CAPM 1Q18 SNAPSHOT (GBP)

• The Capital Allocation Line is the line that links the risk-free asset with the market portfolio.
• We use index/ETF proxies for these asset classes for GBP-based investors.
• We chart recent historic and medium/long-term expected risk/returns for these asset classes to get a snapshot of where markets positioning at 1q18.

CAPM 1Q18 SNAPSHOT (GBP)
The Capital Allocation Line is the line that links the risk-free asset with the market portfolio.
For GBP-based investors, we use UK Government Bonds as a proxy for the risk-free asset, and UK Equities as a proxy for the market portfolio.

For 5 year, and Long-term, expected risk/return of these asset classes we use estimates from BlackRock Investment Institute.

As expected, the CAL is upwards sloping: the higher the expected risk, the higher the expected return.

For comparison, we superimpose on to those estimates, a snapshot of the historic 1 year and 3 year actual risk/return of these asset classes based on the performance of their respective ETFs.

​This gives an informative snapshot over capital market performance and outlook for GBP-based investors.