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Sharpe and Treynor measures of the risk-adjusted rate of return on a stock

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(a) Explain why buying stocks with the lowest price/earnings per share (P/E) ratios may or may not be a good investment strategy. (b) Explain why buying stocks with the lowest beta values may or may not be a good investment strategy. (c) Compare and contrast the Sharpe and Treynor measures of the risk-adjusted rate of return on a stock.

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Buying stocks with the lowest P/E may or may not be a good investment strategy. First, it may not be a good investment strategy in that there is no certainty that the prices of the stocks will eventually catch up with the rest of the market. Then again, if they will, then it ...

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