A study of covariance matrix estimators for Markowitz mean-variance portfolio optimization

This paper aims to compare the performance of 3 covariance matrix estimators with respect to sample covariance matrix in terms of portfolio optimisation using historical return data of 30 top stocks traded at Singapore market from May 2012 to October 2014. The comparison shows that the improvement o...

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Main Author: Luo, Yun
Other Authors: Tay Wee Peng
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64240
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English