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Formula for Expected Return on a Loan Portfolio with Default Risk

The expected return on a loan from a diversified portfolio is calculated by weighting the potential outcomes by their probabilities. For a loan with a repayment probability of pp at an interest rate of rr, and a default probability of (1p)(1-p) with zero recovery, the expected return is: (p×(1+r)×loan)+((1p)×0)(p \times (1+r) \times \text{loan}) + ((1-p) \times 0). For instance, with a 90% repayment probability and a 20% interest rate, the calculation is (0.9×1.2×loan)+(0.1×0)=1.08×loan(0.9 \times 1.2 \times \text{loan}) + (0.1 \times 0) = 1.08 \times \text{loan}, yielding an expected return of 8% on the loan.

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