The mathematics behind many psychometric measures is similar to the mathematics in portfolio theory. Faculty often build exams based on judgment and experience and only use psychometric tools after an exam is administered. An obvious question is, can portfolio optimization models be used to...

Investors and analysts classify firms to conduct valuations or to evaluate performance. The industry groupings usually rely on SIC, NAIC, GICS, or Fama-French classifications. Our purpose is to form groups of companies based on the structure of their financial statements. Using cluster analysis,...

Optimizing investment portfolios is one of the oldest research areas in finance. It has been studied most prolifically in the context of mean/variance optimization problems. Modern investment management is facilitated primarily by delegated managers in principal/agent relationships. Agents...