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sharpe ratio

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
sharpe ra-tio
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ratio that measures the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, used to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk.

Etymology

Named after William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist.

Inflected Forms

Sharpe ratios (plural)

Questions

What does sharpe ratio mean?
A ratio that measures the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, used to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk.
Where does sharpe ratio come from?
Named after William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist.

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