Dennis Davitt - Markets Models (S4E7)
Flirting with Models
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Why Are You So Against Sharp Ratios?
Harley basman: Sharp ratios is one of those hot buttons for me, because it's a marketing tool. I have been at firms that are very sharp ratio driven. What this does is it encourages you to go find very liquid, low volatility assets and then lever them up - three, four, five to one. This leads to risk management processes where people look at your sharp and they allocate capital or risk for whatever you're doing. At the end of the day, you almost ways see name the convexity and excess leverage at the scene of the crime.
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