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Can anyone tell me how to create a formula for downside deviation in excel? Downside deviation considers only returns that fall below a defined Minimum Acceptable Return (MAR) rather then the arithmetic mean. For example, if the MAR is assumed to be 10%, the downside deviation would measure the variation of each period that falls below 10%. For the following stream of returns (50 observations), the downside deviation (assuming an MAR of 10%) is approximately 0.95% (or 3.29% annualized). Further info on the definition can be found at http://support.pertrac2000.com/statistics2000.asp. I just am having trouble building a formula in excel...any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
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