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2 Classical measures of portfolio performance.(Portfolio Performance Evaluation)
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Foundations and Trends in Finance
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April 1, 2006
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This chapter provides an overview of the classical measures of risk-adjusted portfolio performance. We first describe the general logic that lies behind all of the measures, and then define the individual measures. We then discuss the theoretical properties of the measures in more detail. Finally, we look at empirical estimation of the measures on actual managed portfolios, and review the empirical evidence based on the classical measures.
2.1 The Measures: An Overview
The main idea in most of the classical measures of investment performance is quite simple. The measures essentially compare the return of a managed portfolio over some evaluation period to the return of ...