Download This PaperEnd the Charade: Replacing the Efficient Frontier with the Efficient Range
15 Pages Posted: 10 Mar 2013
Date Written: March 1, 2013
Abstract
Gaps between optimized portfolios produced by mean-variance optimizers and portfolios that investors prefer come from two sources. One is imprecise estimates of mean-variance parameters. The other is investor preferences beyond high expected returns and low risk. We offer the mean-variance ‘efficient range’ as the location of all mean-variance efficient portfolios that acknowledge imprecise estimates and accommodate investor preferences.
Keywords: Mean variance optimizers, efficient frontier, efficient range, investor preference, mean-variance efficient portfolios
JEL Classification: G00, G10, G11
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Statman, Meir and Clark, Joni, End the Charade: Replacing the Efficient Frontier with the Efficient Range (March 1, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2230548 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2230548
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