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Big Rock has several investment portfolios with a local mutual fund company. One of the company’s directors asked you to assess the performance of five of the portfolios. Portfolio Return Beta Standard Deviation Risk Free Rate A 12.5% 1.2 4% 3% C 10% 1.2 5% 4% E 3% 0.8 6% 6% Calculate the Sharpe measure and the Treynor measure for each portfolio. a. What is the Sharpe measure of: i. Portfolio A? ii. Portfolio C? iii. Portfolio E? b. What is the Treynor measure of: i. Portfolio A? ii. Portfolio C? iii. Portfolio E?

EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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ISBN:9781337514835

Author:MOYER

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Chapter8: Analysis Of Risk And Return

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