{"id":188830,"date":"2023-04-18T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T14:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=188830"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:50:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:50:01","slug":"portfolio-analysis-calculating-risk-and-returns-strategies-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/ibkr-quant-news\/portfolio-analysis-calculating-risk-and-returns-strategies-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio Analysis: Calculating Risk and Returns, Strategies and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Excerpt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of trading with a portfolio of stocks requires a number of steps like stock selection, the formation of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.quantinsti.com\/multi-strategy-portfolios-combining-quantitative-strategies-effectively\/\">strategies while creating a portfolio<\/a>&nbsp;and so on. 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These tools are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-holding-period-return\">1) Holding Period Return<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It calculates the overall return during the investment holding period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Holding Period Return ={(Ending Value\u2013Beginning Value)+Dividends Received}\/Beginning Value<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-arithmetic-mean\">2) Arithmetic Mean<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It calculates the average returns of the overall portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ArithmeticMean = (R<sub>1<\/sub>+R<sub>2<\/sub>+R<sub>3<\/sub>+\u2026\u2026+R<sub>n<\/sub>)\/n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where,<br>R = Returns of Individual Assets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-sharpe-ratio\">3) Sharpe Ratio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It calculates the excess returns over and above the risk-free return per unit of portfolio risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sharpe Ratio Formula = (Expected Return \u2013 Risk-Free rate of return) \/ Standard Deviation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-alpha\">4) Alpha<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It calculates the difference between the actual portfolio returns and the expected returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alpha of portfolio = Actual rate of return of portfolio \u2013 Expected Rate of Return on Portfolio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-tracking-error\">5) Tracking Error<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It calculates the standard deviation of the excess return concerning the benchmark rate of return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TrackingErrorFormula=R<sub>p<\/sub>\u2212R<sub>b<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where,R<sub>p<\/sub>=ReturnofPortfolio,R<sub>b<\/sub>=ReturnonBenchmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-information-ratio\">6) Information Ratio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It calculates the success of the active investment manager\u2019s strategy by calculating excess returns and dividing it by the tracking error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>InformationratioFormula=(Rp\u2013Rb)\/Trackingerror<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where,R<sub>p<\/sub>=ReturnofPortfolio,R<sub>b<\/sub>=ReturnonBenchmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7-sortino-ratio\">7) Sortino Ratio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It calculates the excess return over and above the risk-free return per unit of negative asset returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SortinoRatioFormula=(R<sub>p<\/sub>\u2013R<sub>f<\/sub>)\/\u03c3<sub>d<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>where,R<sub>p<\/sub>=ReturnofPortfolio,R<sub>f<\/sub>=Risk\u2212FreeRate,\u03c3<sub>d<\/sub>=standarddeviationofnegativeassetreturns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Originally posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.quantinsti.com\/portfolio-analysis-calculating-risk-returns\/\">QuantInsti<\/a>. 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