The Factor-Portfolios Approach to Asset Management using Genetic Algorithms

Number: 
511
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
G11, G14, G32
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy

We present an investment process that: (i) decomposes securities into risk factors; (ii) allows for the construction of portfolios of assets that would selectively expose the manager to desired risk factors; (iii) perform a risk allocation between these p