Main points:

  • random portfolios are better at performance measurement than benchmarks or peer groups
  • random portfolios can be used to explore the effect of portfolio constraints
  • there are various approaches to generating random portfolios

annotated slides (pdf)

Presented 2006 September at UKSIP.

Kommentarer inaktiverade för Portfolio Analysis with Random Portfolios

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