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On the Endogeneity of the Mean-Variance Efficient Frontier

The endogeneity of the efficient frontier in the mean-variance model of portfolio selection is commonly obscured in the portfolio selection literature and in widely used textbooks. The authors ...
Financial Planning

Update for Investing's Classic 'Efficient Frontier'

One of the classic underpinnings of Modern Portfolio Theory needs an update. In the early 1950s, Harry Markowitz's work on mean-variance optimization blazed a new investing paradigm. His Efficient ...
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Short Sales Restrictions and Kinks on the Mean Variance Frontier

With a short sales restriction, there may be switching points along the mean variance frontier corresponding to changes in the set of assets held. Traditional wisdom holds that each switching point ...
Risk

Numerical solution of the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman formulation for continuous-time mean–variance asset allocation under stochastic volatility

We present efficient partial differential equation (PDE) methods for continuous-time mean-variance portfolio allocation problems when the underlying risky asset follows a stochastic volatility process ...
Investopedia

Understanding the Efficient Frontier: Maximize Returns, Minimize Risk

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