The Joy of Volatility

FINRISK Working Paper No. 374

6 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2007

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M. A. H. Dempster

University of Cambridge - Centre for Financial Research; Cambridge Systems Associates Limited; University of Cambridge - Judge Business School

Igor V. Evstigneev

University of Manchester - Economics, School of Social Sciences

Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé

The University of Manchester - Department of Economics

Abstract

Modern portfolio theory regards the return of an asset as its upside, while volatility is seen as its downside. This view is shared by the majority of investors who dislike volatile markets. Recent results in financial mathematics, however, show that volatility is actually good, rather than bad, for financial growth. Very simple active portfolio management opens up this profitable opportunity to generate growth from volatility.

Keywords: Volatility, capital growth, investment, constant proportions strategies

JEL Classification: G00

Suggested Citation

Dempster, M. A. H. and Evstigneev, Igor V. and Schenk-Hoppé, Klaus Reiner, The Joy of Volatility. FINRISK Working Paper No. 374, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=983112 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.983112

M. A. H. Dempster

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Igor V. Evstigneev

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