Portfolio Analytics
Information Ratio
Definition
What is Information Ratio?
Active return relative to the volatility of active return.
Example in practice
How This Looks in Practice
A manager that consistently beats the benchmark with small deviations has a high information ratio.
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Correlation
A statistic ranging from minus one to plus one that describes how two return series move together.
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A relationship in which two assets tend to move in opposite directions.
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