There exists no single measure of risk that is appropriate to all investors, partly because there is no clear definition of risk. Investment strategies such as diversification are often used in an attempt to reduce risk. We analyze several risk and performance measures and discuss their implications for investors with various risk preferences. We then determine the correlation between these risk and performance measures to illustrate their similarities and differences. This project was done in cooperation with Aetna Retirement Services.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Buffone, Jessica April
• Bugbee, Michael Fitzgerald

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D042M

Advisor

• Wilkens, Kathryn A.
• Heinricher, Arthur C.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Actuarial Mathematics

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved