We investigate portfolio selection performance as in Markowitz by evaluating variance matrix estimation criteria in the currency market. This study challenges theoretically rigorous shrinkage covariance estimators using multiple evaluation metrics: systematic loss function, risk profile of...

Outlier detection and classification algorithms play a critical role in statistical analysis. The reweighted fast consistent and high breakdown point (RFCH) estimator is an outlier-resistant estimator of multivariate location and dispersion. Still, some difficulties hamper the application of the...