Risk Management
Benchmark Risk
Definition
What is Benchmark Risk?
The risk that managing too closely to or too far from a benchmarkA reference index or rate used to evaluate a fund's performance. produces undesirable results.
Example in practice
How This Looks in Practice
A manager avoids a strong company because its benchmark weight is small.
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