The growth optimal portfolio (GOP) plays an important role in finance, where it serves as the num eraire portfolio, with respect to which contingent claims can be priced under the real world probability measure. This paper models the GOP using a time dependent constant elasticity of variance...

Significant portfolio variance biases arise when contrasting multi-period portfolio returns based on the assumption of fixed continuously rebalanced portfolio weights as opposed to buy-and-hold weights. Empirical evidence obtained using S&P500 constituents from 2003 to 2011 demonstrates that,...