Information Ratio Flashcards

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What is the information ratio?

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Measures the risk-adjusted returns of a financial asset/portfolio relative to a certain benchmark

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Measures the risk-adjusted returns of a financial asset/portfolio relative to a certain benchmark

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What is the information ratio?

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How to measure the consistency of generating the excess returns

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Measured by the tracking error

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Measured by the tracking error

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How to measure the consistency of generating the excess returns

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What is information ratio used for?

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As a performance measure by fund managers

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As a performance measure by fund managers

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What is information ratio used for?

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What are commonly used information ratios?

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US Treasury Bills and major equity index (S&P 500)

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US Treasury Bills and major equity index (S&P 500)

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What are commonly used information ratios?

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How to calculate Information ratio?

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Expected excess return of a security or portfolio over benchmark / Standard deviation of a security or portfolio returns from the returns of a benchmark

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Expected excess return of a security or portfolio over benchmark / Standard deviation of a security or portfolio returns from the returns of a benchmark

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How to calculate Information Ratio?

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