Abstract:The concept of risk entered the portfolio world with the work of Harry Markowitz. By considering risk and return together, Markowitz accepts the return distribution symmetrically to create optimal portfolios so that investors can obtain the least risk (variance) and the highest return. When the return distribution is symmetrical, variance can give accurate results as an indicator of risk. But what if the returns show an asymmetrical distribution, can this be the case? Based on this question, the purpose of our… Show more
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