modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors

A popular investment structured product in Puerto Rico is the stock markettied Individual Retirement Account (IRA), which offers some stock market growth while protecting the principal. The performance of these retirement strategies has yet to be studied. This work examines the expected return and r...

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Main Authors: Jiaer He, Roberto Rivera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Puerto Rico 2024-06-01
Series:Fórum Empresarial
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Online Access:https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/forumempresarial/article/view/21422
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description A popular investment structured product in Puerto Rico is the stock markettied Individual Retirement Account (IRA), which offers some stock market growth while protecting the principal. The performance of these retirement strategies has yet to be studied. This work examines the expected return and risk of Puerto Rico stock market IRAs (PRIRAs) and compares their statistical properties with other investment instruments after tax. We propose a parametric modeling approach for structured products and apply it to PRIRAs. Our method first estimates the conditional expected return (and variance) of PRIRA assets from which we extract marginal moments through the Law of Iterated Expectation. Our results indicate that PRIRAs underperform against investing directly in the stock market while carrying substantial risk. PRIRAs may be reasonable for some risk-averse investors due to their principal protection and tax deferral.
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spelling doaj-art-3538c7b60fe14973967bbdc504987a732025-08-20T02:04:48ZengUniversidad de Puerto RicoFórum Empresarial1541-85612475-87522024-06-01577310.33801/fe.v28i2.2142216130modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floorsJiaer He0Roberto Rivera1University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Puerto RicoUniversity of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Puerto RicoA popular investment structured product in Puerto Rico is the stock markettied Individual Retirement Account (IRA), which offers some stock market growth while protecting the principal. The performance of these retirement strategies has yet to be studied. This work examines the expected return and risk of Puerto Rico stock market IRAs (PRIRAs) and compares their statistical properties with other investment instruments after tax. We propose a parametric modeling approach for structured products and apply it to PRIRAs. Our method first estimates the conditional expected return (and variance) of PRIRA assets from which we extract marginal moments through the Law of Iterated Expectation. Our results indicate that PRIRAs underperform against investing directly in the stock market while carrying substantial risk. PRIRAs may be reasonable for some risk-averse investors due to their principal protection and tax deferral.https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/forumempresarial/article/view/21422individual retirement accountspuerto rico investment companies actpassive investingstock marketbond market
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modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors
Fórum Empresarial
individual retirement accounts
puerto rico investment companies act
passive investing
stock market
bond market
title modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors
title_full modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors
title_fullStr modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors
title_full_unstemmed modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors
title_short modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors
title_sort modeling approach of return and volatility of structured investment products with caps and floors
topic individual retirement accounts
puerto rico investment companies act
passive investing
stock market
bond market
url https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/forumempresarial/article/view/21422
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