Discount factor
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Lecture 10: Discount Factor, Beta, Mean-variance Frontier
• The following topics will be covered:– Discount factor (Existence Theorem– Beta Representations– Mean-variance Frontier– Relation between Discount Factors, Betas, and
Mean-variance Frontiers (Equivalence Theorem)– Implications
Materials are from chapters 4, 5, & 6, JC.
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Law of One Price
• Payoff space– The payoff space X is the set of all the payoffs that investors can
purchase, or it is a subset of the tradable payoffs that is used in a particular study.
– Payoff space includes some set of primitive assets, but investors can form new payoffs by forming portfolios of the primitive assets. This leads to:
• Portfolio formation (A1)– x1, x2 є X ax1 + bx2 є X for any real a, b.– i.e., $1 to get R, $2 to get 2R, -$1 to get -R– This assumption rules out short sell constraint, bid/ask spread, leverage
limitation, etc.– We can trade nonlinear functions of a basis payoff, e.g., call option
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Law of One Price
• Law of one price (A2): p(ax1+bx2)=ap(x1) + bp(x2)– linearity– The law of one price says that investors cannot make
instantaneous profits by repackaging portfolios.– The law is meant to describe a market that has already
reached equilibrium. If there are any violations of the law of one price, trader will quickly eliminate them so they cannot survive in equilibrium
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Theorem on the Existence of a Discount Factor
• Theorem: Given free portfolio formation A1, and the law of one price A2, there exists a unique payoff x* є X such that p(x)=E(x*x) for all x.– x* is a discount factor
• I.e., m=x* -- a special m• p(x) = E(mx) = E[proj(m|X)x] = E(x*x)
– x* = proj(m|X)• On the existence of m (the discount factor).• Unique in payoff space X.• See Figure 4.2• It can be shown that:
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What the Theorem Does Not Say
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No Arbitrage and Positive Discount Factors• No Arbitrage (absence of arbitrage)
– Positive payoff implies positive price. I.e., x>0 then p>0.
• m>0 implies no arbitrage• No arbitrage and the law of one price imply
m>0.
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What Does It Not Say?
• Discount factor m>0 exists, but it does not say that m>0 is unique.
• Does not say every m>0• We can extend the pricing function defined on X to all
possible payoffs Rs
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Explicit Formula for x*, the discount factor
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• Assuming the discount factor x* is the linear function of the shocks to payoffs: x* = E(x*) + (x – E(x))’b
• Finding b to ensure that x* prices the asset x:
p = E(xx*) = E(x*)E(x) + E[x(x – E(x))’]b
• We have:
• The convenient alternative formula:
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Expected Return-Beta Representation• Linear factor pricing model:
where β terms are defined as the coefficients in a multiple regression of returns on factors
Factors f are proxies for marginal utility growth. • The regression is not about predicting return from variables
seen ahead of time.• Its objective is to measure contemporaneous relations or
risk exposure
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Expected Return-Beta Representation
• Beta is the amount of exposure of asset i to factor a risks
• Expected return-beta relationship should be tested via cross-sectional regression
• Test the constraint:
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Some Common Special Cases
• If there is a risk-free rate, we have• If there is no risk-free rate, then γ must be
estimated in the cross-sectional regression. It is called zero-beta rate.
• In the form of excess returns, we have:
• Also, it is often the case that the factors are returns or excess returns.
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Mean-Variance Frontier• Mean –variance frontier of a given set of assets is the boundary of the set of means
and variances of the returns on all portfolios of the given assets.
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Lagrangian Approach to Get Mean-Variance Frontier
• Start with a vector of asset return R.
• mean return: E= E(R)
• variance-covariance matrix: ∑=E[(R-E)(R-E)’]
• we construct an optional portfolio and choose weight w
• Objective: choose a portfolio to minimize variance for a given mean:
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Solving the System• Introduce Lagrange multiplier on the constrains, we have:
• Note w is a vector• We have the expression for the variance of the minimum
variance portfolio specified in 5.7 (p82)– The variance is a quadratic function of the mean.
• Minimum variance portfolio has minimum variance, weight specified on page 83
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Orthogonal Decomposition and Mean-Variance Frontier
• Alternative approach to derive mean-variance frontier• Hansen and Richard (1987) approach• We can describe any return by a 3-way orthogonal
decomposition, then the problem is solved.• Define R* -- the return corresponding the payoff x*
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Orthogonal Decomposition and Mean-Variance Frontier
• Re* is an excess return that represents means on Re space with an inner product in the same way that x* is a payoff in X space that represents prices with an inner product.
• E(Re) = E[proj(1|Re) Re] = E(Re*Re)• Theorem: Every Ri can be expressed as Ri = R* + wiRe* + ni
where ni is an excess return with property E(ni) = 0 and the components are orthogonal.
• Theorem: Rmv is on the mean-variance frontier if and only if Rmv = R* + wiRe* for some real number w.
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Mean-Variance Frontier in Payoff Space
Note: Re space is the space of excess returns, thus p=0
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Orthogonal Decomposition in Mean Standard Deviation Space
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Algebraic Proof
• With decomposition, E(ni)=0 and that the three components are orthogonal, we have:
• For each desired value of the mean return, there is a unique wi that minimize variance for each mean.
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Spanning the Mean-Variance Frontier
• You can span the mean-variance frontier with any two portfolios that on the frontier
• Use risk free rate or its kind to span the space– Zero-beta return– Constant-mimicking portfolio return– Minimum variance return
• Span and diversification
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R*, Re*, x*(8) R* is the minimum second moment return(9) E(Re*) = E(Re*2)(10) If there is risk-free rate, Re*=1 - (1/Rf)*R*(11) Rf = R* + RfRe*
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Hansen and Jagannathan (1991) read this as a restriction on the set of discount factors that can price a given set of returns
We need very volatile discount factors with mean near 1 (E(m)=Rf when risk free rate exists) to understand stock returns.
The higher the Sharpe ratio, the tighter the bound on the volatility of discount factor
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Explicit Form
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Beta representation using x* and R*
Theorem: 1=E(mRi) implies an expected return-beta model x*=proj(m|X) or R*=x*/E(x*2) as factors,
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More …
MV Frontier p=E(mx) and β (page 103)
Discount factors and beta models to mean-variance frontier (page 110)
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Factor-Mimicking Portfolios• When factors are not already returns or excess returns, it is convenient to
express a beta pricing model in terms of its factor-mimicking portfolios rather than factors themselves.
• Defining f*=proj(f|X)• m=b’f carries the same pricing implication on X as does m=b’f• p=E(mx)=E(b’fx)=E[b’(proj(f|X)x]=E[b’f*x]• Factor mimicking return
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