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A Markowitz Approach to Managing a Dynamic Basket of Moving-Band Statistical Arbitrages

Econometrics 2024-12-04 v1

Abstract

We consider the problem of managing a portfolio of moving-band statistical arbitrages (MBSAs), inspired by the Markowitz optimization framework. We show how to manage a dynamic basket of MBSAs, and illustrate the method on recent historical data, showing that it can perform very well in terms of risk-adjusted return, essentially uncorrelated with the market.

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@article{arxiv.2412.02660,
  title  = {A Markowitz Approach to Managing a Dynamic Basket of Moving-Band Statistical Arbitrages},
  author = {Kasper Johansson and Thomas Schmelzer and Stephen Boyd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.02660},
  year   = {2024}
}