http://www.traderslog.com Online Trading Community for Stocks Futures and Forex Traders Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:57:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.traderslog.com/alpha/ http://www.traderslog.com/alpha/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:28:13 +0000 TradersLog http://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/28/alpha/ A measure of a mutual fund’s risk relative to the overall market. It reflects the difference between a mutual fund’s actual performance and the performance expected based on risk level taken by the fund’s manager. A fund that produced the expecte

]]> A measure of a mutual fund’s risk relative to the overall market. It reflects the difference between a mutual fund’s actual performance and the performance expected based on risk level taken by the fund’s manager. A fund that produced the expecte

]]> http://www.traderslog.com/alpha/feed/ 0 http://www.traderslog.com/calculatingbeta/ http://www.traderslog.com/calculatingbeta/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:25:06 +0000 TradersLog http://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/28/calculating-beta-2/ Beta is value that reflects the amount of risk of a single or combined group of securities measured against the market as a whole. A beta value of 1 suggest that the security or portfolio will move in line with the overall market. A beta of less than 1 suggets that the security will be less volatile

]]> Beta is value that reflects the amount of risk of a single or combined group of securities measured against the market as a whole. A beta value of 1 suggest that the security or portfolio will move in line with the overall market. A beta of less than 1 suggets that the security will be less volatile

]]> http://www.traderslog.com/calculatingbeta/feed/ 0 http://www.traderslog.com/beta2/ http://www.traderslog.com/beta2/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:16:09 +0000 TradersLog http://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/28/beta2-2/ Beta2 is a measure of the systematic risk of a security, which uses the Moving Average of the Rate of Change in its calculation rather than the Simple Rate of Change. A security or portfolio with a Beta2 value of greater than 1.0 is classified as more volitile than the market and a reading of less t

]]> Beta2 is a measure of the systematic risk of a security, which uses the Moving Average of the Rate of Change in its calculation rather than the Simple Rate of Change. A security or portfolio with a Beta2 value of greater than 1.0 is classified as more volitile than the market and a reading of less t

]]> http://www.traderslog.com/beta2/feed/ 0 http://www.traderslog.com/jensen-alpha/ http://www.traderslog.com/jensen-alpha/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:09:03 +0000 TradersLog http://qs2506.traderslog.com/2009/09/28/jensen-alpha-jensens-performance-index/ Developed by Michael Jensen, Jensen Alpha measures the performance of a investment in relation to a benchmark. Jensen’s Alpha was initially used in the 1970′s to evaluate mutual fund managers. Positive Alphas suggest strong performance while negative Alphas reflect weak performance. See

]]> Developed by Michael Jensen, Jensen Alpha measures the performance of a investment in relation to a benchmark. Jensen’s Alpha was initially used in the 1970′s to evaluate mutual fund managers. Positive Alphas suggest strong performance while negative Alphas reflect weak performance. See

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