A Note on Reward-Risk Portfolio Selection and Two-Fund Separation

9 Pages Posted: 24 Nov 2010

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Enrico G. De Giorgi

University of St. Gallen - SEPS: Economics and Political Sciences; Swiss Finance Institute

Thorsten Hens

University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance; Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH); Swiss Finance Institute

Janos Mayer

University of Zurich - Institute of Business Administration

Date Written: November 24, 2010

Abstract

This paper presents a general reward-risk portfolio selection model and derives sufficient conditions for two-fund separation. In particular we show that many reward-risk models presented in the literature satisfy these conditions.

Keywords: Two-fund separation, reward-risk preferences

JEL Classification: G11

Suggested Citation

De Giorgi, Enrico G. and Hens, Thorsten and Mayer, Janos, A Note on Reward-Risk Portfolio Selection and Two-Fund Separation (November 24, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1714284 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1714284

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