"Sharpe ratio" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Sharpe ratios [plural]
Etymology: Named after William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sharpe ratio (plural Sharpe ratios)
  1. (finance) A ratio that measures the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, used to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk. Wikipedia link: Sharpe ratio Categories (topical): Finance Translations (measure of risk-adjusted performance of an asset): Sharpen luku (Finnish), Sharpekvot [common-gender] (Swedish)

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