investing do not change only the terminology or lexicon seems to. VAR, sharpe ratio, Market Neutral—whatever that means—tail risk, black swans, Sortino ratio. To me there just seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. There are a couple things driv

olatility in the Shape Ratio. If a fund is volatile to the upside [which is generally a good thing) its Sharpe ratio would stgl be low. To quote the Sortino web site: "A comparable downside risk ratio that has come to be called the Sortino ratio has for the numerator the difference between the return on

olatility in the Shape Ratio. If a fund is volatile to the upside [which is generally a good thing) its Sharpe ratio would stil be low. To quote the Sortino web site: "A comparable downside risk ratio that has come to be called the Sortino ratio has for the numerator the difference between the return on

(Downside Deviation) in the denominator. It was developed in early 1980's by Frank Sortino. Since upside variability is not necessarily a bad thing, Sortino ratio is sometimes more preferable than Sharpe ratio. Information Ratio - Information ratio is a risk-adjusted performance measure. The information

olatility in the Shape Ratio. If a fund is volatile to the upside [which is generally a good thing) its Sharpe ratio would stil be low. To quote the Sortino web site: "A comparable downside risk ratio that has come to be called the Sortino ratio has for the numerator the difference between the return on

olatility in the Shape Ratio. If a fund is volatile to the upside [which is generally a good thing) its Sharpe ratio would stgl be low. To quote the Sortino web site: "A comparable downside risk ratio that has come to be called the Sortino ratio has for the numerator the difference between the return on