Stock returns are not always from the same distribution: Evidence from the Great Recession

Portfolio allocation strategies, and notably the mean-variance approach, use past returns to assign optimal weights. Even though both past and expected returns should come from the same distribution, a formal test of whether this holds in practice has not been conducted yet. Thus, the study examines...

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Main Authors: Nektarios A. Michail, Marina Magidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2020-09-01
Series:Investment Management & Financial Innovations
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Online Access:https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/14007/IMFI_2020_03_Michail.pdf