Not exact matches
Beta is a measure of the
volatility, or
systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio, in comparison to the market as a whole.
Investors had grown fearful of
systematic selling — and no doubt weary of the «everything bubble» — but that sentiment was covert, not overt — while concern was building,
volatility targeting strategies no doubt followed January's melt - up into even more
risk.
Anecdotally, broad knowledge about the
risk of
systematic selling kept many investors fearful and waiting on the sidelines (both in equity and
volatility markets).
There are many types of
risks and here are few examples: Credit
Risk, Interest Rate
Risk,
Volatility Risk, Settlement
Risk, Market
Risk, Liquidity
Risk, Country
Risk, Operational
Risk, Model
Risk, Currency
Risk, Legal
Risk,
Systematic Risk and many other
risks.
This highly flawed concept, widely taught in MBA and financial engineering programs, perceives
volatility as an exogenous measurement of
risk, ignoring its role as both a source of excess returns, and a direct influencer on
risk itself...
Systematic strategies are based on market
volatility as a key decision metric for leverage... The majority of active management strategies rely on some form of
volatility for excess returns and to make leverage decisions.
• A beta of 1 indicates that the portfolio will move in the same direction, have the same
volatility and is sensitive to
systematic risk.
Systematic risk, or market
risk, is the
volatility that affects many industries, stocks and assets.
A close cousin of alpha, beta, is designed to measure
systematic risk or
volatility.
If we assume that the
risk - free rate is a 3 - month US Treasury (10 - year US Treasury is also common) and equal to 1.50 %, the portfolio beta is 1.60 (60 % more
systematic risk or
volatility than the benchmark), the benchmark has returned 10 % annualized, and the portfolio return is 20 %, we have:
Systematic risk, also known as «undiversifiable
risk,» «
volatility,» or «market
risk,» affects the overall market, not just a particular stock or industry.
Systematic Transfer Plan (STP): STP helps in mitigating the
risk arising from
volatility in equity markets by averaging out your cost of purchase of units.