A Synthetic Data-Plus-Features Driven Approach for Portfolio Optimization

dc.contributor.authorPagnoncelli, Bernardo K.
dc.contributor.authorRamirez, Domingo
dc.contributor.authorRahimian, Hamed
dc.contributor.authorCifuentes, Arturo
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:21:31Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:21:31Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractFeatures, or contextual information, are additional data than can help predicting asset returns in financial problems. We propose a mean-risk portfolio selection problem that uses contextual information to maximize expected returns at each time period, weighing past observations via kernels based on the current state of the world. We consider yearly intervals for investment opportunities, and a set of indices that cover the most relevant investment classes. For those intervals, data scarcity is a problem that is often dealt with by making distribution assumptions. We take a different path and use distribution-free simulation techniques to populate our database. In our experiments we use the Conditional Value-at-Risk as our risk measure, and we work with data from 2007 until 2021 to evaluate our methodology. Our results show that, by incorporating features, the out-of-sample performance of our strategy outperforms the equally-weighted portfolio. We also generate diversified positions, and efficient frontiers that exhibit coherent risk-return patterns.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10614-022-10274-2
dc.identifier.eissn1572-9974
dc.identifier.issn0927-7099
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-022-10274-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92632
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000807373200001
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final204
dc.pagina.inicio187
dc.revistaComputational economics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectPortfolio choice
dc.subjectInvestment decisions
dc.subjectOptimization techniques
dc.subjectMachine learning
dc.subjectSimulation methods
dc.subject.ods08 Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subject.odspa08 Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
dc.titleA Synthetic Data-Plus-Features Driven Approach for Portfolio Optimization
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen62
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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