This paper presents an optimal portfolio algorithm under equilibrium conditions to evaluate future cash flows. The Algorithm employs expected return-risk approximation of utility function and bivariate distribution of cash flows of an investment and returns on market portfolios. The proposed...

Observed international diversification implies an investment home bias (IHB). Can bivariate preferences with a local domestic peer group rationalize the IHB? For example, it is argued that wishing to have a large correlation with the Standard and Poor's 500 stock index (S&P 500 stock index) may...