4.5 - Equity Hedge Funds Flashcards
1
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Fundamental Law of Active Management (FLOAM)
A
- 2 components: breadth and skill of actively managed strategies
Breadth - # of independent active trades (short term, uncorrelated trades) in an actively managed portfolio in one year
2
Q
FLOAM Information Coefficient
A
IC -> information coefficient: measures skill as correlation between actual realized and forecasted managerial returns
IC = correlation (forecasted returns, actual returns)
3
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FLOAM Information Ratio
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IR = IC * √breadth