A Dynamic Semiparametric Characteristics-based Model for Optimal Portfolio Selection
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Publication Date
2021-02-10Journal Title
Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper
Series
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Publisher
Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
Type
Working Paper
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Connor, G., Li, S., & Linton, O. (2021). A Dynamic Semiparametric Characteristics-based Model for Optimal Portfolio Selection. Michael J. Brennan Irish Finance Working Paper Series Research Paper https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.62316
Abstract
This paper develops a two-step semiparametric methodology for portfolio weight selection for characteristics-based factor-tilt and factor-timing investment strategies. We build upon the expected utility maximization framework of Brandt (1999) and Aït-sahalia and Brandt (2001). We assume that assets’ returns obey a characteristics-based factor model with time-varying factor risk premia as in Li and Linton (2020). We prove under our return-generating assumptions that in a market with a large number of assets, an approximately optimal portfolio can be established using a two-step procedure. The first step finds optimal factor-mimicking subportfolios using a quadratic objective function over linear combinations of characteristics-based factor loadings. The second step dynamically combines these factor-mimicking sub-portfolios based on a time-varying signal, using the investor’s expected utility as the objective function. We develop and implement a two-stage semiparametric estimator. We apply it to CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices) and FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) data and find excellent in-sample and out-sample performance that are consistent with investors’ risk aversion levels.
Keywords
Portfolio management, Single index,, GMM
Identifiers
CWPE20103
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.62316
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/315207
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