Title
Robust portfolio selection involving options under a " marginal+joint " ellipsoidal uncertainty set
Abstract
In typical robust portfolio selection problems, one mainly finds portfolios with the worst-case return under a given uncertainty set, in which asset returns can be realized. A too large uncertainty set will lead to a too conservative robust portfolio. However, if the given uncertainty set is not large enough, the realized returns of resulting portfolios will be outside of the uncertainty set when an extreme event such as market crash or a large shock of asset returns occurs. The goal of this paper is to propose robust portfolio selection models under so-called '' marginal+joint'' ellipsoidal uncertainty set and to test the performance of the proposed models. A robust portfolio selection model under a ''marginal + joint'' ellipsoidal uncertainty set is proposed at first. The model has the advantages of models under the separable uncertainty set and the joint ellipsoidal uncertainty set, and relaxes the requirements on the uncertainty set. Then, one more robust portfolio selection model with option protection is presented by combining options into the proposed robust portfolio selection model. Convex programming approximations with second-order cone and linear matrix inequalities constraints to both models are derived. The proposed robust portfolio selection model with options can hedge risks and generates robust portfolios with well wealth growth rate when an extreme event occurs. Tests on real data of the Chinese stock market and simulated options confirm the property of both the models. Test results show that (1) under the '' marginal+joint'' uncertainty set, the wealth growth rate and diversification of robust portfolios generated from the first proposed robust portfolio model (without options) are better and greater than those generated from Goldfarb and Iyengar's model, and (2) the robust portfolio selection model with options outperforms the robust portfolio selection model without options when some extreme event occurs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.cam.2012.03.023
J. Computational Applied Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
proposed robust portfolio model,proposed robust portfolio selection,robust portfolio selection model,joint ellipsoidal uncertainty set,typical robust portfolio selection,robust portfolio,ellipsoidal uncertainty set,uncertainty set,conservative robust portfolio,extreme event,robust optimization,linear matrix inequality
Mathematical optimization,Replicating portfolio,Robust optimization,Post-modern portfolio theory,Portfolio,Portfolio optimization,Convex optimization,Stock market,Mathematics,Linear matrix inequality
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
236
14
0377-0427
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.44
11
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ai-Fan Ling1152.42
Cheng-Xian Xu211516.45