Consider the annual returns produced by two different active equity portfolio managers (A and B) as well as those to the stock index with which they are both compared:   Period Manager A Manager B Index 1 12.7 % 13.5 % 11.6 % 2 -1.6   -4.5   -2.3   3 14.9   13.2   18.9   4 0.5   2.2   -0.6   5 -7.6   -6.7   -3.5   6 24.8   24.3   21.6   7 -10.7   -12.2   -13.2   8 5.2   5.5   5.1   9 2.6   4.3   2.6   10 19.1   18.3   19.3     Did either manager outperform the index, based on the average annual return differential that he or she produced relative to the benchmark? Use a minus sign to enter negative values, if any. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Manager A:   % Manager B:   %  's average return is less than the index and  's average exceeded that of the index. Calculate the tracking error for each manager relative to the index. Which manager did a better job of limiting his or her client's unsystematic risk exposure? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. Manager A:   % Manager B:   %  did the better job of limiting the client's exposure to unsystematic risk as the difference between manager's returns and those of the index has a  standard deviation

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Consider the annual returns produced by two different active equity portfolio managers (A and B) as well as those to the stock index with which they are both compared:

 

Period Manager A Manager B Index
1 12.7 % 13.5 % 11.6 %
2 -1.6   -4.5   -2.3  
3 14.9   13.2   18.9  
4 0.5   2.2   -0.6  
5 -7.6   -6.7   -3.5  
6 24.8   24.3   21.6  
7 -10.7   -12.2   -13.2  
8 5.2   5.5   5.1  
9 2.6   4.3   2.6  
10 19.1   18.3   19.3  

 

    1. Did either manager outperform the index, based on the average annual return differential that he or she produced relative to the benchmark? Use a minus sign to enter negative values, if any. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

Manager A:   %

Manager B:   %

 's average return is less than the index and  's average exceeded that of the index.

  1. Calculate the tracking error for each manager relative to the index. Which manager did a better job of limiting his or her client's unsystematic risk exposure? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

    Manager A:   %

    Manager B:   %

     did the better job of limiting the client's exposure to unsystematic risk as the difference between manager's returns and those of the index has a  standard deviation

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