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Historical portfolio

Let denote discounted prices of -th portfolio component at respective times , where .
Symbols  and denote respectively
simple return and logarithmic return in -th portfolio component over the period  to .

Consider a portfolio with constant weights . It means that at the end of each period such portfolio is rebalanced to state .


Portfolio Dynamics


Symbols and denote respectively simple return and logarithmic return in discounted portfolio wealth over the period  to . Then


where

denotes the
risk-free rate;
denotes vector of
dividend yields.
Accordingly, .
Thus, the discounted portfolio wealth at time is equal to , where  denotes initial wealth.


Historical Portfolio Excess Growth Rate


Historical portfolio excess growth rate is equal to .

Note. When using SmartFolio it might appear that for the same portfolio value of the
historical portfolio excess growth rate differ substantially from the expected excess growth rate, calculated
under the
analytical model assumptions. There are three reasons that explain such deviation:
  • Parameters  and  used in analytical portfolio don’t correspond to the historical data. It happens when portfolio components have different lengths of historical data; analyzed time period in parameters
    estimation settings doesn’t coincide with historical one;
    sample estimates are modified by some of more advanced estimation methods.
  • Distribution of log returns for some assets in portfolio significantly deviates from normality. This is often the case when hedge funds or derivatives are included in the portfolio.
  • Rebalancing period is sufficiently long to violate the approximation of an analytical portfolio, which is rebalanced continually, with a historical simulation, where rebalancing takes place at the end of every period.

Historical Portfolio Volatility


Historical portfolio volatility is defined as


Historical Portfolio Excess Mu


Historical portfolio excess Mu is equal to .


Contribution to Portfolio Risk


For calculation of vector of portfolio components contributions to risk SmartFolio utilizes the following approximate formula:

where , . It is easy to see that for sufficiently small quantity  is close to .












 
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