Sharpe's Measure

question 35

Multiple Choice

Sharpe's measure

• A) is an assessment of mutual fund performance.
• B) is a common criterion for tracking the performance of professionally managed portfolios.
• C) measures excess returns per unit of risk,as measured by beta.
• D) a and b.
• E) a,b,and c.

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Definitions:

Genotype Frequencies

The distribution of the different genetic constitutions within a population.

Fixing Beneficial Allele

The process by which a favorable genetic variant becomes present in all individuals within a population due to natural selection.

Population Size

The total number of individuals within a defined area at a specific time.

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

A rule indicating that in a population, allele and genotype frequencies will stay unchanged over time if there are no evolutionary forces at play.