A Model for Portfolio Selection with Order of Expected Returns

The core of the Markowitz Mean-Variance Model is to take the expected return of a portfolio as the investment return and the variance of the expected return of a portfolio as the investment risk. According to Markowitz (1952, 1959, 1987), for a given spec

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Shouyang Wang . Yusen Xia

Portfolio Selection and Asset Pricing

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Authors Shouyang Wang Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100080, China XiaYusen McCombs School of Business University of Texas at Austin TX 78712Austin, USA

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Preface

In our daily life, almost every family owns a portfolio of assets. This portfolio could contain real assets such as a car, or a house, as well as financial assets such as stocks, bonds or futures. Portfolio theory deals with how to form a satisfied portfolio among an enormous number of assets. Originally proposed by H. Markowtiz in 1952, the mean-variance methodology for portfolio optimization has been central to the research activiti