Investors need performance measures particularly as a means for funds selection inthe process of ex-ante portfolio optimization. Unfortunately, there are various performancemeasures recommended for different decision situations. Since an investor may be uncertainwhich kind of decision problem is...

The requirement of existing utility with positive first derivative only makes it pos-sible to derive a restricted two-fund separation theorem for portfolio selection problems withHARA utility replacing the original separation theorem of Cass and Stiglitz (1970). We useour findings for a brief...

We consider investors with mean-variance-skewness preferences who aim at select-ing one out of F different funds and combining it optimally with the riskless asset and directstock holdings. Direct stock holdings are either exogenously or endogenously determined. Inour theoretical section, we...

Our main goal is the generalization of the approach of Jobson and Korkie(1984) forfunds performance evaluation. Therefore, we consider the portfolio selection problem of aninvestor who faces short sales restrictions when choosing among F different investment fundsand assume the investor's...