Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-07 Thread Brian G. Peterson
[comments in-line below] Regards, - Brian On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 18:19 -0400, John P. Burkett wrote: Brian, Thank you again for your script and thoughtful comments. After running the script and trying some variations, I have a few questions about the optimize.portfolio function and

Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-07 Thread Brian G. Peterson
On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 18:35 -0400, John P. Burkett wrote: Brian, Thanks for your lucid explanations of how PortfolioAnalytics works. I have no objections to you forwarding your replies to the list. My comments and questions are inserted below. Brian G. Peterson wrote: I think your

Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-05 Thread Brian G. Peterson
Auftrag von John P. Burkett Gesendet: Montag, 1. August 2011 18:49 An: R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org Betreff: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement An attractive sounding algorithm for maximizing the expected utility of of a portfolio was proposed by William F. Sharpe

Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-02 Thread Patrick Burns
-sig-finance-boun...@r-project.org] Im Auftrag von John P. Burkett Gesendet: Montag, 1. August 2011 18:49 An: R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org Betreff: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement An attractive sounding algorithm for maximizing the expected utility of of a portfolio

Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-02 Thread Enrico Schumann
[comments inline] -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Brian G. Peterson [mailto:br...@braverock.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. August 2011 14:37 An: Enrico Schumann Cc: 'John P. Burkett'; R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org Betreff: Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio

[R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-01 Thread John P. Burkett
An attractive sounding algorithm for maximizing the expected utility of of a portfolio was proposed by William F. Sharpe in An algorithm for portfolio improvement, Advances in Mathematical Programming and Financial Planning, 1987, pp. 155-170 and summarized by the same author in Expected

Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-01 Thread Marc Delvaux
Check the CRAN finance task view at http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Finance.html There is a full eBook on portfolio optimization using Rmetrics, https://.rmetrics.org/ebooks-portfolio, see also http://www.rinfinance.com/RinFinance2009/presentations/yollin_slides.pdf and

Re: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement

2011-08-01 Thread alexios
An: R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org Betreff: [R-SIG-Finance] Sharpe's algorithm for portfolio improvement An attractive sounding algorithm for maximizing the expected utility of of a portfolio was proposed by William F. Sharpe in An algorithm for portfolio improvement, Advances in Mathematical