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Has Real Estate Come of Age?

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  • Ping Cheng
  • Zhenguo Lin
  • Yingchun Liu
  • Yongmin Zhang

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Executive Summary. This paper reveals the limitations of the classic Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) and the fallacy of applying this theory to a mixed-asset portfolio that includes real estate. The findings suggest that the validity of the single-period MPT to multi-period investment is critically conditional on the assumption that asset returns over time are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) and that the real estate returns are far from this assumption. Furthermore, the analysis shows that the unique characteristics of real estate greatly complicate the mixed-asset portfolio decisions, and the long standing "real estate allocation puzzle" may be caused by the direct application of MPT to the mixed-asset portfolio.

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  • Ping Cheng & Zhenguo Lin & Yingchun Liu & Yongmin Zhang, 2011. "Has Real Estate Come of Age?," Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 243-254, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:repmxx:v:17:y:2011:i:3:p:243-254
    DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2011.12089904
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