Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection

This study relaxes the distributional assumption of the return of the risky asset, to arrive at the optimal portfolio. Studies of portfolio selection models have typically assumed that stock returns conform to the normal distribution. The application of robust optimization techniques means that only...

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Main Authors: Sun, Y., Aw, E.L.G., Li, Bin, Teo, Kok Lay, Sun, Jie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91432
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author Sun, Y.
Aw, E.L.G.
Li, Bin
Teo, Kok Lay
Sun, Jie
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Aw, E.L.G.
Li, Bin
Teo, Kok Lay
Sun, Jie
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description This study relaxes the distributional assumption of the return of the risky asset, to arrive at the optimal portfolio. Studies of portfolio selection models have typically assumed that stock returns conform to the normal distribution. The application of robust optimization techniques means that only the historical mean and variance of asset returns are required instead of distributional information. We show that the method results in an optimal portfolio that has comparable return and yet equivalent risk, to one that assumes normality of asset returns.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-914322023-05-03T07:14:24Z Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection Sun, Y. Aw, E.L.G. Li, Bin Teo, Kok Lay Sun, Jie Science & Technology Technology Physical Sciences Engineering, Multidisciplinary Operations Research & Management Science Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications Engineering Mathematics Portfolio optimization risk measure CVaR distributionally robust optimization conic optimization OPTIMIZATION This study relaxes the distributional assumption of the return of the risky asset, to arrive at the optimal portfolio. Studies of portfolio selection models have typically assumed that stock returns conform to the normal distribution. The application of robust optimization techniques means that only the historical mean and variance of asset returns are required instead of distributional information. We show that the method results in an optimal portfolio that has comparable return and yet equivalent risk, to one that assumes normality of asset returns. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91432 10.3934/jimo.2019032 English AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Operations Research & Management Science
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Engineering
Mathematics
Portfolio optimization
risk measure
CVaR
distributionally robust optimization
conic optimization
OPTIMIZATION
Sun, Y.
Aw, E.L.G.
Li, Bin
Teo, Kok Lay
Sun, Jie
Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection
title Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection
title_full Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection
title_fullStr Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection
title_full_unstemmed Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection
title_short Cvar-Based Robust Models For Portfolio Selection
title_sort cvar-based robust models for portfolio selection
topic Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Operations Research & Management Science
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Engineering
Mathematics
Portfolio optimization
risk measure
CVaR
distributionally robust optimization
conic optimization
OPTIMIZATION
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91432