Wavelet evolutionary network for complex-constrained portfolio rebalancing

Autor: N. C. Suganya, G. A. Vijayalakshmi Pai
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: International Journal of Systems Science. 43:1367-1385
ISSN: 1464-5319
0020-7721
DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2011.601351
Popis: Portfolio rebalancing problem deals with resetting the proportion of different assets in a portfolio with respect to changing market conditions. The constraints included in the portfolio rebalancing problem are basic, cardinality, bounding, class and proportional transaction cost. In this study, a new heuristic algorithm named wavelet evolutionary network WEN is proposed for the solution of complex-constrained portfolio rebalancing problem. Initially, the empirical covariance matrix, one of the key inputs to the problem, is estimated using the wavelet shrinkage denoising technique to obtain better optimal portfolios. Secondly, the complex cardinality constraint is eliminated using k -means cluster analysis. Finally, WEN strategy with logical procedures is employed to find the initial proportion of investment in portfolio of assets and also rebalance them after certain period. Experimental studies of WEN are undertaken on Bombay Stock Exchange, India BSE200 index, period: July 2001–July 2006 and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan Nikkei225 index, period: March 2002–March 2007 data sets. The result obtained using WEN is compared with the only existing counterpart named Hopfield evolutionary network HEN strategy and also verifies that WEN performs better than HEN. In addition, different performance metrics and data envelopment analysis are carried out to prove the robustness and efficiency of WEN over HEN strategy.
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