The Black-Litterman (BL) model has been proposed as an alternative to Markowitz's average-variance model for the structuring of financial asset portfolios, allowing the incorporation of perspectives of fundamental analysts and guaranteeing a high degree of diversification. This model is applied...

Spanish Abstract: En este estudio se estima la probabilidad de transacciones informadas comportamiento y sus efectos en los rendimientos diarios e intradiarios en Latinoamérica. Calculando la probabilidad diaria dinámica de transacciones informadas (Easley, Engle, O'Hara y Wu, 2008), como una...

The Black-Litterman (BL) model has been proposed as an alternative to Markowitz's average-variance model for the structuring of financial asset portfolios, allowing the incorporation of perspectives of fundamental analysts and guaranteeing a high degree of diversification. This model is applied...

In this paper we analyze the synchronization between the business cycles of US and Mexican regions. Regional economic activity in Mexico is measured using regional coincident indexes recently developed at Banco de México, while US aggregate economic activity is measured with the national...

Using various statistical measures we estimate the degree of comovement and cyclical synchronization of formal employment across Mexican states. As a measure of formal employment we use the number of workers with permanent contracts registered at the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in each...

We determine the extent of cyclical comovement in employment among the regions of Mexico by analyzing the covariance of the disturbances in regional cycles during the period July 1997 - October 2009. Employment refers to the number of workers with permanent contracts affiliated to the Instituto...