Equity Portfolio Diversification*

Portfolio Diversification in Europe

Have the euro and accompanying measures of financial integration had a discernable impact on the deree of diversification of European investors? This is an empirical question that this paper tries to answer by exploring four alternative avenues. First we focus on the final outcome: If European investors are indeed better diversified, their consumption should be increasingly correlated. Second w...

Illiquidity, Portfolio Constraints, and Diversification *

Portfolio Choice and Perceived Diversification†

The old adage about putting all of one’s eggs in one basket was thought wise long before the advent of modern portfolio theory and the important results of Markowitz (1959) and others. However, despite the anecdotal imperative to investors to diversify their portfolios, the empirical reality is that diversification rarely takes place as recommended by portfolio theory. In this paper, I demonstr...

Econometrics and Metaheuristic Optimization Approaches to International Portfolio Diversification

Using advanced techniques of econometrics and a metaheuristic optimization approach, this study attempts to evaluate the potential advantages of international portfolio diversification for East Asian international investors when investing in the Middle Eastern emerging markets. Overall, the results of both econometric and the metaheuristic optimization methods are supporting each other. Finding...

Loan Portfolio Diversification, Market Structure and Financial Stability of Banks

 The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of bank loan portfolio diversification and market structure on the financial stability of banks in the countrychr('39')s capital market. In order to achieve the above goal, the financial data of 17 banks have been used as unbalanced panels in the period from 2005 to 2018. In this study, data analysis was performed using fixed effects model...