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Mean-Variance vs. Full-Scale Optimization: Broad Evidence for the UK

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

In the Full-Scale Optimization approach the complete empirical financial return probability distribution is considered; and the utility maximizing solution is found through numerical optimization. Using a portfolio choice setting of three UK equity indices we identify several utility functions featuring loss aversion and prospect theory; under which Full-Scale Optimization is a substantially better approach than the mean-variance approach. As the equity indices have return distributions with small deviations from normality; the findings indicate much broader usefulness of Full-Scale Optimization than has earlier been shown. The results hold in and out of sample; and the performance improvements are given in terms of utility as well as certainty equivalents.

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Working Papers, Department of Economics, Lund University

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Working paper

Förlag

Department of Economics, Lund University

Ämne

  • Economics

Nyckelord

  • portfolio choice
  • utility maximization
  • full-scale

Status

Published