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Comparing Possibilistic Portfolios to Probabilistic Ones

In: Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance

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  • Marco Corazza

    (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Economics)

  • Carla Nardelli

    (University of Bergamo, Department of Management, Economics and Quantitative Methods)

Abstract

In this paper, we compare mean-variance portfolios based on the standard probabilistic representation of the stock returns to mean-variance portfolios built by using stock returns represented as possibilistic numbers. With reference to the latter, in this note we focus our attention on the definitions recently proposed in literature for modeling portfolio selection problems. In particular, first we investigate some theoretical properties of the possibilistic portfolios and compare them to the equivalent ones of the probabilistic portfolios, then, given the assets composing the Italian stock index FTSE MIB, we empirically compare the performances of the possibilistic portfolios to those of the probabilistic one. The results show that, generally, the probabilistic approach is more flexible than the possibilistic one in solving portfolio selection problems.

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  • Marco Corazza & Carla Nardelli, 2018. "Comparing Possibilistic Portfolios to Probabilistic Ones," Springer Books, in: Marco Corazza & María Durbán & Aurea Grané & Cira Perna & Marilena Sibillo (ed.), Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance, pages 237-241, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-89824-7_43
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89824-7_43
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