At about 15 %, the fund's volatility, measured by
an annualized standard deviation of monthly returns in the entire analysis period, was slightly lower than that of the overall stock market.
The volatility of the reference portfolio, measured as
the annualized standard deviation of monthly returns, was slightly higher than that of the fund.
The fund's volatility, measured as
an annualized standard deviation of monthly returns, was about 10 % above that of the reference portfolio.
Since the Fund's launch in 1989, investors have doubled their money every 10 years, no matter when they bought the fund... The fund has outperformed global equities with 1/3 less risk [based on
annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for Institutional shares from 2/28/89 to 12/31/13, compared to the FTSE World Index].
Volatility represented by
annualized standard deviation of monthly returns for Institutional shares, all other share classes will vary, from first month - end after inception (2/28/89).
Not exact matches
Take a set
of 5 - year annual
returns, and calculate the
annualized standard deviation of returns (using
monthly deviations and
annualizing them is informative).
The Levy - Gunthorpe
standard deviation is superior to calculating the
annualized standard deviation of returns as the product
of the
standard deviation of the
monthly returns multiplied by the square root
of 12.