Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jensen's alpha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: jensen's al-pha
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metric used to determine the abnormal return of a security or portfolio over the theoretical expected return.

Etymology

First used as a measure in the evaluation of mutual fund managers by Michael C. Jensen in 1968.

Inflected Forms

Jensen's alphas (plural)

Questions

What does jensen's alpha mean?: A metric used to determine the abnormal return of a security or portfolio over the theoretical expected return.
Where does jensen's alpha come from?: First used as a measure in the evaluation of mutual fund managers by Michael C. Jensen in 1968.

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