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A Re-Examination of Sharpe's Ratio for Log-Normal Prices

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  • John Knight
  • Stephen Satchell

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the exact properties of Sharpe's ratio when prices are log-normal. Depending on the definition of returns, different expressions are formed for unbiased estimators of Sharpe's ratio.

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  • John Knight & Stephen Satchell, 2005. "A Re-Examination of Sharpe's Ratio for Log-Normal Prices," Applied Mathematical Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 87-100.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apmtfi:v:12:y:2005:i:1:p:87-100
    DOI: 10.1080/1350486042000271647
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