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Downside Capture Ratio

What is the downside capture ratio?

Downside capture ratio is a measurement of an investment's relative performance in down markets. A down market is defined as a period (months or quarters) in which the market return was negative.

For example, if an investment has an 80% downside capture ratio, then historically when the market was down 10%, the investment captured 80% of that and was down 8%.