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They should actually regress senator returns against Ken French's research factors [1] and measure the statistical/economic significance of the intercept and th
by rmrfstar 6y ago
They should actually regress senator returns against Ken French's research factors [1] and measure the statistical/economic significance of the intercept and the volatility of the residuals.
If I return 2% per year, but do so at 1% volatility and zero market exposure, then I can be a highly successful hedge fund after applying 10x leverage.
[1] https://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html https://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data...
- jdikatz 6y agoYeah this will probably end up being one of our benchmarks -- it's commonly used in academic literature to measure abnormal returns.