Mutual Fund Performance

Measurement and Prediction

by William F. Sharpe

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A discussion of techniques for measuring and predicting mutual fund performance. Empirical information is used as an aid in assessing the Treynor index for measuring a fund's performance after the fact or for predicting its performance in the future. An alternative method for measuring mutual fund performance is described.

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