ommodity futures funds are an important part of today's futures markets. Orga-C nized as limited partnerships, these funds range in size from a few hundred thousand up to several hundred million dollars in capital. With this capital, Brorsen and Irwin (1987) estimated funds held an average of 23% of
A Markowitz Optimization of Commodity Futures Portfolios
β Scribed by LEYUAN YOU; ROBERT T. DAIGLER
- Book ID
- 112095559
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 975 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-7314
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