Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/274771 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Risk and Financial Management [ISSN:] 1911-8074 [Volume:] 15 [Issue:] 6 [Article No.:] 249 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-12
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
Harry Markowitz introduced the Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) for the first time in 1952 which has been applied widely for optimal portfolio selection until now. However, the theory still has some limitations that come from the instability of covariance matrix input. This leads the selected portfolio from MPT model to change the status continuously and to suffer the high cost of transaction. The traditional estimator of the covariance matrix has not solved this limitation yet, especially when the dimensionality of the portfolio soars. Therefore, in this paper, we conduct a practical discussion on the feasible application of the shrinkage estimator of the covariance matrix, which is expected to encourage the investors focusing on the shrinkage-based framework for their portfolio selection. The empirical study on the Vietnam stock market in the period of 2011-2021 shows that the shrinkage approach has much better performance than other traditional methods on the primary portfolio evaluation criteria such as return, level of risk, Sharpe ratio, maximum loss, and Alpla coefficient, especially the superiority is even more evident when the dimension of covariance matrix increases. The shrinkage approach tends to create more stable and secure portfolios than other estimators, as demonstrated by the average volatility and maximum loss criteria with the lowest values. Meanwhile, the factor model approach is able to generate portfolios with higher average returns and lower portfolio turnover; and the traditional approach gives good results in the case of low-dimensionality. Besides, the shrinkage method also shows effectiveness when beating the tough market benchmarks such as VN-Index and 1/N portfolio strategy on almost performance metrics in all scenarios.
Subjects: 
high-dimensionality
modern portfolio theory
portfolio management
shrinkage estimator of covariance matrix
shrinkage intensity
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Document Type: 
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