Arbitrage Pricing Theory Arbitrage-arises if an investor can construct a zero investment portfolio with a sure profit Since no investment is required, an investor can create large positions to secure large levels of profit

Fourth Edition Advantages of the Single Index Model Reduces the number of inputs for diversification. Portfolio of 50 assets 50 expected returns;50 variances 1225 covariance. too difficult a task

INVESTMENTS Individhual assets and frontier portfolio So far we have learned: 1. Investor hold portfolios to reduce risk. \Non-systematic risks\ of individual assets does not matter. only \systematic risks\matter. 2. Investors hold only frontier portfolios. The natural questions to ask next are:

INVESTMENTS Two-Security Portfolio: Return rp =W+W2r2 W Proportion of funds in Security 1 W2 Proportion of funds in Security 2 =Expected return on Security 1

Capital allocation The choice of proportion in safe asset and proportion in risky asset; Most institutional investors follows top- down analysis---The first part is asset allocation and the next part is security selection decision

INVESTMENTS h Ealiti Risky Investments with Risk-Free Irrvestrent

Course overview The focus of this course is on financial theory and empirical evidence that are useful for investment decisions. The topics include: Financial theory: This include portfolio theory, CAPM, APT, discount factor model, they are important for decision-making in investments;

Types of market efficiency The weak-form of efficiency: price accurately reflect all information that can be derived by examining market trading data such as past prices, trading volume, short interest rate, etc

案例:黑龙江省政府与光大证券合作 光大证券与黑龙江省政府财务协议,黑龙江省政府要求 应黑龙江省政府的要求,对政府欲出让的企业设计必要的重组方 案,为拟出让的公司之企业形象和业务发展方向定为;为黑龙江 省政府设计合理的企业改制重组方案及与投资人谈判的方案和策 略,最大程度保障黑龙江省政府的利益;利用光大证券在国内外 资本市场的关系

案例:TCL集团整体上市 一、背景介绍 二、方案分析 三、关键问题 四、经验总结