Innocents Abroad: Currencies and International Stock Returns Critique Alvaro Fernandez Yizhen Liu Daniel Mejia Yitian Xue
Agenda Benefits of International Asset Allocation Correlation between different markets using returns data Portfolio standard deviation Efficient frontier and our recommendation
Benefits of International Asset Allocation Greater diversification.
Correlations between the different markets using returns data (Problem 4b)
Correlations between the different markets using returns data – Cont.
Portfolio Standard Deviation (Problem 4d)
Portfolio Standard Deviation (Problem 4d)
Efficient Frontier Minimum Variance Portfolio
Recommendation
Reasoning Behind the Recommendation International asset allocation--- Diversification Portfolio risk management and optimization