Portfolio theories are meant to provide a method for managing assets and constructing portfolios. Meanwhile, the mean-variance technique has been heavily criticized by some academics, and its application to real estate portfolio is questionable (Cheng and Liang, 2000). Indeed, the mean-variance...

This thesis first presents India’s economy and financial system’s recent history and current issues. Then, with an emphasis on the recent turmoil period, it studies the question of financial integration in various markets: equity markets are dealt with in the 1st chapter, CDS spreads are...