• DocumentCode
    3106777
  • Title

    Weight shrinkage for portfolio optimization

  • Author

    Pollak, Ilya

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    13-16 Dec. 2011
  • Firstpage
    37
  • Lastpage
    40
  • Abstract
    The paper starts by reviewing the basics of the modern portfolio theory and its very well known drawbacks. After a brief overview of the existing literature that attempts to address these drawbacks, a novel portfolio mixing method is proposed. The method is then illustrated using US stock market data, and is shown to outperform both portfolios that it combines in a statistically significant way. Several avenues of further research are summarized to conclude the paper.
  • Keywords
    investment; optimisation; US stock market data; portfolio mixing method; portfolio optimization; portfolio theory; weight shrinkage; Covariance matrix; Educational institutions; Estimation; Finance; Optimization; Portfolios; Vectors; Markowitz; Portfolios; covariance; diversification; finance; market; shrinkage; stock;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP), 2011 4th IEEE International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    San Juan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-2104-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CAMSAP.2011.6136031
  • Filename
    6136031