A Sharpe-ratio-based measure for currencies

The Sharpe Ratio offers an excellent summary of the excess return required per unit of risk invested. This work presents an adaptation of the ex-ante Sharpe Ratio for currencies where we consider a random walk approach for the currency behavior and implied volatility as a proxy for market expectatio...

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Main Authors: Javier Prado-Dominguez, Carlos Fernández-Herráiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of A Coruna 2015-06-01
Series:European Journal of Government and Economics
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Online Access:http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/77