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The Sharpe Ratio

William F. Sharpe
The Journal of Portfolio Management Fall 1994, 21 (1) 49-58; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.1994.409501
William F. Sharpe
Professor of finance at the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University in Stanford (CA 94035).
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