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Evaluating the Importance of Missing Risk Factors Using the Optimal Orthogonal Portfolio Approach

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Summary, in English

We apply the orthogonal portfolio approach to analyse the importance of risk factors potentially missing from the CAPM. We generalize the approach proposed by MacKinlay and Pastor (2000) [MacKinlay, A.C., Pastor, L., 2000. Asset pricing models: implications for expected returns and portfolio selection. Review of Financial Studies 13, 883–916] by estimating the Sharpe ratio of the optimal orthogonal portfolio. Our result, based on US industry portfolios for the period 1927–2002, reveals important risk factors missing from the CAPM during periods with high market volatility. We show that a priori fixing the Sharpe ratio, which is an assumption used by MacKinlay and Pastor (2000) [MacKinlay, A.C., Pastor, L., 2000. Asset pricing models: implications for expected returns and portfolio selection. Review of Financial Studies 13, 883–916], may produce less plausible estimates of the expected returns.

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

556-575

Publication/Series

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volume

12

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

North-Holland

Topic

  • Economics

Keywords

  • Investment strategy
  • Orthogonal portfolio
  • Simulated annealing
  • Factor pricing

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0927-5398