This paper provides an application of the Black-Litterman methodology to portfolio management in a global setting. The novel feature of this paper relative to the extant literature on Black-Litterman methodology is that we use GARCH-derived views as an input into the Black-Litterman model. The...

A methodology for decomposing the below-mean semivariance into systematic and unsystematic components is introduced. The decomposition of variance and semivariance of asset returns is presented for forty-four country-level indexes. The proportion of risk explained for country-level returns in...

A methodology for decomposing the below-mean semivariance into systematic and unsystematic components is introduced. The decomposition of variance and semivariance of asset returns is presented for forty-four country-level indexes. The proportion of risk explained for country-level returns in...