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Composite Measures for the Evaluation of Investment Performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

James S. Ang  and
Jess H. Chua
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The composite measures of investment performance: the reward-to-variability index, by Sharpe ([29], [30]) and Lintner [23], and the reward-to-volatility index, by Treynor [33], were developed after Markowitz ([24], [25]) and Tobin [32] popularized the mean-variance framework of analyzing the problems of certain investments. Since these are ex ante measures they are not directly applicable to the evaluation of ex post performance. A theoretical basis for doing so has been provided by Jensen ([17], [18]) who also developed another composite performance measure, the predictability index. In practice, these composite measures have been found to have problems. Foremost, they have been observed to exhibit systematic biases. Various causes of the biases have been proposed. These are: the existence of unequal lending and borrowing rates, the failure to consider higher moments of return distributions, and the elusive “true” holding period.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 361 - 384
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1979

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