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You possess the following three securities in a portfolio with their respective Beta values noted.
Name |
Beta |
Percentage of portfolio |
OKA Ltd |
1.7 |
25% |
Techno Ltd |
0.9 |
37.5% |
Dynamic Ltd |
1.1 |
37.5% |
Analyse and interpret the Beta values of each of the companies offering insight into the risk of each firm as represented by their Beta values. Which firm has provided the highest returns historically when the market has been performing well, all things being equal?
Beta is measure of systematic risk of the stock and indicates it’s volatility in comparison of market. If beta is near to one this indicates that the stock moves with the market and lower beta means that the stock is less volatile than market. Higher beta indicates that stock is more volatile than the market. Therefore volatility of securities Techno Ltd (beta 0.9) Dynamic Ltd (beta 1.1) is near to market index as their beta is near to 1. But for security OKA Ltd beta is 1.7 which is more than 1 therefore it will fluctuate more in comparison of the market. The security OKA will be more volatile and has the potential of higher return. Therefore we can assume that company OKA has provided the highest returns historically when the market has been performing well, all things being equal and it is good for aggressive investment.