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On Portfolio Selection Under Extreme Risk Measure: The Heavy-Tailed Ica Model

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  • STÉPHAN CLÉMENÇON

    (MODALX, Université Paris X Nanterre, LPMA UMR CNRS 7599, Université Paris VI et Paris VII, France)

  • SKANDER SLIM

    (THEMA, UMR CNRS 7536, Université Paris X Nanterre, France)

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the application of the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) methodology to the problem of selecting portfolio strategies, so as to provide against extremal movements in financial markets. A specific ICA model for describing the extreme fluctuations of asset prices is introduced, stipulating that the distributions of the ICs are heavy tailed (i.e., with power law behavior at infinity). An inference method based on conditional maximum likelihood estimation is proposed for our model, which permits to determine practically optimal investment strategies with respect to extreme risk. Empirical studies based on this modeling are carried out to illustrate our approach.

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  • Stéphan Clémençon & Skander Slim, 2007. "On Portfolio Selection Under Extreme Risk Measure: The Heavy-Tailed Ica Model," International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 10(03), pages 449-474.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijtafx:v:10:y:2007:i:03:n:s0219024907004275
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219024907004275
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