We provide examples of pitfalls for parametric portfolio policies as introduced by Brandt, Santa Clara and Valkanov. For the leading case of constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) strong assumptions on the properties of the returns, the variables used to implement the parametric portfolio policy...

We provide examples of pitfalls for parametric portfolio policies as introduced by Brandt, Santa Clara and Valkanov (RFS 2009). For the leading case of constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) strong assumptions on the properties of the returns, the variables used to implement the parametric...