Big Rock has several investment portfolios with a local mutual fund company. One of the company’s directors asked you to assess the performance of five of the portfolios. Portfolio                 Return                     Beta                   Standard Deviation                   Risk Free Rate A                            12.5%                       1.2                        4%                                                 3% C                            10%                          1.2                        5%                                                 4% E                             3%                            0.8                       6%                                                 6% Calculate the Sharpe measure and the Treynor measure for each portfolio. a. What is the Sharpe measure of: i. Portfolio A? ii. Portfolio C? iii. Portfolio E?  b. What is the Treynor measure of: i. Portfolio A? ii. Portfolio C? iii. Portfolio E?

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Big Rock has several investment portfolios with a local mutual fund company. One of the
company’s directors asked you to assess the performance of five of the portfolios.

Portfolio                 Return                     Beta                   Standard Deviation                   Risk Free Rate
A                            12.5%                       1.2                        4%                                                 3%
C                            10%                          1.2                        5%                                                 4%
E                             3%                            0.8                       6%                                                 6%

Calculate the Sharpe measure and the Treynor measure for each portfolio.
a. What is the Sharpe measure of:
i. Portfolio A?
ii. Portfolio C?
iii. Portfolio E? 


b. What is the Treynor measure of:
i. Portfolio A?
ii. Portfolio C?
iii. Portfolio E? 

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