Investment Statistics: A Reference Guide

September 2012

The purpose of PerTrac's Investment Statistics: A Reference Guide is to provide investors with best practices for measuring performance and analyzing risk using investment statistics.  The guide explains such concepts as:

  • How to use statistics to understand historical performance
  • How to interpret different investment risk statistics
  • The concepts of correlation and regression analysis for investments
  • The key characteristics of peer group analysis and its usefulness in the fund search process
  • Fat-tail analysis, risk budgeting, factor analysis and stress testing
  • And much more...


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