What is the Sharpe ratio in mutual funds? An important benchmark for selection – Views on news from Equitymaster

December 13, 2025 Image source: Andrii Dodonov/www.istockphoto.com When you start exploring mutual funds, returns are usually the focus. They’re the first numbers you notice, and the ones most ads draw your attention to. But when you look closer, you realize that returns alone rarely explain how a fund actually behaves. Each fund generates its returns […]