A New Formulation of Maximum Diversification Indexation Using Rao's Quadratic Entropy
CRREP working paper 2015-09
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A New Formulation of Maximum Diversification Indexation Using Rao's Quadratic Entropy
Rao’s Quadratic Entropy and Maximum Diversification Indexation
Date Written: September 25, 2015
Abstract
This paper proposes a new formulation of the Maximum Diversification indexation strategy based on Rao’s Quadratic Entropy (RQE). It clarifies the investment problem underlying the Most Diversified Portfolio (MDP) formed with this strategy, identifies the source of the MDP’s out-of-sample performance, and suggests dimensions along which this performance can be improved. We show that these potential improvements are quantitatively important and are robust to portfolio turnover, portfolio risk, estimation window, and covariance matrix estimation.
Keywords: Rao’s Quadratic Entropy, Portfolio Diversification, Maximum Diversification Indexation, Diversification Ratio, Most Diversified Portfolio
JEL Classification: G11
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