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1.

Principal Components as a Measure of Systemic Risk

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Apr 2010
Mark Kritzman, Yuanzhen Li, Sebastien Page and Roberto Rigobon
Windham Capital Management, Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Systemic risk, principal components

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Valuation in Emerging Markets

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 23 Nov 2002
Robert F. Bruner, Robert M. Conroy, Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman and Wei Li
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, IESE Business School, Windham Capital Management and University of Virginia - Darden School of Business
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Optimal Hedge Fund Allocations: Do Higher Moments Matter?

Revere Street Working Paper No. 272-13
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Sep 2004
Jan-Hein Cremers, Mark Kritzman and Sebastien Page
State Street Associates, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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Hedge fund, hedge funds, optimization, portfolio, optimisation, skewness, kurtosis, higher moments, mean-variance, Markowitz, utility, behavioral finance, prospect theory, s-shaped, bilinear utility, convertible arbitrage, event driven, merger arbitrage, equity hedge, full-scale optimization, risk

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Mean-Variance Versus Full-Scale Optimization: In and Out of Sample

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4589-05
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Feb 2006
Timothy Adler and Mark Kritzman
Windham Capital Management and Windham Capital Management
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Mean-Variance Analysis, Full-Scale Optimization, Portfolio Formation

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Portfolio Rebalancing: A Test of the Markowitz-Van Dijk Heuristic

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4641-07
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Mar 2007
Mark Kritzman, Simon Myrgren and Sebastien Page
Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and State Street Associates
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finance, portfolio: optimal rebalancing with transaction costs

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Toward Determining the Optimal Investment Strategy for Retirement

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 Jan 2019
Javier Estrada and Mark Kritzman
IESE Business School and Windham Capital Management
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retirement strategies; failure rate; coverage ratio; asset allocation

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'Valuation in Emerging Markets' Cdrom Edition

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Nov 2002
Robert F. Bruner, Robert M. Conroy, Mark Kritzman, Wei Li and Elizabeth F. O'Halloran
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Windham Capital Management, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and University of Virginia - Darden Schoool of Business
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Countries Versus Industries in Emerging Markets: A Normative Portfolio Approach

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Countries Versus Industries in Emerging Markets: A Normative Portfolio Approach

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Apr 2004
Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman and Sebastien Page
IESE Business School, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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Countries Versus Industries in Emerging Markets: A Normative Portfolio Approach

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 May 2004
Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman and Sebastien Page
IESE Business School, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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Advances in Factor Replication

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5174-16
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2016
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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Bayesian shrinkage, Elliptical distribution, Factor-replicating portfolio Full-scale optimization, Independent-sample error, Interval error, Kinked utility function, Non-parametric, Power utility function, Resampling, Small-sample error, Stability-adjusted return sample, Symmetrical distribution

10.

Event Time

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6700-22
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 May 2022
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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Calendar time, Co-occurrence, Event intensity, Event time, Information theory, Informativeness, Kullback-Leibler divergence, Kurtosis, Mahalanobis distance, Normal divergence, Pearson correlation, Relative entropy, z-score

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The Past as Prologue: A New Approach to Forecasting

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6166-20
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2021
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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Informativeness, Mahalanobis distance, Partial sample regression, Relevance, Similarity

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'An Interview with Mark Mobius' Cdrom Edition

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 27 Nov 2002
Robert F. Bruner, Robert M. Conroy, Mark Kritzman, Wei Li and Elizabeth F. O'Halloran
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Windham Capital Management, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and University of Virginia - Darden Schoool of Business
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The Determinants of Inflation

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6730, 2022
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Jun 2022
William B. Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman, Michael Metcalfe and David Turkington
State Street Global Markets, Windham Capital Management, State Street Global Markets and State Street Associates
Downloads 277 (157,207)

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Baum-Welch Algorithm, Euclidean Distance, Hidden Markov Model, Mahalanobis Distance, Markov process, Regime Characteristic, z-score

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Evaluating Retirement Strategies: A Utility-Based Approach

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Mar 2018
Javier Estrada and Mark Kritzman
IESE Business School and Windham Capital Management
Downloads 277 (157,207)
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Retirement Strategies; Failure Rate; Coverage Ratio; Utility-Based Analysis

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Optimal Currency Hedging: Horizon Matters

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5810-19, June 2019
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Jun 2019
Nelson Arruda, Alain Bergeron and Mark Kritzman
Mackenzie Investments, Mackenzie Investments and Windham Capital Management
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Auto-correlation, Cross-correlation, Interval error, Mean-variance optimization, Optimal currency hedge ratio

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Countries Versus Industries in Europe: A Normative Portfolio Approach

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Feb 2005
Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman, Sebastien Page and Simon Myrgren
IESE Business School, Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and State Street Associates
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Portfolio management, Country versus industries, Europe

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Severe but Plausible — or Not?

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6246-21
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2022
Stefan Gavell, Mark Kritzman and Cel Kulasekaran
Program on International Financial Systems, Windham Capital Management and Windham Capital Management
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Alternative composite scenario, Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review Program, COVID, Kurtosis, Mahalanobis distance, Severe but plausible, Skewness, Stress scenario, Stress test, Supervisory Capital Assessment Program

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New Frontiers in Portfolio Management

Journal of Applied Finance (Formerly Financial Practice and Education), Vol. 25, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 02 Jul 2016
Rose Cosio, Javier Estrada and Mark Kritzman
UBS AG - UBS Wealth Management, IESE Business School and Windham Capital Management
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The COVID Report Card

MIT Sloan Research Paper 6185-20
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Oct 2020
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman, Baykan Pamir and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and State Street Associates
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COVID report card, Cross-sectional regression analysis, Implied deaths, New cases, Reported deaths,

20.

The Relative Importance of Fiscal and Monetary Policy: An Empirical Perspective

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6152-20
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Jul 2020
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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Fiscal policy, Mahalanobis distance, Monetary policy, Statistical similarity

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Optimal Multi-Horizon Portfolios with Forward-Looking Expectations and Loss Aversion: An Application To Sovereign Wealth Funds

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Sep 2022
Khalid Alsweilem, Mark Kritzman and Malan Rietveld
Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness, Stanford University, Windham Capital Management and Stellenbosch University
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Optimization, sovereign wealth

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Who Charges More: Hedge Funds or Mutual Funds?

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 20, Issue 1, pp. 121-123, Winter 2008
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Apr 2008
Mark Kritzman
Windham Capital Management
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Severe but Plausible – or Not?

Journal of Risk, Vol. 24, No. 3
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Mar 2022
Stefan Gavell, Cel Kulasekaran and Mark Kritzman
Program on International Financial Systems, Windham Capital Management and Windham Capital Management
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Mahalanobis distance; skewness; kurtosis; scenario analysis; stress test; capital requirement.

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Relevance

Czasonis, M., M. Kritzman and D. Turkington. 2022. "Relevance." Journal of Investment Management 20(1).
Posted: 17 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2022
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates

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Informativeness, Mahalanobis Distance, Partial Sample Regression, Relevance, Similarity

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The Myth of Diversification Reconsidered

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6257-21
Posted: 11 Feb 2021
William B. Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman, Sébastien Page and David Turkington
State Street Global Markets, Windham Capital Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN and State Street Associates

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Bivariate normal distribution, conditional correlation, correlation asymmetry, correlation profile, exceedance correlation, full scale optimization, mean variance optimization, tail dependence

26.

Portfolio Choice with Path-Dependent Preferences

Kritzman, Mark and Li, Ding and Qiu, Grace (Tiantian) and Turkington, David, Portfolio Choice with Path-Dependent Scenarios (January 15, 2021). Financial Analysts Journal, 2021, 77(1): 90–100.
Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2021
Mark Kritzman, Ding Li, Grace (Tiantian) Qiu and David Turkington
Windham Capital Management, GIC Private Limited, GIC and State Street Associates

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Informativeness, Mahalanobis Distance, Partial Sample Regression, Relevance, Scenario Analysis, Statistical Similarity

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The Stock-Bond Correlation

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6108-20
Posted: 12 May 2020
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates

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Autocorrelation, Henriksson-Merton test, Informativeness, Lagged cross-correlation, Mahalanobis distance, Partial sample regression, Relevance, Single period correlation, Statistical similarity

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Private Equity and the Leverage Myth

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5912-20
Posted: 20 Feb 2020
Megan Czasonis, William B. Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, State Street Global Markets, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates

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Fundamental risk, Leverage multiple, Leverage myth, Mean-variance analysis

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A New Index of the Business Cycle

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5908-20
Posted: 21 Jan 2020
William B. Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Global Markets, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates

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Business cycle, Coincident indicator, Conference Board, KKT Index, Lagging indicator, Leading indicator, Mahalanobis distance, NBER, Robust growth, Recession, Statistical similarity, Yield curve

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Partial Sample Regressions

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5894-19
Posted: 20 Nov 2019
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates

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Event-driven observations, Informativeness, Kernel smoothing, Mahalanobis distance, Multivariate similarity, Nadaraya-Watson kernel regression, Ordinary Least Squares, Regression analysis, Relevance, Relevance-weighted average

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Liquidity Options

Journal of Derivatives, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2010, https://doi.org/10.3905/jod.2010.2010.1.005, Revere Street Working Paper Series No. 272-27
Posted: 21 May 2019
Maxim Golts and Mark Kritzman
4x4invest and Windham Capital Management

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liquidity, option, volatility, bid-offer spread, hedge funds, private equity

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The Divergence of High- and Low-Frequency Estimation: Implications for Performance Measurement

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5110-14, https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2015.41.3.014
Posted: 21 May 2019
William B. Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Global Markets, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates

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Auto-correlation, Cross-correlation, Excess dispersion, High-frequency estimation, Information ratio, Low-frequency estimation, Risk parity, Security market line, Sharpe ratio, Square root of time, Tracking error

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Principal Components as a Measure of Systemic Risk

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4785-10, https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2011.37.4.112
Posted: 21 May 2019
Mark Kritzman, Yuanzhen Li, Sebastien Page and Roberto Rigobon
Windham Capital Management, Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Enhanced Scenario Analysis

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5774-19
Posted: 20 May 2019 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2020
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman, Baykan Pamir and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and State Street Associates

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Covariance matrix, Economic scenarios, Euclidean distance, Financial turbulence, Gradient descent, Mahalanobis distance, Mean reversion, Mean-variance analysis, Multivariate normal distribution, Persistence, Scale independent, Scenario analysis

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The Divergence of the High and Low Frequency Estimation: Causes and Consequences

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5087-14
Posted: 14 May 2014
William B. Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Global Markets, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates

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Auto-correlation, Comparative statics, Cross-correlation, Excess dispersion, High-frequency estimation, Independent and identically distributed, Iso-expected return curve, Low-frequency estimation, Tracking error, Triannualized, Variance ratio

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The Components of Private Equity Performance: Implications for Portfolio Choice

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5084-14, https://doi.org/10.3905/jai.2015.18.2.025
Posted: 07 Mar 2014
William B. Kinlaw, Mark Kritzman and Jason Mao
State Street Global Markets, Windham Capital Management and State Street Corporate
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Asset class alpha, Excess return, First mover advantage, Illiquidity premium, Lock up, Pseudo private equity, Risk-equivalent return, Shadow allocation, Shadow asset, Shadow liability, Stepwise regression

37.

Risk Disparity

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5001-13
Posted: 01 May 2013
Mark Kritzman
Windham Capital Management

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Absorption ratio, Cross-sectional parity, Extrinsic fragility, First passage probability, Inter-temporal parity, Intrinsic fragility, Investment policy, Macro-efficient, Micro-inefficiency, Policy portfolio, Risk disparity, Risk parity, Samuelson dictum, Standardized shift, Within-horizon loss

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Regime Shifts: Implications for Dynamic Strategies

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Regime Shifts: Implications for Dynamic Strategies

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 68, No. 3, 2012
Posted: 23 May 2012
Mark Kritzman, Sebastien Page and David Turkington
Windham Capital Management, Pimco and State Street Associates

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Regime Shifts: Implications for Dynamic Strategies

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 68, No. 3, 2012
Posted: 26 May 2012
Mark Kritzman, Sebastien Page and David Turkington
Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and State Street Associates

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Portfolio Management, Portfolio Construction and Revision, Risk Management, Risk Management, Portfolio Risk Management

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Skulls, Financial Turbulence, and Risk Management

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 66, No. 5, 2010
Posted: 15 Oct 2010
Mark Kritzman and Yuanzhen Li
Windham Capital Management and Windham Capital Management

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Portfolio Management: Portfolio Construction and Revision, Risk Management; Risk Management: Portfolio Risk Management

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The Future of Finance

Journal of Investment Management (JOIM), Second Quarter 2010
Posted: 11 Jul 2010
Mark Kritzman
Windham Capital Management

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Central clearing corporation, credit default swaps, systemic failure, moral hazard, claw-back provision, operating leverage, Brownian motion, partial differential equation, ordinary differential equation, first passage probability, barrier options, Mahalanobis distance, network theory

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In Defense of Optimization: The Fallacy of 1/N

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 66, No. 2, 2010
Posted: 19 Apr 2010
Mark Kritzman, Sebastien Page and David Turkington
Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and State Street Associates

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Performance Measurement and Evaluation, Performance Attribution, Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation

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Optimal Rebalancing: A Scalable Solution

Journal Of Investment Management (JOIM), First Quarter 2009
Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2010
Mark Kritzman, Simon Myrgren and Sebastien Page
Windham Capital Management, State Street Associates and State Street Associates

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Optimal Rebalancing, Multi-Period Optimization, Dynamic Programming

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The Mismeasurement of Risk

Posted: 19 Oct 2002
Mark Kritzman and Don R. Rich
Windham Capital Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Risk Containment Strategies for Investors with Multivariate Utility Functions

Posted: 02 Jul 1998
Mark Kritzman, Jay Light and Don R. Rich
Windham Capital Management, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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The Future of Prediction

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6794-22
Number of pages: 33
Megan Czasonis, Mark Kritzman and David Turkington
State Street Corporate, Windham Capital Management and State Street Associates
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