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    Bias and consistency of the maximum Sharpe ratio

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    Authors
    Maller, R.
    Durand, Robert
    Lee, P.
    Date
    2005
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Maller, Ross A. and Durand, Robert B. and Lee, Peter T. 2005. Bias and consistency of the maximum Sharpe ratio. Journal of Risk. 7 (4): pp. 103-115.
    Source Title
    Journal of Risk
    ISSN
    1465-1211
    School
    School of Economics and Finance
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21491
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We show that the maximum Sharpe ratio obtained via the Markowitz optimization procedure from a sample of returns on a number of risky assets is, under commonly satisfied assumptions, biased upwards for the population value. Thus investment advice, decisions and assessments based on the estimated Sharpe ratio will be overly optimistic. The bias in the estimator is shown theoretically and illustrated using a data set of Spiders and iShares. We obtain bounds on the difference between the sample maximum Sharpe ratio and its population counterpart and show that the sample estimator is consistent for the population value; thus the bias disappears asymptotically under some reasonable assumptions. However, the bias can be significant in finite samples and can persist even in very large samples. We demonstrate this with simulations based on portfolios formed from normally and t-distributed returns. As expected, the over-optimistic risk-return tradeoff predicted by the procedure is not reflected in corresponding good out-of-sample portfolio performance of the Spiders and iShares.

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