This chapter surveys theoretical research on the long-term performanceof xed-mix investment strategies. These self-nancing strategies rebalancethe portfolio over time so as to keep constant the proportionsof wealth invested in various assets. The main result is that wealthcan be grown from...

With hedge funds, issues such as finding common factors that definealternative strategies or the tracking of hedge funds have beendiscussed more or less recently in the financial literature. We proposehere the use of recent developments in estimation of factor modelsto unveil the five latent...