Robust Portfolio Optimization and Management

Robust Portfolio Optimization and Management

Kolm, Petter N.; Fabozzi, Frank J.; Pachamanova, Dessislava A.; Focardi, Sergio M.

John Wiley & Sons Inc

06/2007

512

Dura

Inglês

9780471921226

15 a 20 dias

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Preface xi

About the Authors xv

Chapter 1

Introduction 1

Quantitative Techniques in the Investment Management Industry 1

Central Themes of This Book 9

Overview of This Book 12

Part One Portfolio Allocation: Classical Theory and Extensions 15

Chapter 2

Mean-Variance Analysis and Modern Portfolio Theory 17

The Benefits of Diversification 18

Mean-Variance Analysis: Overview 21

Classical Framework for Mean-Variance Optimization 24

The Capital Market Line 35

Selection of the Optimal Portfolio When There Is a Risk-Free Asset 41

More on Utility Functions: A General Framework for Portfolio Choice 45

Summary 50

Chapter 3

Advances in the Theory of Portfolio Risk Measures 53

Dispersion and Downside Measures 54

Portfolio Selection with Higher Moments through Expansions of Utility 70

Polynomial Goal Programming for Portfolio Optimization with Higher Moments 78

Some Remarks on the Estimation of Higher Moments 80

The Approach of Malevergne and Sornette 81

Summary 86

Chapter 4

Portfolio Selection in Practice 87

Portfolio Constraints Commonly Used in Practice 88

Incorporating Transaction Costs in Asset-Allocation Models 101

Multiaccount Optimization 106

Summary 111

Part Two Robust Parameter Estimation 113

Chapter 5

Classical Asset Pricing 115

Definitions 115

Theoretical and Econometric Models 117

Random Walk Models 118

General Equilibrium Theories 131

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) 132

Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) 136

Summary 137

Chapter 6

Forecasting Expected Return and Risk 139

Dividend Discount and Residual Income Valuation Models 140

The Sample Mean and Covariance Estimators 146

Random Matrices 157

Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Factor Models 160

Factor Models in Practice 168

Other Approaches to Volatility Estimation 172

Application to Investment Strategies and Proprietary Trading 176

Summary 177

Chapter 7

Robust Estimation 179

The Intuition behind Robust Statistics 179

Robust Statistics 181

Robust Estimators of Regressions 192

Confidence Intervals 200

Summary 206

Chapter 8

Robust Frameworks for Estimation: Shrinkage, Bayesian Approaches, and the Black-Litterman Model 207

Practical Problems Encountered in Mean-Variance Optimization 208

Shrinkage Estimation 215

Bayesian Approaches 229

Summary 253

Part Three Optimization Techniques 255

Chapter 9

Mathematical and Numerical Optimization 257

Mathematical Programming 258

Necessary Conditions for Optimality for Continuous Optimization Problems 267

Optimization Duality Theory 269

How Do Optimization Algorithms Work? 272

Summary 288

Chapter 10

Optimization under Uncertainty 291

Stochastic Programming 293

Dynamic Programming 308

Robust Optimization 312

Summary 332

Chapter 11

Implementing and Solving Optimization Problems in Practice 333

Optimization Software 333

Practical Considerations When Using Optimization Software 340

Implementation Examples 346

Specialized Software for Optimization Under Uncertainty 358

Summary 360

Part Four Robust Portfolio Optimization 361

Chapter 12

Robust Modeling of Uncertain Parameters in Classical Mean-Variance Portfolio Optimization 363

Portfolio Resampling Techniques 364

Robust Portfolio Allocation 367

Some Practical Remarks on Robust Portfolio Allocation Models 392

Summary 393

Chapter 13

The Practice of Robust Portfolio Management: Recent Trends and New Directions 395

Some Issues in Robust Asset Allocation 396

Portfolio Rebalancing 410

Understanding and Modeling Transaction Costs 413

Rebalancing Using an Optimizer 422

Summary 435

Chapter 14

Quantitative Investment Management Today and Tomorrow 439

Using Derivatives in Portfolio Management 440

Currency Management 442

Benchmarks 445

Quantitative Return-Forecasting Techniques and Model-Based Trading Strategies 447

Trade Execution and Algorithmic Trading 456

Summary 460

Appendix A Data Description: The MSCI World Index 463

Index 473
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