This paper applies the mean-variance portfolio optimization (PO) approach and the stochastic dominance (SD) test to examine preferences for international diversification versus domestic diversification from American investors’ viewpoints. Our PO results imply that the domestic diversification...

This paper examines the impact of estimation errors on the financial portfolios optimization processes and investigates the controversy problem of the international and domestic optimal diversification strategies choice from an American investor’s point of view. We introduce the concept of...

This study employs the mean-variance (MV) criterion, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) statistics and stochastic dominance (SD) analysis to investigate the performance of option strategies, including writing out-of-the-money (OTM) covered call and buying in-the-money (ITM) protective put, with...

The aim of this paper is to consider instability and ambiguity problems on portfolio selection. We examine the impact of estimation errors on financial portfolios optimization processes. We investigate the controversy problem of international and domestic optimal diversification strategies...

Using both mean-variance portfolio optimization (MVPO) and stochastic dominance (SD) approaches, this paper investigates whether international diversification and home bias inertia are substitutes or complements. More specifically, we compare daily closing prices of 30 US stocks and the stock...