Abstract
The Excel based financial model proposed in this paper provides a very simple but powerful method for portfolio selection. Apart from a simple and powerful tool for making portfolio management decisions, the paper also proposes an easy to use technique for calculating portfolio standard deviation without using correlation coefficients. The model uses “Excel Solver Add-In” to create an optimum portfolio by maximizing the Sharpe ratio. Benefits of Sharpe style optimization are demonstrated using data on monthly returns from 1999 to 2010 covering 30 stocks.
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- Portfolio Standard Deviation Search this journal for Portfolio Standard Deviation (opens in a new tab)
- Financial Model Search this journal for Financial Model (opens in a new tab)
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- Beninga, S. (2006). Principles of Finance with Excel, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford. Elton, E. J., Martin, J. G., Stephen, J. B. (2003). Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis, 6th ed. New York: Wiley Reilly, F., K., Keith, C. B. (2006). Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, 8th ed. Mason: Thomson South Western. Sharpe, F. (1994). The Sharpe Ratio, the Journal of Portfolio Management, 21(1), 49-58.
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- Portfolio Optimization Search this journal for Portfolio Optimization (opens in a new tab)
- Sharpe Ratio Search this journal for Sharpe Ratio (opens in a new tab)
- Portfolio Standard Deviation Search this journal for Portfolio Standard Deviation (opens in a new tab)
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