Today’s Post will be a ongoing project that is focused on Math All Finance Professionals need to master. I feel I do need to share this next part. This Post is not meant to be a Mathematicians Whiteboard. Not the best written. Just the way I communicate. TIA.
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The First Calculation I would like to introduce is “Total Return”.
Total Return
Let’s complete a Formula on Total Return,
One Thousand shares of P&G are purchased at $32 dollars per share and Sold back into the Market at $28 dollars per share. A Cash dividend was paid to you the investor of $3 annually. What is your Total Return?
Take $32 – $28 = -4
Then we will take our -$4 and then add our Dividend of $3 which Equals = $1
Then We take our $1 and divide by / our original $32 which equals? = 0.03125
For Keeping things simple we also need to take our answer of 0.03125 and multiply by 100 for our answer.
Equals? = Negative -3.12% is our Total Return. ” You Lost Money”
Easy Enough? Good!
Current Yield
Current Yield is what you take Home vs. What you spent on the Bond Investment.
Let’s say you buy 1 one 8% Insight Corp. Corporate Debenture / Bond, it’s trading at 102. (YOU SHOULD KNOW ALL BOND’s START AT PAR. PAR=$1000 investment) So that means you spent $1000 on your bond.
The Bond is trading at 102 on the Secondary Market.
Your Annual Coupon (Annual Coupon = Yearly Payment for buying Bond) is $80.
Annual Coupon 80 then we divide by our 102 (102 = PAR plus 20: 1020) 1020.
Our Current Yield is?
80/1020 = (7.8%)current yield
SHARPE RATIO
Named after American economist, William Sharpe, the Sharpe Ratio (or Sharpe Index or Modified Sharpe Ratio) is commonly used to gauge the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk.
The higher the ratio, the greater the investment return relative to the amount of risk taken, and thus, the better the investment. The ratio can be used to evaluate a single stock or investment, or an entire portfolio.
Sharpe Ratio Formula
Sharpe Ratio = (Rx – Rf) / StdDev Rx
Where:
Rx = Expected portfolio return
Rf = Risk-free rate of return
StdDev Rx = Standard deviation of portfolio return (or, volatility)
What is Asset Allocation? How do Portfolio’s take shape with investment choices? And how do Investment Advisors, CFP’s, and Wealth Management, Asset Managers, Fund Managers use Asset Allocation? All good questions! Todays article is for you. This is a very broad topic. And there are many moving parts. This post is meant to give you a better top down view into how “Financial Advisors, and Asset Managers Allocate Assets to Fictional Portfolios. And the process” This post should not be used as personal or professional Investment Advice.
Interestingly I am learning a ton as I continue to study the fine art and processes of Wealth Management, and earning my License as a Independent Financial Advisor. One of the latest Youtube Channels I have been listening to is Family Office Club, they do touch on Asset Allocation and so do several Podcasts I have listening to in my spare time.
Investment Advisor Podcast
Back to me listening to Podcasts. One of the Podcasts I highly recommend is Money for the Rest of Us. Hosted by experienced Institutional Investment Advisor J. David Stein. In all this content you can be sure to hear Tax Optimization, Retirement, Investing Smart, and Asset Allocation for large and small family portfolio’s and a ton more. In todays article I am going to demystify a bit “How Financial Advisors grow, protect, and leverage investment opportunities while deciding “How much and where to Invest their Capital?”
Blackstone Investment Choices For Investment Advisors
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“How do Financial Advisors Allocate Capital For Investments?”
If your reading my article? I am positive I know what your thinking? “How do Financial Advisors Allocate Capital and make Investment Choices?” This is where working closely with a Licensed Financial Advisor starts to pay dividends.
Maybe your a Entrepreneur that has had a recent liquidity event? Maybe your a Executive that has had a Exit Opportunity moving towards you on your professional Horizon? Or Maybe? Your a NFL, NBA, or a Music Artist who needs to know your options and what comes next? And you have questions. Well this post should help you with your questions, and will delve into “How Financial Advisors Manage, Grow, Diversify, and Protect your Portfolio. For the Sole Purpose of Preservation of Wealth”.
First what we would generally do? Meet face to face and learn more about each other. Maybe play golf, go on a Offshore Fishing Trip, or Ski Trip, or even you invite us to travel with you as you continue to work. After your thoroughly acquainted with the advisor of your choosing and have interviewed several other Advisors? You decide who you can trust and who is capable of protecting your assets while giving you room for growth and let’s not forget providing concierge style of extraordinary service.
Later after we begin to explore what are the most important things? Here are some questions that get us heading in the right direction. Usually we would sit down and talk about a list of questions to consider. Examples? Do you have any appetite for risk? On a scale of 1-10 “How important is preserving your principle?” On a scale of 1-10 do you require Income from your Capital? On a scale of 1-10 are you seeking to grow your capital? “What is the time horizon we need to consider?”
“Financial Advisors & Client Objectives and Recommendations”
Did you know? “Financial Advisors develop a Plan based on your goals and objectives? It’s how we begin to develop a plan as Fiduciary’s and how we consider Suitability of Securities and Investments.
Allocation of Capital
Most Investment Advisors have a list of Investment Opportunities they can allocate capital to for your Portfolio. This list is sort of unique to each Financial Advisor. Because they have done their due diligence on the offering or security. This list is unique and usually is one of the many reasons “Why” High Net Worth Families and Individuals have sought out the services of a Investment Advisor. In order for a Allocation of Capital to Happen? Financial Advisors first need to finish the financial plan to get you and your Assets into a Portfolio that has a purpose and objective. In simple terms? “We look at it like placing you into a car and getting you from Point A to Point B. We must have a financial destination.” And this is where our list of Investment Vehicles comes into the picture.
“Portfolio Asset Allocation”
Ok once we have asked Hard Questions and developed a Plan we can now begin to allocate capital to investment vehicles that have specific goals and objectives.
BONDS & CREDIT MARKET SECURITIES
Example: We may allocate 40% of your capital for Municipal or Corporate Bonds after we have carefully considered your Tax Bracket. The main reason we would use Bonds? Is because they offer a excellant opportunity to generate Income as an Investment Vehicle. Make sense? Excellent.
STOCKS
Another Example of making a Asset Allocation in our fictional Portfolio? If we have had a conversation about introducing an Equity portion into your portfolio with calculated Risk? We would begin to carefully consider using Stocks as an Investment Vehicle. Meticulously making sure we are using tools that could minimize risk of big swings in market volatility to your Stock positions. Yes we have tools that can do this. However if we are properly diversified? This can be a fantastic way to use Growth Stocks as investment vehicles to grow your Portfolio and capital.
Investment Vehicles Used For Asset Allocations By Investment Advisors
Since Asset Allocation is a complex subject. We honestly do not have enough time to write about all the Investment Vehicles and Securities we use for Client Portfolios. However here are some additional Choices we use for Asset Allocation. CDs, money market accounts, high-yield savings accounts, government bonds, and Treasury bills, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Mutual Funds, Index Funds, Exchange Traded Notes, Investment Funds by Direct Participation Programs, and much more.
Asset Management Goal? Preservation and Capital Growth
Bottom line up front, I genuinely hope you learned a few things during todays Post of Asset Allocation? Todays post was meant to give a brief view for anyone who was curious how Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers divide up capital and build a fictional portfolio. This is a very general topic. Not in depth. The width of this topic is very wide. But if you ask me? One constant should always be placed a the forefront of Asset Management. “That is the Preservation of Capital” In the Grand Scheme of Investing? That is all that matters. I do hope you learned and discovered a few things today. And please reach out if you feel I could be helpful.
