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1
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Margin Call Formula

A

Loan / 1-Maintenance Margin

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Standard Deviation probability

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68, 95, 99

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3
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Standard Deviation Calculator keystrokes

A

€, blue.

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Coefficient of Variation

A

Which investment has more relative risk

CV=standard deviation/average return

Useful in comparing two assets with different average returns

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Covariance

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Measures relative risk

COVab = (STDa) x (STDb) x (STDab)

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Correlation

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Correlation = COV/ (STDa)(STDb)

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Systemic Risks

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PRIME

Purchasing Power
Reinvestment Risk
Interest Rate 
Market Risk
Exchange Risk
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Standard Deviation calculation trick

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Take the weighted average and pick from whatever number is lover than the average

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Unsystematic Risk

A

ABCDEFG

Accounting 
Business 
Country 
Default 
Executive risk
Financial risk
Government risk
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10
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Treynor Index

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Return of Portfolio - Risk free / beta of portfolio

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Sharpe index

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Return of portfolio- risk free / standard deviation of portfolio

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Jensens Alspha

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Return of portfolio- (risk free+ (return market-risk free) beta of portfolio

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Information Ratio

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Return of portfolio- return of benchmark / tracking error

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14
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Treynor Index

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Return of portfolio- risk free / beta of portfolio

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15
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Sharpe Index

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Return of portfolio- risk free / standard deviation of portfolio

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Jensens alpha

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Portfolio return - [risk free + (return market-risk free) beta of portfolio {

17
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Summary of performance measures

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Treynor and alpha use beta
Beta appropriate if r2 > .70
Sharpe uses standard deviation