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Introduction of Portfolio Optimization

Category: Accounting & Finance Paper Type: Report Writing Reference: APA Words: 960

                    In this report the deep insights regarding the efficient portfolio are described in detail.  Different Major Corporation has been selected for the creation of portfolio. In the report the correlation matrix is also computed. The portfolio optimization shows how an efficient portfolio can be created through taking lowest level of risk. However it is always said that the higher will be the risk the higher will be the level of profit. It is up to the investor to think whether he/she wants more risk or lower amount of risk. Portfolio are usually created to minimize the level of risk.

Constructed Portfolio

Provided Portfolio

Ticker

Name

Allocation

Min. Weight

Max. Weight

FDX

FedEx Corporation

5.00%

0.00%

100.00%

UPS

United Parcel Service, Inc.

20.00%

0.00%

100.00%

AAPL

Apple Inc.

20.00%

0.00%

100.00%

FB

Facebook, Inc.

5.00%

0.00%

100.00%

TWTR

Twitter, Inc.

5.00%

0.00%

100.00%

CAJ

Canon, Inc.

30.00%

0.00%

100.00%

NKO.TO

Niko Resources Ltd.

10.00%

0.00%

100.00%

SSNC

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

5.00%

0.00%

100.00%

 

        For the construction of portfolio it has been decided to invest in 8 different companies. The corporations which are selected for investment include Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Canon and UPS. All the organizations that are chosen for investment are renowned and among the largest corporations in the world. It is has been decided to allocate 20% in Apple, 30% in Canon 20% in UPS and 5% in FedEx (Melville, 2017).

Performance of Portfolio

Portfolio Performance

Metric

Provided Portfolio

Maximum Sharpe Ratio

Start Balance

$10,000

$10,000

End Balance

$11,497

$22,224

CAGR

6.65%

44.57%

Expected Return

8.51%

48.32%

Stdev

18.82%

23.96%

Best Year

24.30%

45.90%

Worst Year

-16.00%

18.26%

Max. Drawdown

-27.41%

-21.63%

Sharpe Ratio (ex-ante)

0.38

1.96

Sharpe Ratio (ex-post)

0.36

1.61

Sortino Ratio

0.52

3.81

US Stock Market Correlation

0.86

0.53

 

        The above table is depicting the performance of portfolio in the specific time period.  The portfolio is providing 8.51% of return. The standard deviation of the portfolio is 18.82%. the CAGR of the portfolio is 6.65% (Erickson, 2014).

Risk & Return of Portfolio

Risk and Return Metrics

Metric

Provided Portfolio

Maximum Sharpe Ratio

Arithmetic Mean (monthly)

0.68%

3.34%

Arithmetic Mean (annualized)

8.51%

48.32%

Geometric Mean (monthly)

0.54%

3.12%

Geometric Mean (annualized)

6.65%

44.57%

Volatility (monthly)

5.43%

6.92%

Volatility (annualized)

18.82%

23.96%

Downside Deviation (monthly)

3.74%

2.86%

Max. Drawdown

-27.41%

-21.63%

US Market Correlation

0.86

0.53

Beta (*)

1.29

1.02

Alpha (annualized)

-8.00%

27.23%

R Squared

73.53%

28.53%

Sharpe Ratio

0.36

1.61

Sortino Ratio

0.52

3.81

Treynor Ratio (%)

5.28

37.79

Active Return

-5.78%

32.14%

Tracking Error

10.35%

20.26%

Information Ratio

-0.56

1.59

Skewness

-0.68

0.33

Excess Kurtosis

1.37

-0.07

Historical Value-at-Risk (5%)

-12.70%

-7.64%

Analytical Value-at-Risk (5%)

-8.08%

-7.82%

Conditional Value-at-Risk (5%)

-13.70%

-7.99%

Upside Capture Ratio (%)

97.68

177.91

Downside Capture Ratio (%)

141.44

1.34

Sustainable Withdrawal Rate

55.00%

76.75%

Positive Periods

15 out of 26 (57.69%)

18 out of 26 (69.23%)

Gain/Loss Ratio

1.02

1.54

 

        The above table is providing the detail about the level of risk and return of the portfolio. The R square of the portfolio is 73.53% which is showing the influence of the various factors. The beta of portfolio is 1.29. Through analyzing the above figures it can be said that the level of return is greater than the return (Pandey, 2015).

Components of Portfolio

Portfolio Components

Ticker

Name

CAGR

Stdev

Best Year

Worst Year

Max. Drawdown

Sharpe Ratio

Sortino Ratio

US Mkt Correlation

FDX

FedEx Corporation

-0.41%

27.51%

35.22%

-34.66%

-37.88%

0.08

0.1

0.77

UPS

United Parcel Service, Inc.

1.47%

25.06%

13.97%

-15.48%

-20.90%

0.13

0.17

0.72

AAPL

Apple Inc.

22.36%

28.24%

48.48%

-5.39%

-30.46%

0.81

1.37

0.38

FB

Facebook, Inc.

16.93%

29.34%

53.38%

-25.71%

-32.54%

0.62

1.22

0.56

TWTR

Twitter, Inc.

34.10%

48.12%

47.30%

7.10%

-34.83%

0.82

1.42

-0.05

CAJ

Canon, Inc.

1.08%

16.50%

32.91%

-26.20%

-31.38%

0.06

0.09

0.54

NKO.TO

Niko Resources Ltd.

-52.42%

89.52%

0.00%

-66.67%

-81.82%

-0.41

-0.62

0.57

SSNC

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

43.42%

28.16%

42.53%

12.08%

-23.86%

1.38

3.52

0.65

 

In the above table the major components of the portfolio are described in detail (Christoffersen, 2011).

Monthly Correlation of Portfolio Optimization

Monthly Correlations

Ticker

Name

FDX

UPS

AAPL

FB

TWTR

CAJ

NKO.TO

SSNC

Provided Portfolio

Maximum Sharpe Ratio

FDX

FedEx Corporation

-

0.75

0.18

0.28

-0.07

0.26

0.51

0.35

0.68

0.26

UPS

United Parcel Service, Inc.

0.75

-

0.03

0.2

-0.36

0.28

0.48

0.34

0.63

0.1

AAPL

Apple Inc.

0.18

0.03

-

0.42

0.27

0.26

0.08

0.36

0.52

0.47

FB

Facebook, Inc.

0.28

0.2

0.42

-

0.38

0.5

0.02

0.37

0.5

0.52

TWTR

Twitter, Inc.

-0.07

-0.36

0.27

0.38

-

0

-0.29

-0.01

0

0.51

CAJ

Canon, Inc.

0.26

0.28

0.26

0.5

0

-

0.37

0.46

0.68

0.4

NKO.TO

Niko Resources Ltd.

0.51

0.48

0.08

0.02

-0.29

0.37

-

0.41

0.76

0.21

SSNC

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

0.35

0.34

0.36

0.37

-0.01

0.46

0.41

-

0.64

0.85

 

Conclusion on Portfolio Optimization

            If all the above discussion is summarized than it is evident that the portfolio is providing 8.51% of return. The standard deviation of the portfolio is 18.82%. The CAGR of the portfolio is 6.65%. The R square of the portfolio is 73.53% which is showing the influence of the various factors. The beta of portfolio is 1.29. Through analyzing the above figures it can be said that the level of return is greater than the return.

 References of Portfolio Optimization

Christoffersen, P. (2011). Elements of Financial Risk Management. Academic Press.

Erickson, K. (2014). Financial Risk Management: A Simple Introduction. K.H. Erickson.

Melville, A. (2017). International Financial Reporting: A Practical Guide (6 ed.). Pearson Higher Ed.

Pandey, I. (2015). Financial Management. Vikas Publishing House.

 

 

 

 

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