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downside deviation

A value representing the potential loss that may arise from risk as measured against a minimum acceptable return. Downside deviation aims to isolate the negative portion of volatility.

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  1. Downside Deviation Definition | Investopedia
    A measure of downside risk that focuses on returns that fall below a minimum threshold or minimum acceptable return (MAR). It is used in the calculation of a risk ...
     
  2. Downside Deviation as a Risk Measure
    Learn about downside deviation as a risk measure, and download Excel spreadsheet to calculate downside deviation in VBA and a matrix formula.
     
  3. Downside Deviation Definition | PerTrac > PerTrac
    The definition and formula for calculating Downside Deviation are provided in this section of Investment Statistics: A Reference Guide from PerTrac.
     
  4. How to Calculate Downside Deviation | eHow.com
    How to Calculate Downside Deviation. Investors are constantly searching for a better way to measure and quantify risk. Subsequently, portfolio managers are ...
     
  5. Downside Deviation | Zephyr Associates
    (MAR = const) Here, MAR stands for “minimal acceptable return.” To calculate this, we first determine the sum of the squared distances between the returns and ...
     
  6. Downside Deviation
    Downside Deviation - Definition for Downside Deviation from Morningstar - The downside deviation is a value representing the potential loss that may arise from ...
     
  7. Isolating Downside Risk In Investment Analysis: Downside Deviation ...
    Apr 19, 2012 ... However, two NOT so common risk metrics are often overlooked: Downside Deviation and Maximum Drawdown. These risk metrics isolate ...
     
  8. Calculating Sortino Ration (Downside Deviation)
    Aug 26, 2008 ... I am trying to write a formula to calculate the Sortino Ratio defined as (Expected ( Observed) Return - Minimum Acceptable ...