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:El modelo de Black-Litterman (BL) ha sido propuesto como alternativa al de media-varianza de Markowitz para la estructuración de portafolios de activos financieros, permitiendo incorporar perspectivas de analistas fundamentales y garantizando un alto grado de diversificación....

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...

English Abstract: During the last 10 years (2001-2011), the average return of the mutual funds in Spain (1.3%) was smaller than the average inflation. Nevertheless, on December 31, 2011, 4.9 million investors had 128 billion euros in the 2,471 existing mutual funds. Only 1 of the 368 mutual...

English Abstract: During the last 10 years, the average return of the pension funds in Spain was lower than the inflation and than the return of Government Bonds. Only 2 funds (out of 532) had a return higher than the return of Government Bonds. Nevertheless, on December 31, 2011, 5.1 million...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento resume 1.502 respuestas a una encuesta por realizada a directivos de empresas, a analistas y a profesores de universidad. Los resultados más relevantes de la encuesta son: gran dispersión de las repuestas (los profesores utilizan primas entre 3 y 8%, los...