Consider a Portfolio with an Initial Expected Return, Beta, and Standard

question 16

Multiple Choice

Consider a portfolio with an initial expected return, beta, and standard deviation. Improvement in which of the performance measures will improve value-at-risk to the extent that the potential loss will decrease?
I. Treynor ratio
II. Sharpe ratio
III. Jensen's alpha

• A) II only
• B) I and III only
• C) I and II only
• D) III only
• E) I, II, and III

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Definitions:

Muscular Foot

A muscular structure found in many mollusks used for movement and anchoring.

Gastropods

A class of mollusks that includes snails and slugs, characterized by their univalve shell (in snails) and distinctive crawling locomotion.

Hinged Shell

A shell structure composed of two parts connected by a flexible hinge, allowing the shell to open and close, commonly seen in bivalves like clams and oysters.

Bivalves

Aquatic molluscs that have a shell divided into two hinged parts, such as clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops.