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Dynamic asset allocation modeling for international investment : a comparison of information-based active strategies versus passive strategies for the EAFE and S&P 500 portfolios

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Dynamic asset allocation modeling for international investment : a comparison of information-based active strategies versus passive strategies for the EAFE and S&P 500 portfolios

Hung, Loretta T. S (2002) Dynamic asset allocation modeling for international investment : a comparison of information-based active strategies versus passive strategies for the EAFE and S&P 500 portfolios. Masters thesis, Concordia University.

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Abstract

Tactical asset allocation has become popular in asset management since the stock market crash in October 1987. Researchers and practitioners have always promoted the benefits of international diversification. Much research has been done in domestic asset allocation and global asset allocation. However, a portfolio mix between the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI EAFE Index is a novel combination for tactical asset allocation. The objective of this study is to develop a dynamic asset allocation strategy dealing with such an asset mix. A rolling binary logit model is built using the preceding sixty months of data and is used to forecast the next month's movements of these two indices. Forty-eight trading strategies are implemented to validate the forecastability of the prediction model using the out-of-sample data from January 1978 to September 1999. This study affirms that a dynamic asset allocation strategy can be established to time the market and generate a superior abnormal return on a portfolio investing in these two assets. A prediction model can be built on public information variables to successfully forecast the upcoming movements of these two indices. Even with transaction costs, an investor can rely on the signals to make asset allocation between these two indices and produce a terminal wealth significantly larger than the passive portfolios invested in either one of the indices alone

Divisions:Concordia University > John Molson School of Business
Item Type:Thesis (Masters)
Authors:Hung, Loretta T. S
Pagination:viii, 55 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M. Sc.
Program:Administration
Date:2002
Thesis Supervisor(s):Switzer, Lorne N
Identification Number:HG 4529.5 H86 2002
ID Code:1645
Deposited By: Concordia University Library
Deposited On:27 Aug 2009 17:21
Last Modified:21 Oct 2022 13:01
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