QUOTE(alex4843 @ Aug 9 2013, 10:58 PM)
Hi Xuzen,
May i know how to read the Sharpe-ratio??
Sharpe Ratio = (ROI less Risk free rate)/Standard Deviation of the asset
It is a comparative ratio, not absolute ratio.
To put it in lay-person term.....
Let's say your unit trust fund X return is 13.15% p.a. and risk free rate (e.g. 12mth Maybank FD rate) = 3.15% and the standard deviation from the mean for the unit trust fund is 10%, then the Sharpe ratio will be:
(13.15 - 3.15)/10 = 1.00
Lets say another unit trust fund Y return is 13.15% p.a., same risk free rate with a sta-dev of 7.5%. Then the Sharpe ratio becomes:
(13.15 - 3.15)/7.5 = 1.33
This means that the risk adjusted return for Unit Trust Fund Y is superior to that of X. Means, cepat-cepat go buy Y. Go lar......
Xuzen.