The objective this work is to calculate the VaR of portfolios via GARCH family models with normal and t-student distribution and via Monte Carlo Simulation. We used three portfolios composite with preferential stocks of five Ibovespa companies. The results show that the t distribution adjusts...

Does active management add or destroy value? With a sample of 699 with four different main categories: stocks, fixed income, hedge and exchange rate mutual funds we conclude that the active management add value to investors in stocks and hedge funds. But in fixed income mutual funds the evidence...

We propose a method for optimal portfolio selection built on the Black and Litterman model and with two major contributions. We introduce in the investors' objective function a risk measure named expected tail loss, which is useful in portfolio selection context as it supports the benefi ts of...