This paper constructs an alternative investment strategy to portfolio optimization model in the framework of the Mean–Variance portfolio selection model. To differentiate it from the ubiquitously applied Mean–Variance model, which is constructed on an assumption that returns are normally...

A considerable theoretical and empirical literature studies the corporation's capital structure. Economists have paid less attention to capital structure in other enterprise forms such as partnerships, which typically operate under different legal constraints and appeal to smaller enterprises....

Demonstration that in-sample Markowitz type mean-variance optimization, carried out with noise filtered covariance matrices, results in asset allocation that leads to 2-3 times increase of the Sharpe ratio compared to the same optimization carried out without noise filtering.Demonstration of 2-3...

Demonstration of the omnipresence of noise in volatilities of returns of financial instruments.Demonstration that more than 30% of SP500 securities can have percentage change in volatility of more than 10% as a result of noise filtering.In our white paper “Filtering Noise From Correlation...

• Demonstration of outstanding investment performance due to noise filtering of covariance matrices in optimum portfolio selection exercises. This demonstration is based on the out-of-sample simulation of rebalancing trading done daily, weekly, biweekly and monthly.• Exhibits of investment...

Demonstration of the omnipresence of noise in financial correlation/covariance matrices revealed by means of random matrix theory, a branch of probability theory.Introduction of the Shannon entropy as a measure of noise in correlation matrices. Demonstration of substantial entropy decrease as a...

Alexander Izmailov, Ph.D (theoretical physics) and Brian Shay, Ph.D (mathematics) of Market Memory Trading, L.L.C. present, in a series of nine (9) white papers, aspects of a revolutionary advance in uncovering hidden dependencies via filtering noise from correlation matrices developed by the...

Alexander Izmailov, Ph.D (theoretical physics) and Brian Shay, Ph.D (mathematics) of Market Memory Trading, L.L.C., present in a series of nine (9) white papers, aspects of a revolutionary advance in uncovering hidden dependencies via filtering noise from correlation matrices developed by the...

This note presents the Blender, a concept that was developed at Unigestion by the Quantitative Research Hedge Fund Team. In the context of portfolio optimization we propose Blended portfolios as an alternative to efficient portfolios.Albeit Blended portfolios are sub-optimal in the mean-variance...

Enhanced Indexation is the problem of selecting a portfolio that should produce excess return with respect to a given benchmark index. In this work we propose a linear bi-objective optimization approach to Enhanced Indexation that maximizes average excess return and minimizes underperformance...