In Part II of this series, we mentioned the existence of an analytic method to calculate the Efficient Frontier of a portfolio. Here we provide the formulas for this method. As for other methods to calculate the Efficient Frontier, this method requires knowledge of...
In Part I combining simulation and decision tree techniques was introduced. But what does that actually give you? What meaningful results are created to justify the work? Obviously there are good things to come, or I wouldn’t be bringing it up! A regular spreadsheet...
The topic of the selection and weighting of assets (or projects) associated with an optimal portfolio is a large and complex one. For example in general business applications, the determination of the optimal set of companies or subsidiaries that a holding company or...
This entry follows on from Part I, describing optimal portfolio selection for portfolios where the expected return and standard deviation are sufficient to describe the decision-makers’ risk profile (i.e. the criteria to be used in deciding what is meant by...
