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Portfolio selection with options

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  • Marco Cassader
  • Sergio Ortobelli Lozza

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We describe an optimization model to evaluate the portfolio performance in the option’s market. Hedgers, managers and investors, in agreement with Markovitz’s theory, aimed at creating a portfolio made up by assets with negative correlation, so as to have a portfolio not linked to the economic cycle. The optimization portfolio problem with contingent claims allows to create wealth also in financial crisis without using short selling, since option returns show a strong negative correlation. The basic idea of this work is using only trading price options, in particular those written on principal stock Indexes, in order to create a diversified portfolio. Thus we propose an ex post analysis over a two-years period using different international portfolio strategies on the derivative market.

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  • Marco Cassader & Sergio Ortobelli Lozza, 2013. "Portfolio selection with options," Working Papers (2013-) 1303_qum, University of Bergamo, Department of Management, Economics and Quantitative Methods.
    • Handle: RePEc:brg:newwpa:1303_qum
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    1. Xiaoxia Huang & Xuting Wang, 2019. "Portfolio Investment with Options Based on Uncertainty Theory," International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (IJITDM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(03), pages 929-952, May.

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