Lecture 6 Notes Too
Lecture 6 Notes Too
Lecture 6:
Performance and Attribution Analysis
Holding dicscussion
You may cover some of these aspects in your discussion:
1. Does the holding distribution (across country / sector) reflect your investment
strategy?
2. Can you explain the rationale of your over- or under- weighting certain sector and/or
region?
3. Can you back up your discussion with some industry and country analyses?
Fundamentals discussion
• Do the fundamentals reflect your original investment philosophy and strategy?
• Which fundamental measures are of your most concern? (e.g., P/E, Dividend yield ,
Cash flow?)
• Can you explain the difference in the fundamentals between your portfolio and the
benchmark?
Performance discussion
• You may cover some of these aspects in your discussion.
1. What is your overall return and risk in comparison to the selected benchmark (you
can use the active return figures and the risk adjusted measures in the Statistical
Summary tab)?
2. Comment on the overall return over the whole trading period; how is it related to
your investment strategy?
3. Is there any explanation for the difference e.g.
1. Does it suggest that your strategy is creating value?
2. Any key factors or large market movements that you consider to be
important? Are they fundamental (i.e. expected to persist) or temporary?
These questions can facilitate your assessment about how your portfolio
performance will evolve.
Attribution analysis
• In your team you may cover
• Which aspect of your investment decisions create or destroy value?
• Allocations – among sectors or countries
• Selections – within sectors or countries
• Currency – an indirect consequence of your country
• Do these findings consistent with your investment strategy? Link your
discussion with your holding analysis. If not,
• Are these effects temporary or expected to persist to the future.