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The Use Of The Sustainable Investment Against The Broad Market One. A First Test In The Mexican Stock Market / El Uso De La Inversión Sustentable En Comparación De La Inversión Convencional. Una Primera Revisión Para El Mercado De Valores Mexicano

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  • De la Torre, Oscar

    (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (México))

  • Galeana, Evaristo

    (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (México))

  • Aguilasocho, Dora

    (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (México))

Abstract

The present paper studies the mean–variance efficiency of the sustainable investment (SI) practice in Mexico by proving the existence of a statistical equality in the performance levels ofthe IPC sustainability (IPCS)index againstthe broad marketIPCcomp one. Using daily standard deviation and Sharpe ratio levels from November 2008 to August 2013, along with variance ratio and a one-factor CAPM spanning tests, our results showed that the SI strategy in Mexico is as mean–variance efficient as the broad market one, being a good substitute of the latter in the long term. Our results also refuted the assumption of a loss of mean–variance efficiency in the sustainable subset due to a lower diversification. / El presente artículo estudia la eficiencia media-varianza de la inversión sustentable (IS) como estrategia de inversión en México. Esto al dar pruebas de igualdad estadística en el desempeño entre el índice de precios y cotizaciones sustentable (IPCS) y el índice general de Mercado IPCcomp. Al emplear valores diarios (de noviembre de 2008 a agosto de 2013) tanto de desviación estándar como de índices de Sharpe, así como una prueba de expansión sobre un CAPM estándar, nuestros resultados muestran que la IS como estrategia de inversión es igual de eficiente (en término de media-varianza) que la realizada al replicar un índice general de Mercado, siendo un buen sustituto de ésta última en el largo plazo. Nuestros resultados también refutan el supuesto de pérdida de eficiencia media-varianza resultante de que el IPCS sea un sub-conjunto menos diversificado que el IPCcomp.

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  • De la Torre, Oscar & Galeana, Evaristo & Aguilasocho, Dora, 2016. "The Use Of The Sustainable Investment Against The Broad Market One. A First Test In The Mexican Stock Market / El Uso De La Inversión Sustentable En Comparación De La Inversión Convencional. Una Prime," European Research on Management and Business Economics (ERMBE), Academia Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (AEDEM), vol. 22(3), pages 117-123.
  • Handle: RePEc:idi:jermbe:v:22:y:2016:i:3:p:117-123
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    Keywords

    Diversification; Portfolio choice; Financial forecasting and simulation; Ethical investments; Sustainability; Diversificación; Selección de portafolios; Pronóstico y simulación financiera; Inversión ética; Sustentabilidad;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G17 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Financial Forecasting and Simulation
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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