Essentials Of Investments
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ISBN: 9781260013924
Author: Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 18.1, Problem 2EQ
Which fund would you choose if you were considering investing the entire risky portion of your portfolios? What if you were considering adding a small position in one of these films to a portfolio currently invested in the market index?
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Would a market-neutral hedge fund be a good candidate for an investor’s entire retirement portfolio? If not, would there be a role for the hedge fund in the overall portfolio of such an investor?
a. Using the data in the table below and calculate the following performance measures.
i. Sharpe ratio
ii. Treynor measure
iii. Jensen's alpha
iv. M-squared measure
v. T-squared measure, and
vi. Appraisal ratio (information ratio)
Average Standard
Beta
Unsystematic
Fund
Return
Deviation Coefficient
Risk
A
0.240
0.800
0.900
0.220
0.017
B
0.200
0.170
0.450
C
0.380
0.290
0.400
0.290
1.200
0.074
0.260
0.180
1.100
0.026
E
0.900
0.121
F
0.460
0.190
0.180
0.153
0.120
0.320
1.100
G
0.250
0.700
Market
0.220
1.000
0.000
Risk-free
return
0.050
0.000
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