The Maximum Entropy Principle and the Modern Portfolio Theory

In this work, a capital allocation methodology base don the Principle of Maximum Entropy was developed. The Shannons entropy is used as a measure, concerning the Modern Portfolio Theory, are also discuted. Particularly, the methodology is tested making a systematic comparison to: 1) the mean-varianc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ailton Cassetari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Finance 2003-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Finanças
Subjects:
Online Access:http://virtualbib.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/rbfin/article/view/1131