In this paper we analyze the influence of market climates on mutual fund Sharpe ratios. First, in a theoretical analysis based on a common factor model in performance analysis, we show that a significant bias results from market climate – in addition to the obvious influence of fund management performance. Market climate is determined by the random mean and standard deviation of market excess r...

This study critically reviews current fund performance measures. The performance measure derived from the return-based style analysis (RBSA) by Sharpe (1992) is introduced and compared with other regression-based measures. A comparative simulation is set up to test the robustness, accuracy, and efficiency of the alternative measures. The evidence shows that the RBSA measure is superior to other...

Nowaday, Corporate Socially Responsible (CSR) mutual funds are becoming a popular investment option for investors. However, no any research confirms whether CSR Mutual fund activity is better than market index or not. Besides, we should have one method can help con sequently investors in making the decision to select appropriate investment funds. In this study, we measure the financial performa...

many performance measures, such as the classical sharpe ratio have difficulty in evaluating the performance of investment companies whose return distributions are skewed. common causes for skew ness are the use of options in the portfolio or superior market timing skills of the portfolio managers. in this article, we examine the ability of the downside risk and the upside potential ratio (upr) ...

SHARPE [12] AND LINTNER [7] have recently proposed models directed at the following questions: (a) What is the appropriate measure of the risk of a capital asset? (b) What is the equilibrium relationship between this measure of the asset's risk and its one-period expected return?^ Lintner contends that the measure of risk derived from his model is different and more general than that proposed b...

The Sharpe ratio is a measure based on the theory of mean variance, it performance portfolio when risk can be measured through standard deviation. This paper suggests Sharpe-ratio solution using second order cone programming (SOCP). We use penalty-regularized method to represent nonlinear problem. present computationally tractable way determining portfolio. A Markov chain structure employed und...

It is widely accepted that, when return distributions are non-normal, the use of the Sharpe ratio can lead to misleading conclusions. It is well documented that deviations of hedge fund return distributions from normality are statistically significant. The literature on performance evaluation that takes into account the non-normality of return distributions is a vast one. However, there is anot...

Performance measurement that accurately reflects the goals of fund investors and managers has long been a topic of active discussion. Most modern performance measures differ from classical ones (such as the Sharpe ratio) in two key ways; first, they reflect the market practice of assessing performance against a benchmark, second, they account for the asymmetry in returns distributions by separa...

The classical mean-variance investment model is simple, elegant, and popular. As such, it is also subject to criticisms. One unsatisfactory feature of the model is that variance treats the upside and downside equally as risks. In this regard, the downside Lower Partial Moments (LPM) are more attractive as alternative risk measures, since they only penalize the downside. In the meanwhile, consid...