The Treynor ratio is a measurement of the returns earned in excess of what could’ve been earned on an investment that has no diversifiable risk per unit (like U.S. Bonds) of market risk assumed. The Treynor reward to volatility model is also called the reward-to-volatility ratio or Treynor measure it was named for Jack L. …
Why do the biggest rallies happen in bear markets? The biggest stock market rallies happen in bear markets. We almost never see a 5% rally in the stock indexes in a normal bull market, and if we do it may be signaling a short term price top. The market needs high volatility for huge outsized …
This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was posted originally here Another Lesson In Position Sizing From The Volpocalypse of 2018 and is reposted here with permission. Most famous fund failures have leverage at their core. That’s the true culprit for disaster — not the actual trade ideas. Bad position sizing kills. Long …
