Machine learning, economic regimes and portfolio optimisation
by John M. Mulvey; Han Hao; Nongchao Li
International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management (IJFERM), Vol. 2, No. 4, 2018

Abstract: In portfolio models, the depiction of future outcomes depends upon a representative accounting of economic conditions. There is much evidence that crash periods display much different patterns than normal markets, suggesting that forecasting models ought to be based on multiple regimes. We apply two techniques from machine learning in our empirical study to improve robustness: 1) trend-filtering - to distinguish regimes possessing relatively homogeneous patterns; 2) a shrinkage/cross validation approach within a factor analysis of performance. A scenario-based portfolio model is proposed and designed to address multiple regimes. The worst-case events are well described within the framework, as compared with mean-variance Markowitz models that treat equally all historical performance.

Online publication date: Mon, 13-Aug-2018

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