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Author:Jagannathan, R.
Ma, T.
Title:Risk reduction in large portfolios: why imposing the wrong constraints helps
Journal:Journal of Finance
2003 : AUG, VOL. 58:4, p. 1651-1683
Index terms:Risk management
Portfolio management
Short selling
Language:eng
Abstract:The authors explain why constraining portfolio weights to be nonnegative can reduce the risk in estimated optimal portfoliosb even when the constraints are wrong. With no-short-sale constraints in place, the sample covariance matrix performs as well as covariance matrix estimates based on factor models, shrinkage estimators, and daily data.
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