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Stock portfolio optimization is the process of continuous reallocation of funds to a selection of stocks. This is a particularly well-suited problem for reinforcement learning, as daily rewards are compounding and objective functions may…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2022-07-06 Charl Maree , Christian W. Omlin

In this short report, we discuss how coordinate-wise descent algorithms can be used to solve minimum variance portfolio (MVP) problems in which the portfolio weights are constrained by $l_{q}$ norms, where $1\leq q \leq 2$. A portfolio…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2013-09-17 Yu-Min Yen

We prove that the Omega measure, which considers all moments when assessing portfolio performance, is equivalent to the widely used Sharpe ratio under jointly elliptic distributions of returns. Portfolio optimization of the Sharpe ratio is…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2017-04-12 Michael R. Metel , Traian A. Pirvu , Julian Wong

Sparse principal component analysis (PCA) is a popular dimensionality reduction technique for obtaining principal components which are linear combinations of a small subset of the original features. Existing approaches cannot supply…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-22 Dimitris Bertsimas , Ryan Cory-Wright , Jean Pauphilet

We study the complexity of finding the global solution to stochastic nonconvex optimization when the objective function satisfies global Kurdyka-Lojasiewicz (KL) inequality and the queries from stochastic gradient oracles satisfy mild…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-05 Ilyas Fatkhullin , Jalal Etesami , Niao He , Negar Kiyavash

In this paper, we aim at solving the cardinality constrained high-order portfolio optimization, i.e., mean-variance-skewness-kurtosis model with cardinality constraint (MVSKC). Optimization for the MVSKC model is of great difficulty in two…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2021-06-11 Jinxin Wang , Zengde Deng , Taoli Zheng , Anthony Man-Cho So

We describe a procedure to perform approximate inference on the achieved signal-noise ratio of the Markowitz Portfolio under Gaussian i.i.d. returns. The procedure relies on a statistic similar to the Sharpe Ratio Information Criterion.…

Methodology · Statistics 2020-05-19 Steven E. Pav

We employ model predictive control for a multi-period portfolio optimization problem. In addition to the mean-variance objective, we construct a portfolio whose allocation is given by model predictive control with a risk-parity objective,…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2021-03-22 Xiaoyue Li , A. Sinem Uysal , John M. Mulvey

Portfolio optimization is a primary component of the decision-making process in finance, aiming to tactfully allocate assets to achieve optimal returns while considering various constraints. Herein, we proposed a method that uses the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-24 Chansreynich Huot , Kimleang Kea , Tae-Kyung Kim , Youngsun Han

We consider the problem of optimizing a portfolio of financial assets, where the number of assets can be much larger than the number of observations. The optimal portfolio weights require estimating the inverse covariance matrix of excess…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2021-09-29 Anik Burman , Sayantan Banerjee

We study the finite horizon Merton portfolio optimization problem in a general local-stochastic volatility setting. Using model coefficient expansion techniques, we derive approximations for the both the value function and the optimal…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2015-06-23 Matthew Lorig , Ronnie Sircar

In this paper, a continuous and non-convex promoting sparsity fraction function is studied in two sparse portfolio selection models with and without short-selling constraints. Firstly, we study the properties of the optimal solution to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Angang Cui , Jigen Peng , Chengyi Zhang , Haiyang Li , Meng Wen

High-dimensional portfolio optimization faces significant computational challenges under complex constraints, with traditional optimization methods struggling to balance convergence speed and global exploration capability. To address this,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Mingyang Yu , Jiaqi Zhang , Haorui Yang , Adam Slowik , Jun Zhang , Jing Xu

We adopt deep learning models to directly optimise the portfolio Sharpe ratio. The framework we present circumvents the requirements for forecasting expected returns and allows us to directly optimise portfolio weights by updating model…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2021-01-26 Zihao Zhang , Stefan Zohren , Stephen Roberts

In this work, we deal with the problem of computing a comprehensive front of efficient solutions in multi-objective portfolio optimization problems in presence of sparsity constraints. We start the discussion pointing out some weaknesses of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Arturo Annunziata , Matteo Lapucci , Pieluigi Mansueto , Davide Pucci

We provide a new theory for nodewise regression when the residuals from a fitted factor model are used. We apply our results to the analysis of the consistency of Sharpe ratio estimators when there are many assets in a portfolio. We allow…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2022-02-04 Mehmet Caner , Marcelo Medeiros , Gabriel Vasconcelos

Portfolio selection involves optimizing simultaneously financial goals such as risk, return and Sharpe ratio. This problem holds considerable importance in economics. However, little has been studied related to the nonconvexity of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-02 Vuong D. Nguyen , Nguyen Kim Duyen , Nguyen Minh Hai , Bui Khuong Duy

This paper proposes a machine learning-based framework for asset selection and portfolio construction, termed the Best-Path Algorithm Sparse Graphical Model (BPASGM). The method extends the Best-Path Algorithm (BPA) by mapping linear and…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2026-02-04 T. Di Matteo , L. Riso , M. G. Zoia

In an incomplete market, including liquidly-traded European options in an investment portfolio could potentially improve the expected terminal utility for a risk-averse investor. However, unlike the Sharpe ratio, which provides a concise…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2019-08-15 Ankush Agarwal , Matthew Lorig