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Journal of Finance Vol. 40 No. 1 1985

More on Estimation Risk and Simple Rules for Optimal Portfolio Selection

Gordon J. Alexander1; Bruce G. Resnick2,3

1 Finance · 2 University of Minnesota · 3 Visiting Nurse Association

Abstract

For the risk‐averse investor, consideration of estimation risk is important in selecting an expected‐utility‐maximizing portfolio. It has previously been shown that the composition of the tangency portfolio is unaffected by the recognition of estimation risk if the Full Covariance Model is used. Alternatively, if the Market Model is used, the composition of the tangency portfolio has been shown to be affected by the recognition of estimation risk. However, as is demonstrated in this paper, the effect will generally not be as substantive as previously believed and in many situations can be safely ignored.

DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6261.1985.tb04940.x
Volume
40
Issue
1
Pages
125-133
Language
en
Sources
crossref openalex

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