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PERSONAL
FINANCE FOR
ENGINEERS
CS 007: SESSION 7
GOOD
INVESTING
IS BORING
CS 007
COMPOUNDING
good for savings. bad for debt.
THE MAGIC OF COMPOUNDING
• Not convinced that Albert Einstein
said it was the greatest force in the
universe.
• It's the key to almost all long term
financial planning.
• Exponentials are bad in algorithmic
cost, good for savings returns.
• The problem is that financial rates of
return seem small, particularly in the
early years.
• The key is to stick with it.
COMPOUNDING MADE EASY
• Rule of 72
• For each year, just use
=POWER(1+rate, year)
• 4% over 20 years is 2.19x
• 8% over 20 years is 4.66x
• Careful: it works on debt
just as well as savings... in
reverse!
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE (APR)
• Standardized measure of how expensive a
loan is, or the expected return of an
investment
• Needed because of the wide variety of
fees and interest-rate structures possible.
• Does not include compounding
• Tends to be higher than nominal interest
rate due to fees or related payment
requirements.
• APR = simple interest
APY = compound interest
1% monthly = 12% APR = 12.68% APY
APR = Periodic Rate x Number of Periods in a Year
APY = (1 + Periodic Rate) ^ Number of Periods - 1
APR ≠ APY
THE BENEFITS OF AN EARLY START
• Compounding really takes off
over long time periods
• Exponential functions are non-
linear. Every time period builds
on the previous one.
• In most retirement planning
models, money saved between
ages 25 - 35 produces more
assets in retirement than all
savings between 35 – 65!
Years Return at 8%
10 2.16x
20 4.66x
30 10.06x
40 21.72x
50 46.9x
CLASS SURVEY
how do we feel about investing?
IN WHICH TYPE OF MARKET WOULD YOU PREFER TO INVEST?
IN WHICH TYPE OF MARKET WOULD YOU PREFER TO SELL?
IN WHICH TYPE OF MARKET WOULD YOU PREFER TO SELL?
HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THE RIGHT RISK/REWARD BALANCE?
WHICH INVESTMENT WOULD YOU PREFER?
TYPES OF INVESTMENTS
stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate
COMMON WAYS TO INVEST
• We have aggregated over 200
years of data on the primary
ways that people invest their
money.
• Real return is return net of
inflation, which measures how
money devalues over time. (in
this chart, dollars)
• Stocks have the highest
annualized return over long time
periods, but also higher
volatility.
* http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/StockMarket.html
STOCKS / EQUITIES
• Stock is a security that represents
ownership in a corporation.
• There are over 3,000 publicly traded
stocks in the US alone.
• Returns based on capital appreciation
& dividends.
• Businesses over time grow with the
economy & adjust for inflation
• Many ways to sub-divide stocks:
• Large cap vs. Small cap
• US vs. Developed Markets vs.
Emerging Markets
• Growth vs. Value
BONDS
• A bond is a debt investment representing a
portion of a loan.
• Maturity date, coupon rate & market price
all matter. Typically issued at $1000 per
bond, but then trade at any price.
• Higher credit quality, the lower the rate.
• Returns based on capital appreciation &
interest income.
• U.S. Treasuries = key benchmark
• Many ways to sub-divide bonds:
• Government vs. Corporate
• Domestic vs. International
• Municipal bonds have special tax treatment
COMMODITIES
• A commodity is a basic good used in
commerce.
• Renewable (e.g. agriculture, lumber)
• Non-renewable (e.g. iron, oil, gold)
• Returns based on appreciation only.
• Simon-Ehrlich wager from 1980,
scarcity vs. tech. Pick commodities
non-government controlled, will they
rise or fall in price?
(Simon won in 1990, but there is quite
a bit of debate about alternate time
periods)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon–Ehrlich_wager
REAL ESTATE
• Real estate is a combination of
land & facilities that occupy
that land.
• Investment real estate excludes
your primary residence.
• Returns based both on rental
income & capital appreciation.
• Real Estate Investment Trusts
(REITs) trade on the public
markets w/ special tax
treatment.
DIVERSIFICATION
don’t turn down a free lunch
ASSET CLASSES: VOLATILITY & CORRELATION
• Asset classes vary in
terms of historical return,
but also vary in volatility
• Movements of different
asset classes vary in
correlation
• Asset class correlation
has been increasing over
time, but still varies.
* https://research.wealthfront.com/whitepapers/investment-methodology/
RISK-ADJUSTED RETURN
• Absolute return of an
asset class isn’t the only
thing that matters.
Volatility also matters.
• Bill Sharpe developed the
Sharpe Ratio in 1966,
revised in 1994.
MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY
• Harry Markowitz
introduced in 1952.
Nobel Prize.
• You can reduce portfolio
risk for a given expected
return by combining
different asset profiles
• The Markowitz Bullet
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_portfolio_theory
TAXES MATTER
• Tax rates vary for interest,
dividends & capital gains.
• Asset classes vary in terms of
the source of their historical
return.
• After-tax risk-adjusted return
is critical for taxable accounts.
• Before-tax risk-adjusted
return is critical for tax-
deferred accounts (401k, IRA)
* https://research.wealthfront.com/whitepapers/investment-methodology/
HOW TO INVEST
what to do & why you do it
BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS
• In most countries, large banks provide
brokerage services.
• In the United States, brokerages are financial
firms that offer security accounts, regulated by
the SEC & FINRA.
• Most large banks have acquired or built
brokerages.
• These are not bank accounts, but they are
institutions where you can deposit money and
purchase (and sell) securities.
• Unlike bank accounts, you can lose money.
Investments can and do go down, sometimes
over long periods of time.
• SIPC insurance created in 1970, is currently
$500,000. Covers when brokerages
inappropriately endanger customer assets.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE INVESTMENT RETURN?
• Alpha α is defined as excess return
over the market rate of return.
• Beta β is defined as the measure of
volatility compared to its market
benchmark over time.
• Beta of 1 implies expected market
performance & volatility.
• Both are derived from the Capital
Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
• The key is to achieve the best risk-
adjusted return, net of fees &
taxes.
TYPES OF INVESTMENT APPROACH
• Fundamental analysis attempts to
choose securities based on the
business performance & valuation.
• Technical analysis attempts to choose
securities based on price patterns.
• Neither have demonstrated credible
& repeatable above-market risk-
adjusted performance net of fees in
practice for the average professional.
• Fundamental analysis is very useful as
a business owner & operator. Warren
Buffett annual letters are famous for
good reason.
THE SECULAR RISE OF INDEX FUNDS
• A Random Walk Down Wall Street was
published in 1973.
• Vanguard launched the first consumer-
focused index mutual fund on Dec 31,
1975.
• Index funds now hold more than $4 trillion
in assets, and represent the majority of
new equity fund inflows.
• Large difference between broad, market
based index funds (like VTI) and niche
index funds based on alternate
approaches or subsets of the market.
• Factor-based investing has credible
academic evidence, but the primary issue
in practice has been high fees.
GOOD INVESTING IS
BORING
otherwise, you are doing it wrong.
GOOD INVESTING IS BORING
• No one wants to be average,
but with investing, “average”
is actually well above
average.
• You will beat most mutual
funds, hedge funds & your
peers with simple, low cost
index funds.
• Asset allocation explains
~90% of the variance in
manager performance
A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALL STREET
• Over 40 years old, by famous
Princeton economist Burt Malkiel
• Most professionals fail to beat a
simple market-weighted index, net
of fees.
• The fee is the killer. It means
professionals have to reliably beat
the index by more than their fee.
• The ones who do, don’t repeat for
the next time period.
• Keep your fees low by using index
funds for each asset.
RETAIL INVESTORS DO WORSE THAN THE PROS
• Dalbar publishes research
annually covering 20 years of
retail investor returns.
• The average equity investor
underperformed the S&P 500 by
4.32% over the 20 year period
from 1992-2011. **
• The overall S&P 500 return over
the same time period was 7.75%
with dividends reinvested. *
• Biggest causes are high fees and
market timing errors.
* https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/ ** https://www.dalbar.com/QAIB/Index
MARKET TIMING IS TERRIBLE
• History of money flowing
into equities shows how
badly people do.
• Dalbar research consistently
shows market timing as one
of the main reason retail
investors underperform the
market.
• You have to be right twice.
• Just. Keep. Saving.
ASSET CLASSES: WINNERS RARELY REPEAT
• Asset classes vary in terms
of historical return, but also
vary in volatility
• Movements of different
asset classes vary in
correlation
• Asset class correlation has
been increasing over time,
but still varies.
• Stay diversified.
* https://research.wealthfront.com/whitepapers/investment-methodology/
* https://blog.wealthfront.com/why-you-shouldnt-just-invest-in-the-s-p-500/
REBALANCING
• Over long time periods, asset
allocation will drift due to varied
performance.
• Tax efficient methods: intelligent
dividend reinvestment, deposits,
withdrawals.
• Trigger-based rebalancing
occurs only after a certain %
drift from the ideal allocation.
• Reduces risk over time, does not
necessarily improve returns.
FOUR KEYS TO GOOD INVESTING
Keep Saving1
2 Low Fees
3
4 Minimize Taxes
Stay Diversified
IT’S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT.
Stanford CS 007-07 (2020): Personal Finance for Engineers / Investing
QUESTIONS
CS 007
WEEK 8: FINANCIAL GOALS
• How to Plan for Financial Goals
• Different Types of Goals:
Travel, Marriage, House, Children,
College, Starting a Business,
Retirement
• Life Insurance
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Stanford CS 007-07 (2020): Personal Finance for Engineers / Investing

  • 4. THE MAGIC OF COMPOUNDING • Not convinced that Albert Einstein said it was the greatest force in the universe. • It's the key to almost all long term financial planning. • Exponentials are bad in algorithmic cost, good for savings returns. • The problem is that financial rates of return seem small, particularly in the early years. • The key is to stick with it.
  • 5. COMPOUNDING MADE EASY • Rule of 72 • For each year, just use =POWER(1+rate, year) • 4% over 20 years is 2.19x • 8% over 20 years is 4.66x • Careful: it works on debt just as well as savings... in reverse!
  • 6. ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE (APR) • Standardized measure of how expensive a loan is, or the expected return of an investment • Needed because of the wide variety of fees and interest-rate structures possible. • Does not include compounding • Tends to be higher than nominal interest rate due to fees or related payment requirements. • APR = simple interest APY = compound interest 1% monthly = 12% APR = 12.68% APY APR = Periodic Rate x Number of Periods in a Year APY = (1 + Periodic Rate) ^ Number of Periods - 1 APR ≠ APY
  • 7. THE BENEFITS OF AN EARLY START • Compounding really takes off over long time periods • Exponential functions are non- linear. Every time period builds on the previous one. • In most retirement planning models, money saved between ages 25 - 35 produces more assets in retirement than all savings between 35 – 65! Years Return at 8% 10 2.16x 20 4.66x 30 10.06x 40 21.72x 50 46.9x
  • 8. CLASS SURVEY how do we feel about investing?
  • 9. IN WHICH TYPE OF MARKET WOULD YOU PREFER TO INVEST?
  • 10. IN WHICH TYPE OF MARKET WOULD YOU PREFER TO SELL?
  • 11. IN WHICH TYPE OF MARKET WOULD YOU PREFER TO SELL?
  • 12. HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THE RIGHT RISK/REWARD BALANCE?
  • 13. WHICH INVESTMENT WOULD YOU PREFER?
  • 14. TYPES OF INVESTMENTS stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate
  • 15. COMMON WAYS TO INVEST • We have aggregated over 200 years of data on the primary ways that people invest their money. • Real return is return net of inflation, which measures how money devalues over time. (in this chart, dollars) • Stocks have the highest annualized return over long time periods, but also higher volatility. * http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/StockMarket.html
  • 16. STOCKS / EQUITIES • Stock is a security that represents ownership in a corporation. • There are over 3,000 publicly traded stocks in the US alone. • Returns based on capital appreciation & dividends. • Businesses over time grow with the economy & adjust for inflation • Many ways to sub-divide stocks: • Large cap vs. Small cap • US vs. Developed Markets vs. Emerging Markets • Growth vs. Value
  • 17. BONDS • A bond is a debt investment representing a portion of a loan. • Maturity date, coupon rate & market price all matter. Typically issued at $1000 per bond, but then trade at any price. • Higher credit quality, the lower the rate. • Returns based on capital appreciation & interest income. • U.S. Treasuries = key benchmark • Many ways to sub-divide bonds: • Government vs. Corporate • Domestic vs. International • Municipal bonds have special tax treatment
  • 18. COMMODITIES • A commodity is a basic good used in commerce. • Renewable (e.g. agriculture, lumber) • Non-renewable (e.g. iron, oil, gold) • Returns based on appreciation only. • Simon-Ehrlich wager from 1980, scarcity vs. tech. Pick commodities non-government controlled, will they rise or fall in price? (Simon won in 1990, but there is quite a bit of debate about alternate time periods) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon–Ehrlich_wager
  • 19. REAL ESTATE • Real estate is a combination of land & facilities that occupy that land. • Investment real estate excludes your primary residence. • Returns based both on rental income & capital appreciation. • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) trade on the public markets w/ special tax treatment.
  • 21. ASSET CLASSES: VOLATILITY & CORRELATION • Asset classes vary in terms of historical return, but also vary in volatility • Movements of different asset classes vary in correlation • Asset class correlation has been increasing over time, but still varies. * https://research.wealthfront.com/whitepapers/investment-methodology/
  • 22. RISK-ADJUSTED RETURN • Absolute return of an asset class isn’t the only thing that matters. Volatility also matters. • Bill Sharpe developed the Sharpe Ratio in 1966, revised in 1994.
  • 23. MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY • Harry Markowitz introduced in 1952. Nobel Prize. • You can reduce portfolio risk for a given expected return by combining different asset profiles • The Markowitz Bullet * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_portfolio_theory
  • 24. TAXES MATTER • Tax rates vary for interest, dividends & capital gains. • Asset classes vary in terms of the source of their historical return. • After-tax risk-adjusted return is critical for taxable accounts. • Before-tax risk-adjusted return is critical for tax- deferred accounts (401k, IRA) * https://research.wealthfront.com/whitepapers/investment-methodology/
  • 25. HOW TO INVEST what to do & why you do it
  • 26. BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS • In most countries, large banks provide brokerage services. • In the United States, brokerages are financial firms that offer security accounts, regulated by the SEC & FINRA. • Most large banks have acquired or built brokerages. • These are not bank accounts, but they are institutions where you can deposit money and purchase (and sell) securities. • Unlike bank accounts, you can lose money. Investments can and do go down, sometimes over long periods of time. • SIPC insurance created in 1970, is currently $500,000. Covers when brokerages inappropriately endanger customer assets.
  • 27. HOW DO YOU MEASURE INVESTMENT RETURN? • Alpha α is defined as excess return over the market rate of return. • Beta β is defined as the measure of volatility compared to its market benchmark over time. • Beta of 1 implies expected market performance & volatility. • Both are derived from the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) • The key is to achieve the best risk- adjusted return, net of fees & taxes.
  • 28. TYPES OF INVESTMENT APPROACH • Fundamental analysis attempts to choose securities based on the business performance & valuation. • Technical analysis attempts to choose securities based on price patterns. • Neither have demonstrated credible & repeatable above-market risk- adjusted performance net of fees in practice for the average professional. • Fundamental analysis is very useful as a business owner & operator. Warren Buffett annual letters are famous for good reason.
  • 29. THE SECULAR RISE OF INDEX FUNDS • A Random Walk Down Wall Street was published in 1973. • Vanguard launched the first consumer- focused index mutual fund on Dec 31, 1975. • Index funds now hold more than $4 trillion in assets, and represent the majority of new equity fund inflows. • Large difference between broad, market based index funds (like VTI) and niche index funds based on alternate approaches or subsets of the market. • Factor-based investing has credible academic evidence, but the primary issue in practice has been high fees.
  • 30. GOOD INVESTING IS BORING otherwise, you are doing it wrong.
  • 31. GOOD INVESTING IS BORING • No one wants to be average, but with investing, “average” is actually well above average. • You will beat most mutual funds, hedge funds & your peers with simple, low cost index funds. • Asset allocation explains ~90% of the variance in manager performance
  • 32. A RANDOM WALK DOWN WALL STREET • Over 40 years old, by famous Princeton economist Burt Malkiel • Most professionals fail to beat a simple market-weighted index, net of fees. • The fee is the killer. It means professionals have to reliably beat the index by more than their fee. • The ones who do, don’t repeat for the next time period. • Keep your fees low by using index funds for each asset.
  • 33. RETAIL INVESTORS DO WORSE THAN THE PROS • Dalbar publishes research annually covering 20 years of retail investor returns. • The average equity investor underperformed the S&P 500 by 4.32% over the 20 year period from 1992-2011. ** • The overall S&P 500 return over the same time period was 7.75% with dividends reinvested. * • Biggest causes are high fees and market timing errors. * https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/ ** https://www.dalbar.com/QAIB/Index
  • 34. MARKET TIMING IS TERRIBLE • History of money flowing into equities shows how badly people do. • Dalbar research consistently shows market timing as one of the main reason retail investors underperform the market. • You have to be right twice. • Just. Keep. Saving.
  • 35. ASSET CLASSES: WINNERS RARELY REPEAT • Asset classes vary in terms of historical return, but also vary in volatility • Movements of different asset classes vary in correlation • Asset class correlation has been increasing over time, but still varies. • Stay diversified. * https://research.wealthfront.com/whitepapers/investment-methodology/ * https://blog.wealthfront.com/why-you-shouldnt-just-invest-in-the-s-p-500/
  • 36. REBALANCING • Over long time periods, asset allocation will drift due to varied performance. • Tax efficient methods: intelligent dividend reinvestment, deposits, withdrawals. • Trigger-based rebalancing occurs only after a certain % drift from the ideal allocation. • Reduces risk over time, does not necessarily improve returns.
  • 37. FOUR KEYS TO GOOD INVESTING Keep Saving1 2 Low Fees 3 4 Minimize Taxes Stay Diversified IT’S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT.
  • 40. WEEK 8: FINANCIAL GOALS • How to Plan for Financial Goals • Different Types of Goals: Travel, Marriage, House, Children, College, Starting a Business, Retirement • Life Insurance • Couples & Financial Decisions