* To arrive at that number, I simply divided the monthly standard deviation for the 70/30
portfolio by the standard deviation for the 100 % stock portfolio.
Not exact matches
Shifting 40 % of the
portfolio into bonds reduced portfolio standard deviation from 16.57 % to 11.49 %.4 Portfolio risk declined by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % a
portfolio into bonds reduced
portfolio standard deviation from 16.57 % to 11.49 %.4 Portfolio risk declined by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % a
portfolio standard deviation from 16.57 % to 11.49 %.4
Portfolio risk declined by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % a
Portfolio risk declined
by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % and +33 %.
It compares the return above the risk - free rate earned as compared to the corresponding risk assumed
by the
portfolio, as measured
by standard deviation.
The Sharpe ratio is calculated
by subtracting the risk - free rate - such as that of the 3 - month U.S. Treasury Bill - from the rate of return for a
portfolio and dividing the result
by the
standard deviation of the
portfolio returns.
We focus on gross compound annual growth rate (CAGR), gross maximum drawdown (MaxDD) and rough gross annual Sharpe ratio (average annual return divided
by standard deviation of annual returns) as key performance statistics for the Top 1, equally weighted (EW) Top 2 and EW Top 3
portfolios of monthly winners.
The efficient frontier is a curve which represents all the points where for a given level of risk (as measured
by standard deviation) of a
portfolio you are achieving the optimal rate of return.
Volatility is measured
by standard deviation, which indicates how much a
portfolio's returns vary from year to year.
The volatility of the fund, measured
by the
standard deviation of monthly returns, was slightly higher than that of the reference ETF
portfolio.
A classic 1968 paper
by professors J.L. Evans and S.H. Archer, for example, concluded that a
portfolio of 10 randomly chosen stocks would have similar risk, as measured
by standard deviation, to the market as a whole.
The world - wide
portfolio more than doubles the 40 - year return of the S&P 500 at less risk when measured
by standard deviation and the worst five - year period.
The Über - Tuber trailed the DFA
portfolio by just half a dozen basis points annually, and it accomplished that result with a lower
standard deviation — which means lower volatility.
If you believe as we do that risk can not be adequately explained
by a single number such as
standard deviation of return, but is rather the potential for the respective
portfolios to face future capital impairment, it becomes important to compare the fundamental character of the manager's
portfolio to that of the benchmark.
It will give you a dollar figure on what your
portfolio stands to gain or lose
by taking the
standard deviation of your
portfolio.
Because of the asset correlations, the total
portfolio risk, or
standard deviation, is lower than what would be calculated
by a weighted sum.
Shifting 40 % of the
portfolio into bonds reduced portfolio standard deviation from 16.57 % to 11.49 %.4 Portfolio risk declined by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % a
portfolio into bonds reduced
portfolio standard deviation from 16.57 % to 11.49 %.4 Portfolio risk declined by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % a
portfolio standard deviation from 16.57 % to 11.49 %.4
Portfolio risk declined by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % a
Portfolio risk declined
by 30 % and yearly returns fell into a tighter range between -13 % and +33 %.
For example, given that the price return of a bond is determined
by the bond's duration and yield change, a bond
portfolio constructed using the volatility measure of
standard deviation of price return could be biased toward bonds with short duration.
To show a relationship between excess return and risk, this number is then divided
by the
standard deviation of the
portfolio's annualized excess returns.
It is calculated
by subtracting the risk - free rate from the rate of return for a
portfolio and dividing the result
by the
standard deviation of the
portfolio returns.
The fund's volatility, measured
by an annualized
standard deviation of 26.5 %, was about 4 % higher than that of the reference ETF
portfolio.
You can check this for yourself
by using our monthly update of performance and
standard deviation for both
portfolios Couch Potato and AssetBuilder.
The square of
standard deviation is the variance, as defined
by Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz, who is arguably best known as the pioneer of Modern
Portfolio Theory.
Portfolio volatility is measured
by measuring the annual
standard deviation.