On the tracking and replication of hedge fund optimal investment portfolio strategies in global The hedge fund represents a unique investment opportunity for the institutional and private investors in the diffusion-type financial systems. The main objective of this condensed article is to...

We estimate the equity risk premium (ERP) by combining information from twenty models. The ERP in 2012 and 2013 reached heightened levels - of around 12 percent - not seen since the 1970s. We conclude that the high ERP was caused by unusually low Treasury yields.

We estimate the equity risk premium (ERP) by combining information from twenty models. The ERP in 2012 and 2013 reached heightened levels - of around 12 percent - not seen since the 1970s. We conclude that the high ERP was caused by unusually low Treasury yields.

This paper used the K-plot and the Chi-plot to investigate the relationship between the Vietnamese stock market and other stock markets in Asia, Europe and the US. The two non-parametric methods are able to show whether or not dependence exists between the Vietnamese stock market and other stock...

El presente trabajo analiza si los Sistemas de Capitalización Individual en América Latina se han diversificado en conjunto, bajo la evidencia de pruebas de Raíces Unitarias de Panel de Datos, no obstante con las diferencias que existen entre los mismo países de estudio tales como...

Ever since Harry Markowitz published his seminal paper on portfolio selection, investors have incorporated estimates of future volatilities and correlations into their asset allocation process. While portfolio construction methods continue to evolve, many investors continue to forecast...

We employ a large dataset of physical inventory data on 21 different commodities for the period 1993-2011 to empirically analyze the behaviour of commodity prices and their volatility as predicted by the theory of storage. We examine two main issues. First, we analyze the relationship between...

We show that there is strong commonality in the volatility of a wide range of diversified equity portfolios. Common factor volatility (CFV) exists even when factor or anomaly returns are market-adjusted and does not appear to be attributable to common microstructure noise or a lack of...

Portfolio insurance strategies that control benchmark-underperformance risk require estimating the maximum multiplier of the risk budget, which determines the allocation to the performance-seeking asset (PSA) at each point in time. We explore the implications of taking into account the expected...