A Concave Security Market Line

55 Pages Posted: 4 Apr 2011 Last revised: 20 May 2018

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Enrico G. De Giorgi

University of St. Gallen - SEPS: Economics and Political Sciences; Swiss Finance Institute

Thierry Post

Graduate School of Business of Nazarbayev University

Atakan Yalcin

Ozyegin University

Date Written: November 29, 2013

Abstract

We provide theoretical and empirical arguments in favor of a diminishing marginal premium for market risk. In capital market equilibrium with binding portfolio restrictions, investors with different risk aversion levels generally hold different sets of risky securities. Whereas the traditional linear relation breaks down, equilibrium can be described or approximated by a concave relation between expected return and market beta, and a concave relationship between market alpha and market beta. An empirical analysis of U.S. stock market data confirms the existence of a significant concave cross-sectional relation between average return and estimated market beta. We estimate that the market risk premium is at least five to six percent per annum, substantially above traditional estimates. A practical implication for active portfolio managers is that the alpha of "betting against beta" strategies seems dominated by the medium-minus-high-beta spread rather than the low minus-medium-beta spread. The success of such strategies thus largely depends on underweighting or short selling high-beta stocks.

Keywords: capital market equilibrium, asset pricing, investment restrictions, portfolio theory, market beta, stock selection

JEL Classification: G12, C21

Suggested Citation

De Giorgi, Enrico G. and Post, Thierry and Yalcin, Atakan, A Concave Security Market Line (November 29, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1800229 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1800229

Enrico G. De Giorgi (Contact Author)

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Thierry Post

Graduate School of Business of Nazarbayev University ( email )

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Atakan Yalcin

Ozyegin University ( email )

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Turkey
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