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Optimal Portfolio Selection: A Note with a VBA Solution

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  • Ignacio Velez-Pareja, Pedro Fabián Castilla Ávila
  • Pedro F. Castilla

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Usually in financial textbooks and courses the theory of portfolio selection is taught in a strictly theoretical way. There is a model (Markowitz) that stipulates that an investor has preferences and that she will choose the best portfolio, given her preference curves and an efficient frontier. On the other hand, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is presented as it is: a genial idea that served to simplify and to make operative the Markowitz setup.Most students and practitioners conclude that those models are just inapplicable theory. This is the most rational behavior one can expect. What can an investor do with the textbook recipes to configure an optimal portfolio? Very little. We show through an example how the portfolio is obtained manually" and how to use the add-in developed showing the efficient frontier in the example. "

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  • Ignacio Velez-Pareja, Pedro Fabián Castilla Ávila & Pedro F. Castilla, 2012. "Optimal Portfolio Selection: A Note with a VBA Solution," Proyecciones Financieras y Valoración 10723, Master Consultores.
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    Keywords

    CAPM; efficient frontier; portfolio selection; capital market line; optimal portfolio; add-in; VBA;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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