Establishing the risk denominator in a Sharpe ratio framework for share selection from a momentum investment strategy approach

Background: Based on the static mean-variance portfolio optimisation theory, investors will choose the portfolio with the highest Sharpe ratio to achieve a higher expected utility. However, the traditional Sharpe ratio only accounts for the first two moments of return distributions, which can lead t...

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Main Author: Chris van Heerden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2020-08-01
Series:South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/3467