Sun Life Downside Deviation

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Sun Life Financial has current Downside Deviation of 0.6871. Downside Deviation (or DD) is measured by target semi-deviation (the square root of target semi-variance) and is termed downside risk. It is expressed in percentages and therefore allows for rankings in the same way as standard deviation. An intuitive way to view the downside risk is the annualized standard deviation of returns below the target.

Downside Deviation

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SQRT(DV)

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0.6871
SQRT = Square root notation
DV =   Downside Variance of returns over selected period

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Sun Life Financial is rated fifth in downside deviation category among its peers. It is rated fourth in maximum drawdown category among its peers reporting about  6.37  of Maximum Drawdown per Downside Deviation. The ratio of Maximum Drawdown to Downside Deviation for Sun Life Financial is roughly  6.37 
It is the square root of the probability-weighted squared below-target returns. The squaring of the below-target returns has the effect of penalizing failures at an exponential rate. This is consistent with observations made on the behavior of most private investors.
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