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JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 1813-1845Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109013000616
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Our objective in this paper is to examine whether one can use option-implied information to improve the selection of mean-variance portfolios with a large number of stocks, and to document which aspects of option-implied information are most useful to improve their out-of-sample performance. Portfolio performance is measured in terms of volatility, Sharpe ratio, and turnover. Our empirical evidence shows that using option-implied volatility helps to reduce portfolio volatility. Using option-implied correlation does not improve any of the metrics. Using option-implied volatility, risk premium, and skewness to adjust expected returns leads to a substantial improvement in the Sharpe ratio, even after prohibiting short sales and accounting for transaction costs.
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