The story
Named after William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A ratio that measures the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, used to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk. Full definition →
Named after William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.