On the mean and variance of the estimated tangency portfolio weights for small samples
Open Access
- 2 September 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by VTeX in Modern Stochastics: Theory and Applications
- Vol. 9 (4), 453-482
- https://doi.org/10.15559/22-vmsta212
Abstract
Publisher: VTeX - Solutions for Science Publishing, Journal: Modern Stochastics - Theory and Applications, Title: On the mean and variance of the estimated tangency portfolio weights for small samples, Authors: Gustav Alfelt, Stepan Mazur , In this paper, a sample estimator of the tangency portfolio (TP) weights is considered. The focus is on the situation where the number of observations is smaller than the number of assets in the portfolio and the returns are i.i.d. normally distributed. Under these assumptions, the sample covariance matrix follows a singular Wishart distribution and, therefore, the regular inverse cannot be taken. In the paper, bounds and approximations for the first two moments of the estimated TP weights are derived, as well as exact results are obtained when the population covariance matrix is equal to the identity matrix, employing the Moore–Penrose inverse. Moreover, exact moments based on the reflexive generalized inverse are provided. The properties of the bounds are investigated in a simulation study, where they are compared to the sample moments. The difference between the moments based on the reflexive generalized inverse and the sample moments based on the Moore–Penrose inverse is also studied.Keywords
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