Are International Portfolio Diversification Opportunities Decreasing? Evidence from Principal Component Analysis

I use Principal Component Analysis to create an index of portfolio diversification- a quantifiable measure of diversification opportunities offered to US investors by financial markets abroad.  The index is estimated for three market clusters: developed, emerging, and world (emerging and developed...

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Main Author: Galin K. Todorov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2017-06-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/4983