Sortino ratio — The Sortino ratio measures the risk adjusted return of an investment asset, portfolio or strategy. It is a modification of the Sharpe ratio but penalizes only those returns falling below a user specified target, or required rate of return, while… … Wikipedia
Sharpe ratio — The Sharpe ratio or Sharpe index or Sharpe measure or reward to variability ratio is a measure of the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, typically referred to as risk (and is a… … Wikipedia
Information ratio — measures the active return of an investment manager divided by the amount of risk the manager takes relative to a benchmark. It is used in the analysis of performance of mutual funds, hedge funds, etc. Specifically, the information ratio is… … Wikipedia
Omega ratio — The Omega ratio is a measure of risk of an investment asset, portfolio or strategy. It involves partitioning returns into loss and gain above and below a given threshold, the Ω ratio is then the ratio of the probability of having a gain by the… … Wikipedia
Treynor ratio — The Treynor ratio is a measurement of the returns earned in excess of that which could have been earned on a riskless investment (i.e. Treasury Bill) (per each unit of market risk assumed).The Treynor ratio (sometimes called reward to volatility… … Wikipedia
Call Ratio Backspread — A very bullish investment strategy that combines options to create a spread with limited loss potential and mixed profit potential. It is generally created by selling one call option and then using the collected premium to purchase a greater… … Investment dictionary
Modigliani risk-adjusted performance — or M2 or M2 or Modigliani–Modigliani measure or RAP is a measure of the risk adjusted returns of some investment portfolio. It measures the returns of the portfolio, adjusted for the deviation of the portfolio (typically referred to as the risk) … Wikipedia
Moment (mathematics) — Second moment redirects here. For the technique in probability theory, see Second moment method. See also: Moment (physics) Increasing each of the first four moments in turn while keeping the others constant, for a discrete uniform distribution… … Wikipedia
Stock selection criteria — is a strategy in which an analyst or investor uses a systematic form of analysis to determine if a particular stock constitutes a good investment which should be added to their portfolio. The objective of stock selection criteria is maximizing… … Wikipedia
Annuity (European financial arrangements) — An annuity can be defined as a contract which provides an income stream in return for an initial payment.Immediate annuityAn immediate annuity is an annuity for which the income stream begins at a time after the initial payment which is less than … Wikipedia
