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Covariance averaging for improved estimation and portfolio allocation

verfasst von: Fotis Papailias, Dimitrios D. Thomakos

Erschienen in: Financial Markets and Portfolio Management | Ausgabe 1/2015

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We propose a new method for estimating the covariance matrix of a multivariate time series of financial returns. The method is based on estimating sample covariances from overlapping windows of observations which are then appropriately weighted to obtain the final covariance estimate. We extend the idea of (model) covariance averaging offered in the covariance shrinkage approach by means of greater ease of use, flexibility and robustness in averaging information over different data segments. The suggested approach does not suffer from the curse of dimensionality and can be used without problems of either approximation or any demand for numerical optimization.

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Titel: Covariance averaging for improved estimation and portfolio allocation
verfasst von: Fotis Papailias
Dimitrios D. Thomakos
Publikationsdatum: 01.02.2015
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Financial Markets and Portfolio Management / Ausgabe 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1934-4554
Elektronische ISSN: 2373-8529
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-014-0242-0

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