Diversification and portfolio theory: a review

GB Koumou - Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, 2020 - Springer
Diversification is one of the major components of investment decision-making under risk or
uncertainty. However, paradoxically, as the 2007–2009 financial crisis revealed, the concept …

Asset-liability management under time-varying investment opportunities

R Ferstl, A Weissensteiner - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2011 - Elsevier
Stochastic linear programming is a suitable numerical approach for solving practical asset-
liability management problems. In this paper, we consider a multi-stage setting under time …

Machine learning portfolios with equal risk contributions: Evidence from the Brazilian market

A Rubesam - Emerging Markets Review, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the use of machine learning (ML) to forecast stock returns in the Brazilian
market using a rich proprietary dataset. While ML portfolios can easily outperform the local …

Constructing 130/30-portfolios with the Omega ratio

M Gilli, E Schumann, G Di Tollo, G Cabej - Journal of asset management, 2011 - Springer
We construct portfolios with an alternative selection criterion, the Omega function, which can
be expressed as the ratio of two partial moments of a portfolio's return distribution. The main …

[HTML][HTML] Portfolio Optimization Using Mean-Semi Variance approach with Artificial Neural Networks: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

A Manzoor, S Nosheen - Journal of Accounting and …, 2022 - publishing.globalcsrc.org
Purpose: The challenge of managing a portfolio effectively is allocating capital among
numerous stock holdings to achieve maximum profit. Therefore, the purpose of this study is …

[BOOK][B] Metaheuristics for portfolio optimization: an introduction using MATLAB

GAV Pai - 2017 - books.google.com
The book is a monograph in the cross disciplinary area of Computational Intelligence in
Finance and elucidates a collection of practical and strategic Portfolio Optimization models …

Portfolio Selection and Optimization through Neural Networks and Markowitz Model: A Case of Pakistan Stock Exchange Listed Companies

J Iqbal, MA Sandhu, S Amin… - Review of Economics and …, 2019 - reads.spcrd.org
This paper used artificial neural networks (ANNs) time series predictor for approximating
returns of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) listed 100 companies. These projected returns …

How variation in signal quality affects performance

J Ye - Financial Analysts Journal, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The information coefficient (IC), the correlation between forecasted and realized return, is a
popular measure of signal quality. As shown in this article, variation in IC is an important …

[HTML][HTML] A New Wave of Bahā'ī Intellectual Thought: The Impact and Contributions of World Order Magazine

SB Fazel - Religions, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper explores the scholarship and intellectual contribution of the second series of
World Order magazine, which published from 1966 until 2008 over 38 volumes. In so doing …

Constructing long/short portfolios with the omega ratio

M Gilli, E Schumann, G Di Tollo… - Swiss Finance Institute …, 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
We construct portfolios with an alternative selection criterion, the Omega function, which can
be expressed as the ratio of two partial moments of the returns distribution. Finding Omega …