with security
transactions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter the student should have considerable insight as to how securities are traded on
both the primary and secondary markets. The student should understand the mechanics, risk, and
calculations involved in both margin and short trading. The student should begin to understand some of
the implications, ambiguities, and complexities of the regulation of securities markets in Canada and the
U.S.
PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL
3.1 How Firms Issue Securities
Chapter 3 begins with a presentation on key characteristics of primary and secondary sales of securities.
The relationship between the primary market terms and subsequent activity in the secondary market
presents a good opportunity for class discussion and relating the material in the investment class to
principles of finance.
Investment banking involves the sale of new issues of securities to investors; Figure 3.1 shows the
relationship between parties involved in an underwritten offering. Shelf registrations allow a firm that is
regularly reporting to sell a limited amount of new stock without going through a registered public
offering. This allows a firm more flexibility in selling additional shares.
Private placements allow a firm to sell securities without going through a registered public offering.
While most stock offerings employ public offerings, many issues of debt are completed using private
placements. It is useful to discuss differences in the markets for equity and bond when discussing this
material. Bond markets are dominated by financial institutions and many of the special characteristics of
bond issues lend themselves to private placements. In some years the volume of private placements
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When a company sells securities to the general investing public for the first time, the transaction is
referred to as an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and uses a prospectus, which is a written registration
statement filed with the SEC that describes the issue and its prospects. The underwriting firms commonly
underprice IPOs leading to significant short-term performance for some investors often with massive
first-day returns, as expressed in Figure 3.2 for many countries. The “underpricing” as measured by first
day returns is less severe in Canada, however, relative to its international cohorts.
3.2 How Securities Are Traded
This section presents the major types of secondary markets including direct search, brokered, dealer and
auction markets. The discussion of secondary markets should be focused on services rather than
institutional characteristics of our markets. Discussion of different demands for services by different
types of investors can help students understand the recent developments in our markets.
Figure 3.3 demonstrates the average market depth for S&P 500 size companies, though orders for
transactions in securities in auction markets have different priorities. Market orders are to be executed
immediately at current market prices. Price-Contingent Orders place price as the first priority. Once a
target price is reached, a price-contingent order becomes a market order. Figure 3.4 shows a portion of the
limit order book for shares in a stock trading on the CNQ exchange (an electronic Canadian exchange
now called the Canadian National Stock Exchange or CSNX). Students should be familiar with Figure 3.4
and understand the uses of each of these price-contingent orders.
The section continues with a discussion on the organization of markets that facilitate trade. In specialists
markets, a dealer is charged to make an orderly market. The specialist is granted a monopoly position and
is highly regulated. Many securities are traded in over the counter markets which utilize dealers and
brokers A dealer market features competition among dealers to make the market efficient. Electronic
Communication Networks (ECNs) allow electronic interface among traders that bypasses the traditional
dealership function and have mostly replaced specialist systems.
3.3 The Rise of Electronic Trading
This section discusses how the interaction of new technologies and new regulations lead to electronic
trading. In 1975, the NYSE eliminated fixed commissions and National Market System was created in the
attempt to centralize trading across exchange and enhance competition. The new order-handling rules in
1994 on NASDAQ lead to narrower bid-ask spreads; 1997 and 2001 introduced the drop in the minimum
tick size from one-eighth to one-sixteenth, and to 1 cent, respectively. Figure 3.5 illustrated the effect of
minimum tick size on the effective spread. In Canada, on April 23, 1997, the TSX’s trading floor closed,
making it the second-largest stock exchange in North America to choose a floorless, electronic (or virtual
trading) environment. Canadian derivatives markets were soon to follow suit: on January 29, 2001, the
Montreal Exchange completed its automation process with the transfer of stock options on SAM
(Montreal Automated System). All derivatives were traded on SAM and the trading floor was closed. The
results to date for Canada seem favourable: screen trading mitigates the extent of pricing errors in the
markets and decreases expected volatility. Since 2004, CNSX (originally CNQ) has offered an ECN for
Canadian listings in competition with the TSX and the TSXV. In 2006 NYSE was renamed to NYSE
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System (NMS) to link exchanges electronically. Overall, the share of electronic trading in the US rose
from 16% to 80% in 2000s.
3.4 Securities Markets
The domestic securities markets have undergone significant reorganization and restructuring since the
mid-1970s. In Canada, following its reorganization in 2000, the Toronto Stock Exchange has separated
itself into the TSX, a platform for trading senior companies, and the Venture Exchange, for junior issues.
In 2007, its parent, TSX Group, acquired the Montreal Exchange. Following the merger and other
acquisitions, it is now called TMX Group. In the US, a major component of today’s market includes the
Nasdaq market system that links dealers, organized exchanges and ECNs. Listing requirements on the
NYSE and Nasdaq are significantly different. The NYSE requires much larger market value of shares in
the hands of the public and considerable trading volume.
3.5 New Trading Strategies
This section presents new trading strategies that came into play after the development of the electronic
trading. Algorithmic Trading uses computer programs to make trading decisions. High-Frequency
Trading employs special class of algorithmic with very short order execution time. Dark Pools are the
trading venues that preserve anonymity, mainly relevant in block trading. Special place in the OTC
market takes Bond Trading among bond dealers, with NYSE Bonds being the largest centralized bond
market of any U.S. exchanges.
3.6 Globalization of Stock Markets
Figure 3.7 demonstrates largest stock markets in the world by domestic market capitalization, with
NYSE-Euronext being by far the largest equity market. The TSX ranks 8th in the world in terms of overall
market capitalization. The section discusses the widespread trend to form international and local alliances
and mergers. Some of the examples include NYSE’s acquisition of Archipelago (ECN), American Stock
Exchange, and the merger with Euronext; acquisition of Instinet/INET (ECN), Boston Stock Exchange,
and merger with OMX by NASDAQ to form NASDAQ OMX Group.
3.7 Trading Costs
On some trades only a commission is paid; on others, only a portion of the spread is paid; and many
trades require both a commission and a portion of the spread are paid. This point can be made by
contrasting orders on both listed and OTC stocks. While the payment of a portion of the spread is not
actually reported, the concept is important when considering the total cost of trading.
3.8 Buying on Margin
This section introduces margin trading. The use of actual borrowing of funds contrasts with margin
arrangement in futures. While both futures and stock trading have maintenance margins and margin calls
which are similar, the costs of borrowed funds must be factored into analysis of the returns of stock
margin trading. The degree of leverage available in equities is set by IIROC in Canada and by the Federal
Reserve Board in the US and is far less than is available in futures.
A sample margin trade is used to develop the concepts of margin call and maintenance margin. The
student’s understanding of the concept is helped by explicit treatment of the accounting for the problem
using assets = liabilities + equity. The initial position shows a 60% initial margin on a 100 share purchase

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of a stock that is selling for $100 per share. If the stock drops to $70 as depicted in the example, the
equity falls to $3,000. The margin call price is then developed. Table 3.1 illustrates some potential
returns from buying stock on margin.
3.9 Short Sales
With the background developed in margin trading, the concept of short selling is then covered. A brief
description of the mechanics of a short sale is shown here. While stock is generally available for short
sellers, sometimes short sellers are not able to find additional stock to borrow when stock is called back
from loan. If the short seller is not able to find other stock to borrow in that situation, he may be forced to
close out her position.
A sample calculation of margin, maintenance margin and margin calls is developed for a short sale. The
short sale involves 1000 shares of a stock that has an initial price of $100 with the maintenance margin of
30%. The example works through calculation of the margin position when the stock price rises to $110.
The amount borrowed and owed is no longer constant with a short sale. The amount owed is actually
equal to number of shares shorted time the current price. The amount owed is subtracted from the
original sale proceeds plus the customer’s margin to determine the equity. With a 30% maintenance
margin, the short seller will receive a margin call if the stock price rises above $115.38. Examples 3.3 and
3.4 demonstrate the mechanics of short sales and margin calls on short positions.
3.10 Regulation of Securities Markets
In Canada, the various provincial securities acts regulate the trading of securities. There also is
considerable self-regulation in the financial services industry. It takes place via regulations governing
membership in various associations of professionals participating in the industry. The Investment Industry
Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) is the national self-regulatory organization, which oversees
all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. Recent scandals
have rocked the securities markets. This is an area that has received and continues to receive enormous
amounts of coverage in the press. Numerous proposals for additional regulation have appeared. The
financial crisis of 2008 launched a new round of financial regulation legislation while insider trading
remains a major problem in the financial world. Regulatory authorities in Canada (e.g. Ontario Securities
commission the AMF in Quebec, and the SEC in the US have multiple ways to monitor for insider trading
and there is considerable evidence to support the idea that it occurs.
Excel Applications
Two Excel models are provided to allow the student to understand the impact of margining as well as
short sales combined with stock price volatility. These Excel models are available on the Online Learning
Center.

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CHAPTER FOUR
MUTUAL FUNDS AND OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter describes the various types of investment companies and mutual funds. The chapter discusses
services, expenses and loads associated with investing in mutual funds. It describes the investment policies
of different funds and lists sources of information on investment companies. The chapter surveys the returns
of mutual fund managers over time searching for consistency of performance. Finally, it presents sources
of information on mutual funds, and considers in detail the information provided in the most comprehensive
guide, Morningstar’s Mutual Fund Sourcebook.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this chapter the students should be able to identify key differences between open-end and
closed-end investment companies. Students should be able to describe the expenses associated with
investment in mutual funds and identify the major types of investment policies of mutual funds. Students
should be able to describe services provided by mutual funds and be able to identify sources of information
on investment companies.
PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL
4.1 Investment Companies
Key services provided by investment companies are presented in this section. These include services that
are related to scale factors such as reducing transaction costs, diversification and divisibility. Mutual funds
can trade securities at lower costs because of the size of the trades and because they are trading larger dollar
volumes with brokerage firms. Services related to professional management, record keeping, and
administration involve compensation for expertise. The concept of Net Asset Value (NAV), presented first
here, is important for understanding pricing and performance of investment companies.
4.2 Types of Investment Companies
A unit trust is a pool of funds invested in a portfolio that is fixed for the life of the fund. Trusts are often
set up for fixed-income securities. The trust life is dependent on the maturity of the securities. There are
two types of managed companies: closed-end and open-end. Since the shares in closed-end funds are
acquired in secondary markets, prices for such shares are commonly at premiums or discounted from the
underlying net asset value. Students should understand these differences when viewing quotes for closed-
end funds in Canada as shown in Figure 4.1.
Other types of investment companies include commingled funds, which are partnerships for investors that
pool their funds. Commingled funds are commonly used in trust accounts for which investors do not have
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REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) are investment vehicles that are similar to closed-end funds but they
invest in real estate or in loans secured by real estate. REITs often employ financial leverage and offer an
investor the possibility to invest in real estate with professional management.
Like mutual funds, hedge funds are vehicles that allow private investors to pool assets to be invested by a
fund manager. Unlike mutual funds, however, hedge funds are commonly structured as private partnerships
and thus subject to only minimal government regulation. They typically are open only to wealthy or
institutional investors.
4.3 Mutual Funds
The major types of mutual funds classified by investment policy are identified here. For example, in the
equity funds group, some funds emphasize growth while others emphasize income. Within the money
market group, some funds limit their investment to very short-term. Government securities such as
Treasury bills while others may invest in securities with longer maturities and greater risk of default. Some
money market funds invest in derivatives. According to the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, over 4.9
million households in Canada owned mutual funds in 2015. At the end of 2017, assets under management
in the Canadian mutual fund industry were almost $1.5 trillion, compared to about $460 million at the end
of 2000. Mutual fund assets showed year-to-year increases throughout this period with the exception of
2008, a decline reflecting the impact of the financial crisis.
Mutual funds can be marketed directly or sold through a sales force. Revenue sharing agreements are often
used by the industry and may create conflicts of interest. Mutual funds are also sold through financial
supermarkets that allow individuals to gain access to a wide variety of funds in one location.
4.4 Costs of Investing in Mutual Funds
This section discusses issues relevant to costs associated with investing in mutual funds. Four classes of
fees are discussed. Comparative data on virtually all important aspects of mutual funds are available on
Morningstar’s website at www.morningstar.ca. Funds with a front-end load initially reduce the investment
amount. A back-end load or exit fee is charged when the shares are redeemed. It is common for an exit
fee or the back-end load to become smaller with longer investment periods. Table 4.2 illustrates how
different free structures affect returns over time. This section also introduces the concept of soft dollars,
which are not included in the fund’s expenses resulting in artificially low expense ratios.
4.5 Taxation of Mutual Fund Income
Under Canadian tax laws, investment returns of mutual funds are taxed in the hands of the investor in the
mutual fund and are not paid by the fund itself, provided that the income is distributed to investors. A fund’s
capital gains, interest, and dividends are passed through to investors as though the investor earned the
income directly. Investor directed portfolios can take advantage of tax consequences but mutual fund
investments cannot be structured to take advantage of specific tax considerations. High turnover, or the
ratio of trading activity to the assets of the portfolio, leads to tax inefficiency.
4.6 Exchange Traded Funds
Exchange Traded Funds have become popular and offer investors alternatives to traditional mutual funds.
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individual shares of stock. A wide variety of indexes, both international and domestic can be traded. Some
advantages include lower taxes and costs as well as the ability to trade the index portfolios intra-day.
Potential disadvantages include price deviation from NAV and payment of brokerage fees to trade the
funds. Table 4.2 lists major ETF sponsors in Canada. Figure 4.2 demonstrates the growth of Canadian
ETFs over time.
4.7 Mutual Fund Investment Performance: A First Look
The evidence on mutual fund performance does not show a consistent superior performance to broad market
indexes. Evidence shows a tendency for some persistence in superior performance by funds but the
evidence is far from conclusive. If you look at performance against broad market indexes, most of the
performance is less than broad investment portfolios. As Figure 4.4 shows, over a long horizon, most funds
underperform the broad market. Table 4.3 discusses Malkiel’s study of consistency of returns among mutual
fund managers; the results make for good class discussion.
4.8 Information on Mutual Funds
A partial list of sources of information on mutual funds appears in this section. As the popularity of mutual
funds has grown in recent years, nearly all major business publications feature some reporting on
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CHAPTER FIVE
RISK, RETURN, AND THE HISTORICAL RECORD
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
This chapter includes two major sections. The first section of the chapter describes the major factors
influencing the level of interest rates and discusses the Fisher Effect. The second part of the chapter
investigates holding period returns for different holding periods and presents information on historical
risk/return data on different types of financial assets and presents statistical calculations of risk and returns
measures, both ex post and ex ante.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After covering the chapter, the students should be able to describe the major factors that influence the level
of interest rates and be able to apply the Fisher effect to interest rates and inflation. Students should be able
to understand and calculate risk and return statistical measures, such as holding period returns, average
returns, expected returns, and standard deviations.
PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL
5.1 Determinants of the Level of Interest Rates
The chapter begins with the list of the major factors that influence interest rates- supply of funds by savers,
demand for funds by businesses, government’s net demand for funds and the expected rate of inflation. It
introduces the important relationship between nominal rates and real rates (Equation 5.3). Figure 5.1
displays a graph of the supply and demand for loanable funds. The graph shows the impact that a greater
demand for funds would have on rates given no change in the supply of funds. The equilibrium for the
nominal rate of interest is presented by the Fisher equation (Equation 5.4). Please note that this may be the
first time students have seen the expectations operator, so a review of its meaning and use may be helpful.
The impact of taxes on the real rate of interest is presented at the end of this section (Equation 5.5).
5.2 Comparing Rates of Return for Different Holding Periods
The formula for developing historical rates of returns on zero-coupon is shown in equation 5.6. The return
is measured for the total number of years or periods. Example 5.2 demonstrates the calculation of the return
for various holding periods.
Once the holding period returns are calculated, returns can be expressed as Effective Annual Rates and
Annual Percentage Rates. The formulas to calculate EARs and APRs are presented here as well as how the
relate to one another (Equation 5.8 and Table 5.1). It is advised that instructors discuss the different ways
EAR and APR will be presented in the financial world and their implications.
5.3 Bills and Inflation, 1957-2016
Historical analysis of real rates of return shows disparity over sub periods over the sixty year period from
1957 to 2016, noted in Table 5.2. The average interest rate over the more recent portion of our history,
1988–2017, 4.36%, was noticeably lower than in the earlier portion, 6.92%. That’s because inflation, the

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main driver of T-bill rates, which also had a noticeably higher average value, 5.26%, in the earlier portion
of the sample than in the later period, 2.26%.
5.4 Risk and Risk Premiums
The formula for calculation of a single holding period rate of return and a sample calculation are presented
at the beginning of this section (Equation 5.10). The formulas used in the calculation of mean (Equation
5.11) and variance (Equation 5.12) for a scenario along with sample calculations are presented as well.
Scenario means and variances should be contrasted with historical means and variances to enhance the
students understanding of significant differences in the concepts. While historical returns are used for
estimating future returns, scenario analysis is a different process.
Investors measure reward as the difference between the returns of the investment and the risk-free rate.
This risk premium is also known as excess return when it displays the difference between the actual return
of the investment and the actual risk-free rate. This section also introduces the idea of risk aversion as a
necessary condition for a risk premium.
5.5 Time Series Analysis of Past Rates of Return
When working with historical data each of the observed holding period returns, they are assumed to have
equal probabilities. Average returns can be measured using a simple numerical average or a geometric
average (Equations 5.13 and 5.14). The text contains an excellent discussion of how the geometric and
arithmetic averages differ and issues related to measuring standard deviation of returns over time. It also
presents the difference between variance (Equation 5.15) and estimated variance (5.16/5.17).
Investors measure returns in the form of excess returns or risk premiums over the risk-free asset. The Shape
Ratio (Equation 5.18) measures the added risk premium or excess return on a portfolio relative to standard
deviation of excess returns.
5.6 The Normal Distribution
The normal distribution is presented in Figure 5.3. When distributions are normal they have a bell shaped
curve that allows complete description of the portfolio by examining the mean and standard deviation.
5.7 Deviations From Normality and Alternative Risk Measures
The normal distribution is symmetric and has small probabilities of occurrences in the tails of the
distributions. Two departures from normal distributions that are observed with returns are the existence of
skewed distributions (Equation 5.19) and the existence of fat-tailed distributions (Equation 5.20). Figure
5.4A and 5.4B demonstrate these concepts.
Variance, while the standard for risk measurement, is not without its shortcomings. This section presents
a series of alternative risk measures. Value at Risk, Expected Shortfall, Sortino Ratio and calculating the
relative frequency of Large, Negative 3-Sigma returns are four risk measures which can complement
variance.

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5.8 Historical Returns on Risky Portfolios
The historical record on investments is presented in Figure 5.5, Table 5.3 and Figure 5.6 and Figure 5.7.
Table 5.4 show the monthly excess returns on the market index and four “style” portfolios. Figure 5.7
shows a century-plus-long history (1900–2015) of average excess returns in 20 stock markets. The mean
annual excess return across these countries was 7.40% and the median was 6.50%. Canada is on the lower
end of the graph, with a historical risk premium of below 6%.
5.9 Normality Long Term Investments
When estimating long-term risk premiums, return distributions can be asymmetric with a significant
positive skew. When compounding returns, the distribution of returns is lognormally distributed and not
normally distributed. Figur 5.8 and Table 5.5 show risk and return over the long haul; stocks can be more
risky and that terminal values can be less than risk-free securities.

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