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                                20. The structure of equity risk models
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Printable Handouts
Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
 - Stock risk models - Why bother?
 - Generic risk modelling
 - Building a generic risk model
 - Generic stock return and risk
 - Covariance between stocks
 - Generic notation
 - Generic portfolio holdings
 - Generic portfolio return (1)
 - Generic portfolio return (2)
 - Generic portfolio risk
 - Practical risk modelling
 - Two significant decisions -- Tree diagram
 - Practical choices (1)
 - Practical choices (2)
 - Practical issues
 - Issues of observability and the number of numbers
 - Practical consequences at the stock level
 - Practial consequences at the portfolio level (1)
 - Practical consequences at the portfolio level (2)
 - A short digression
 - Stock selection model application
 - Stock selection models?
 - Choosing the right factors
 - Factor orthogonality
 - Choosing factors for a risk model
 - Summary
 
Topics Covered
- Stock risk models for portfolio risk analysis
 - Generic risk model data
 - Betas and covariances
 - Two significant choices about structure and their consequences for estimation error
 - The impact on portfolio risk forecasts
 - A short digression on stock selection
 - Choosing factors
 
Talk Citation
MacQueen, J. (2007, October 1). The structure of equity risk models [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 4, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/TBQJ9828.Export Citation (RIS)