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Mean–variance versus full-scale optimisation: In and out of sample

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  • Timothy Adler

    (Windham Capital Management, LLC)

  • Mark Kritzman

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We present a recent innovation to portfolio construction called full-scale optimisation. In contrast to mean–variance analysis, which assumes that returns are normally distributed or that investors have quadratic utility, full-scale optimisation identifies the optimal portfolio given any set of return distributions and any description of investor preferences. It therefore yields the truly optimal portfolio in sample, whereas mean–variance analysis provides an approximation to the in-sample truth. Both approaches, however, suffer from estimation error. We employ a bootstrapping procedure to compare the estimation error of full-scale optimisation to the combined approximation and estimation error of mean–variance analysis. We find that, to a significant degree, the in-sample superiority of full-scale optimisation prevails out of sample.

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  • Timothy Adler & Mark Kritzman, 2007. "Mean–variance versus full-scale optimisation: In and out of sample," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(5), pages 302-311, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:assmgt:v:7:y:2007:i:5:d:10.1057_palgrave.jam.2250042
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jam.2250042
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    1. Emmanuel Afuecheta & Saralees Nadarajah & Stephen Chan, 2021. "A Statistical Analysis of Global Economies Using Time Varying Copulas," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 58(4), pages 1167-1194, December.

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