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The Performance of Shrinkage Estimator for Stock Portfolio Selection in Case of High Dimensionality

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  • Nhat Minh Nguyen

    (Faculty of Banking, Banking University HCMC, No. 36 Ton That Dam Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam)

  • Trung Duc Nguyen

    (Faculty of Banking, Banking University HCMC, No. 36 Ton That Dam Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam)

  • Eleftherios I. Thalassinos

    (Faculty of Maritime and Industrial Studies, University of Piraeus, 185-33 Piraeus, Greece
    Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, University of Malta, 2080 Msida, Malta)

  • Hoang Anh Le

    (Institute for Research Science and Banking Technology, Banking University HCMC, No. 36 Ton That Dam Street, Nguyen Thai Binh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam)

Abstract

Harry Markowitz introduced the Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) for the first time in 1952 which has been applied widely for optimal portfolio selection until now. However, the theory still has some limitations that come from the instability of covariance matrix input. This leads the selected portfolio from MPT model to change the status continuously and to suffer the high cost of transaction. The traditional estimator of the covariance matrix has not solved this limitation yet, especially when the dimensionality of the portfolio soars. Therefore, in this paper, we conduct a practical discussion on the feasible application of the shrinkage estimator of the covariance matrix, which is expected to encourage the investors focusing on the shrinkage–based framework for their portfolio selection. The empirical study on the Vietnam stock market in the period of 2011–2021 shows that the shrinkage approach has much better performance than other traditional methods on the primary portfolio evaluation criteria such as return, level of risk, Sharpe ratio, maximum loss, and Alpla coefficient, especially the superiority is even more evident when the dimension of covariance matrix increases. The shrinkage approach tends to create more stable and secure portfolios than other estimators, as demonstrated by the average volatility and maximum loss criteria with the lowest values. Meanwhile, the factor model approach is able to generate portfolios with higher average returns and lower portfolio turnover; and the traditional approach gives good results in the case of low—dimensionality. Besides, the shrinkage method also shows effectiveness when beating the tough market benchmarks such as VN-Index and 1/N portfolio strategy on almost performance metrics in all scenarios.

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  • Nhat Minh Nguyen & Trung Duc Nguyen & Eleftherios I. Thalassinos & Hoang Anh Le, 2022. "The Performance of Shrinkage Estimator for Stock Portfolio Selection in Case of High Dimensionality," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-12, June.
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