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APPENDIX A<br />
Independent<br />
Variable<br />
<strong>Passive</strong> Mgmt.<br />
Style<br />
Composite Dependent<br />
Benchmark Risk Variable/<br />
Indices Measure Hypotheses<br />
1995-2008<br />
DJ Euro STOXX<br />
50, FTSE 100,<br />
DAX, Nikkei<br />
225, Hang Seng,<br />
S&P/ASX<br />
Mean<br />
Std. Dev.<br />
Sharpe Ratio<br />
<strong>Passive</strong> Performance =<br />
<strong>Active</strong> Performance<br />
<strong>Passive</strong> Performance ≠<br />
<strong>Active</strong> Performance<br />
Independent<br />
Variable<br />
<strong>Active</strong> Mgmt.<br />
Style<br />
1995-2008<br />
Equity Europe<br />
Equity Asia<br />
Pacific<br />
Mean<br />
Std. Dev.<br />
Sharpe Ratio<br />
<strong>Active</strong> Performance =<br />
<strong>Passive</strong> Performance<br />
<strong>Active</strong> Performance ≠<br />
<strong>Passive</strong> Performance<br />
Figure 1. Research Model 1<br />
1 From “<strong>Active</strong> <strong>versus</strong> passive investing: Evidence from 1995-2002 market<br />
Cycle,” by M. Miller, 2006, Retrieved from Dissertations and Theses database. (AAT<br />
3205544). Adapted with permission <strong>of</strong> the author.<br />
APPENDIX B<br />
Weekly Sharpe Ratios: Morningstar Equity Europe Investment Category <strong>versus</strong> Dow Jones<br />
EURO STOXX 50 Index, FTSE 100, and FSE DAX<br />
Period<br />
Return<br />
Dates<br />
Equity<br />
Europe<br />
Sharpe Ratio<br />
Dow Jones<br />
Stoxx Index<br />
Euro Sharpe<br />
Ratio<br />
FTSE 100 PR<br />
GBP Sharpe<br />
Ratio<br />
FSE DAX TR EUR<br />
Sharpe Ratio<br />
01/02/1995 -0.485 ‐0.448 ‐0.028 ‐0.638<br />
01/09/1995 -1.583 ‐0.569 ‐0.315 0.123<br />
01/16/1995 0.089 0.125 ‐0.446 ‐0.157<br />
01/23/1995 -0.694 ‐0.123 0.187 ‐0.202<br />
01/30/1995 -0.007 0.249 0.305 0.437<br />
02/06/1995 0.843 0.636 0.899 0.746<br />
02/13/1995 -0.977 ‐0.513 ‐1.061 ‐0.152<br />
02/20/1995 -1.560 ‐0.347 ‐0.091 ‐0.034