Final Formula Sheet Draft
Final Formula Sheet Draft
Final Formula Sheet Draft
Note: this is the generic formula which you can transform to solve for FV, n and i
Solving for n requires the use of natural logarithms (not shown)
Solving for i:
C = coupon interest
M = principal payment upon maturity
N = term at maturity
P = price of the bond
Given the above formula as the price of a bond, solve for y which equates P (or bond price) to the present
values of the coupon payments (C) and the payment upon maturity (M)
Yield to call = adapt the above to a shortened term and a different bond value at the time it is called
Semi-annual coupon bonds = divide interest by 2, multiply n by 2
Expected rates of return = take a weighted average of each possible return (i.e. multiply each rate of
return by its probability) and then sum
Standard deviation = take the square root of the (sum of (return rate less expected return) squared
multiplied by its probability)
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) = risk free rate plus (Beta times the market premium)
The market premium = the market rate of return less the risk free rate
Portfolio expected rates of return = multiply the expected rates of return of each asset by their
percent contribution to the total portfolio value and then sum
Portfolio Beta = multiply the betas of each asset by their percent contribution to the total portfolio value
and then sum
Dividend yield = expected dividend in year 1 divided by stock price in year 0
The book defines the annual dividend payout as the dividend in year 1 and not the dividend in year 0.
Capital gains yield = (P1 less P0) divided by P0 = percent change in price
Expected total return = expected dividend yield plus expected capital gains
Dividend discount model (no growth) = price of a stock = dividend divided by required rate of return
Dividend discount model (constant growth) = price of a stock = dividend divided by (required rate of
return less growth rate)
Required rate of return = CAPM = risk-free rate of return plus market premium = expected rate of
return = (expected dividend in year 1/ price in year 0) + growth rate
The Hamada (
) equation solves for levered and unlevered betas given one or the other