Individual investors typically look at their accounts in terms of profit/loss. For professional portfolio managers, the assumption is that they will make a profit over the long run, so they're ...

Every investment carries with it some level of risk and reward. Unfortunately, these are unknown variables. They change over time and in the face of market factors, and there’s no way of knowing ...

The Treynor ratio and the Sharpe ratio are financial metrics that use different approaches to evaluate the risk-adjusted returns of an investment portfolio. The Treynor ratio employs beta and measures ...

Many individual investors aren't familiar with Sharpe ratios. However, the Sharpe ratio is a useful and intuitive tool to measure portfolio performance. It's used extensively to judge the performance ...

As a high-frequency trader, my job was to create algorithms that would trade billions of dollars in stocks at microsecond speeds, capitalizing on tiny mathematical edges that would capture just ...

Analyzing funds’ Sharpe ratios can be a useful tool in assessing whether investors are being rewarded for taking on additional risk. NightShares launched three ETFs in 2022 that offer exposure to the ...

Multifamily properties have been historically named as an asset that fulfills the desire for functional, clean and safe housing. Over the last decade, despite the price appreciation, the sector has ...

Higher yields have spurred investors to take a closer look at bonds. New Morningstar research suggests that, as they do, investors should rethink how they assemble their portfolios. Simply mirroring ...