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A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Attilio Meucci

Fully Flexible Views:Fully Flexible Views: Entropy Pooling in Theory and Practice

Swissquote Conference on Asset Management

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerlandy q ( ),

October 21, 2011

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLINGENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIES

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Estimation risk

E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance

argmax ' mw w

Cov T S R : covariance

argmaxvw

mw wC

subject to ' vw Sw

w : portfolio weights

v : grid of target variances

' 1 01C : investment constraints, e.g. ' 1, 0w 1 w

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Estimation risk

E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance

argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

efficient frontier

S10

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

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S9S10

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A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) N , 1, ,t t T r m S~

Estimation risk

? E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance?

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance?

argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

efficient frontier

S10

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

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S9S10

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

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0.2

0.3

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S3 S6

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

1 T

N , 1, ,t t T r m S~

~

Estimation risk

? E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance?1

1t

tT

m r

1 'T

S r m r m

~

~ ~ ~

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance? 1

t ttT

S r m r m

argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

efficient frontier

S10

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

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S9S10

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

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S3 S6

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

1 T

N , 1, ,t t T r m S~

~

Estimation risk

? E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance?1

1t

tT

m r

1 'T

S r m r m

~

~ ~ ~

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance?

argmax ' mw w

1

t ttT

S r m r m

~ argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

argmaxv

w

mw wC

subject to ' vw Sw~

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

efficient frontier

S10

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

Dell S4S5

S7S8

S9S10

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

vIBM

S3 S6

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

1 T

N , 1, ,t t T r m S~

~

Estimation risk

? E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance?1

1t

tT

m r

1 'T

S r m r m

~

~ ~ ~

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance?

argmax ' mw w

1

t ttT

S r m r m

~ argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

argmaxv

w

mw wC

subject to ' vw Sw~

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

efficient frontier

LIVES10

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

LIVEDell S4S5

S7S8

S9S10

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

vIBM

S3 S6

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

1 T

N , 1, ,t t T r m S 1~

~

Estimation risk

? E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance?1

1t

tT

m r

1 'T

S r m r m

~

~ ~ ~

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance?

argmax ' mw w

1

t ttT

S r m r m

~ argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

argmaxv

w

mw wC

subject to ' vw Sw~

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

efficient frontier efficient frontier

S10

0.4

0.5

0.6

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rtfo

lio

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

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S7S8

S9S10

0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

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0.1

0.2

0.3

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S3 S6

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) N , 1, ,t t T r m S

1 T

2~

~

Estimation risk

? E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance?1

1t

tT

m r

1 'T

S r m r m

~

~ ~ ~

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance?

argmax ' mw w

1

t ttT

S r m r m

~ argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

argmaxv

w

mw wC

subject to ' vw Sw~

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

wei

ghts

efficient frontier efficient frontier

S10

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

port

folio

Dell S4S5

S7S8

S9S10

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

v0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

vIBM

S3 S6

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) N , 1, ,t t T r m S

1 T

3~

~

Estimation risk

? E T m R

CovS R

: expected returns

: covariance?1

1t

tT

m r

1 'T

S r m r m

~

~ ~ ~

argmax 'w w m

Cov T S R : covariance?

argmax ' mw w

1

t ttT

S r m r m

~ argmaxvw

w w mC

subject to ' vw Sw

argmaxv

w

mw wC

subject to ' vw Sw~

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

0 7

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

efficient frontier efficient frontier

S10

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7po

rtfo

lio

Dell S4S5

S7S8

S9S10

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

v 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.1

0.2

0.3

vIBM

S3 S6

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLINGENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIES

CONCLUSIONS AND REFERENCES

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Scenario analysis / stress-testing

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

DEL

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A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Scenario analysis / stress-testing

returns on asset classes/funds

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

FULL specification:

vQ = identity

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A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Scenario analysis / stress-testing

returns on asset classes/funds

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

FOCUS: Q = portfolios

DEL

L

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v

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Scenario analysis / stress-testing

returns on asset classes/funds

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Conditional formula

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Scenario analysis / stress-testing

returns on asset classes/funds

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Conditional formula

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Scenario analysis / stress-testing

returns on asset classes/funds

Scenario analysisMarket distribution

Conditional formula

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSISSCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH - Estimation risk

- Views

- Discussion

ENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIESCASE STUDIES

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

DEL

L

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A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimation risk?

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

?

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

?

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

mean-variance

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

112

w Σ πλ λ

mean-variance

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

112

w Σ πλ λ

mean-variance

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

equilibrium portfolio

equilibrium returns

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

estimated by exponential smoothing

DEL

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equilibrium returns

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution

Black-Litterman – estimation risk

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution

0.9

1

hts

efficient frontier

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

ortfo

lio w

eig

DEL

L

S8

S9S10

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4po

D

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Dell

S3

S4S5

S6

S7S8

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350 v IBM

IBM

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSISSCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH - Estimation risk

- Views

- Discussion

ENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIESCASE STUDIES

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution Views

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution Views

scenario analysis with uncertainty

DEL

LD

IBM

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distribution Views

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

Market distribution Views

FOCUS: Q = portfolio

DEL

LD

IBM

vv

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ViewsMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

ViewsMarket distribution

Bayes’ formulaBayes formula

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ViewsMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

ViewsMarket distribution

small uncertainty

Ω 0

Bayes’ formula conditional formulaBayes formula

v

conditional formula

v

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ViewsMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

ViewsMarket distribution

Ω large

uncertainty

Bayes’ formulaBayes formula

vv

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ViewsMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

ViewsMarket distribution

Bayes’ formula

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ViewsMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

ViewsMarket distribution

Bayes’ formula

Optimization Optimization

-

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ViewsMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

ViewsMarket distribution

LIVELIVEOptimization Optimization

-

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ViewsMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – views

returns on asset classes/funds

ViewsMarket distribution

0.8

0.9

1

0.8

0.9

1

wei

ghts

wei

ghts

efficient frontier efficient frontier

0 4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.7

port

folio

w

port

folio

w

S8

S9S10

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

IBM

Dell

S3

S4S5

S6

S7

Optimization0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350

0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.350v v

Optimization

-

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSISSCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH - Estimation risk

- Views

- Discussion

ENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIESCASE STUDIES

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – pro’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – con’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Market is not only returns: implied volatilities (derivatives)rates paths (mortgages)implied correlations (CDO’s)….

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – con’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Market is not only returns

Market is not only normal: fat tails skewness tail-risk codependenceMarket is not only normal: fat tails, skewness, tail risk codependence,…

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – con’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Market is not only returns

Market is not only normalMarket is not only normal

Market is not only equilibrium: historical estimates, implied values, …

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – con’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Market is not only returns

Market is not only normalMarket is not only normal

Market is not only equilibrium

Views are not only portfolios: generic non-linear functions

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – con’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Market is not only returns

Market is not only normalMarket is not only normal

Market is not only equilibrium

Views are not only portfolios

Views are not only on expectations: correlations, volatilities,tail behavior, copulas, …

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – con’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Market is not only returns

Market is not only normalMarket is not only normal

Market is not only equilibrium

Views are not only portfolios

Views are not only on expectations

Views are not only equalities: stock ranking, qualitative views

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Views/ScenariosMarket distribution

Black-Litterman – con’s

returns on asset classes/funds

Views/Scenarios

+ uncertainty

Market distribution

Market is not only returns

Market is not only normalMarket is not only normal

Market is not only equilibrium

Views are not only portfolios

Views are not only on expectations

Views are not only equalities

Optimization is not only mean variance: mean-CVaR, mean-VaR, …

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISKESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLING - Theory

- Implementation- Implementation

CASE STUDIES

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr. not returns, not normal, not equilibrium 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate5y

r sw

ap

22yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate5y

r sw

ap

22yr swap

P i i d l / / f ll i ie.g.

d ti itPricing delta/gamma/vega, full pricing, … duration + convexity

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate5y

r sw

ap

22yr swap

P i i d l / / f ll i ie.g.

d ti itPricing

Optimization

delta/gamma/vega, full pricing, …

utility, mean-CVaR, … mean-variance

duration + convexity

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus non-linear functions and external factors2X 5-yr swap rate

2 21 2V X X

convexity factor

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus non-linear functions and external factors2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

5yr s

wap

22yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

22yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

view on expectations (BL), medians

22yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

view on expectations (BL), medians

ranking

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

view on expectations (BL), medians

ranking

views on volatilities

22yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

view on expectations (BL), medians

ranking

views on volatilities

correlation stress-testing

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

view on expectations (BL), medians

ranking

views on volatilities

correlation stress-testing

i t il b h iview on tail behavior

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

partial distribution specification

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

partial distribution specification

2yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

r sw

ap ?

5yr

?

2yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

r sw

ap ?

5yr

?

Posterior ?2yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

partial distribution specification

Posterior ?

“distance” btw. distributionsrelative entropy

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr. 1Xe.g.

2X2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

2X 5-yr swap rate

1V X

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior

“distance” btw. distributionsrelative entropy

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

“distance” btw. distributionsrelative entropy

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

LIVELIVE

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr. 1X2X

2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate

5yr s

wap

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate prior USD SWAP 5Y rate

2yr swap

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate p

normal fitestimated

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.25 -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

2yr swap 5yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr. 1X2X

2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate prior USD SWAP 5Y rateprior USD SWAP 2Y rate p

normal fitestimated

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.25 -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

2yr swap 5yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr. 1X2X

2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate

Focus1V X

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate prior USD SWAP 5Y rateprior USD SWAP 2Y rate p

normal fitestimated

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.25 -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

2yr swap 5yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr. 1X2X

2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate

Focus

3 26V

m V m V bp

Views

1V X

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate prior USD SWAP 5Y rate

3.26 2

m V m V bp

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate p

normal fitestimated

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.25 -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

2yr swap 5yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr. 1X2X

2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate

1V XFocus

Views 3 26

Vm V m V bp

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate prior USD SWAP 5Y rate

3.26 2

m V m V bp

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate p

normal fitestimated

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.25 -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

2yr swap 5yr swap

Posterior

5

0posterior USD SWAP 2Y rate

correctnormal fit

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.30

2yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr. 1X2X

2-yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate2X 5-yr swap rate

1V XFocus

Views 3 26

Vm V m V bp

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate prior USD SWAP 5Y rate

3.26 2

m V m V bp

prior USD SWAP 2Y rate p

normal fitestimated

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.25 -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

2yr swap 5yr swap

Posterior

5

0posterior USD SWAP 2Y rate posterior USD SWAP 5Y rate

correctnormal fit

-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.30

-0.25 -0.2 -0.15 -0.1 -0.05 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

2yr swap 5yr swap

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

Confidence multi-user, multi-confidence

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

Confidence multi-user, multi-confidence

100(1-c) % of times: PRIOR

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

Confidence multi-user, multi-confidence

100c % of times: POSTERIOR

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

Confidence

P i i

multi-user, multi-confidence

d l / / f ll i iPricing delta/gamma/vega, full pricing, …

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

not returns, not normal, not equilibriumMarket distr.

Focus

Views

non-linear functions and external factors

full distribution specification

partial distribution specification

Posterior least distance from prior, views satisfied

Confidence

P i i

multi-user, multi-confidence

d l / / f ll i iPricing

Optimization mean-variance, mean-CVaR, …

delta/gamma/vega, full pricing, …

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISKESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLING - Theory

- Implementation- Implementation

CASE STUDIES

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy PoolingParametric Fully Flexible

Implementation

DistributionsFully Flexible Probabilities

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy PoolingParametric

Implementation

Parametric

Distributions

Parametric Entropy Pooling

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy PoolingParametric

Implementation

Parametric

Distributions

Parametric Entropy Pooling

Normal (+dimension reduction)

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy PoolingParametric

Implementation

Parametric

Distributions

Parametric Entropy Pooling

Normal (+dimension reduction)

NormalLinear-Quadratic

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Analytical implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Analytical implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Analytical implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Analytical implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Analytical implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Analytical implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

Confidence

P i i …

Pricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Fully FlexibleEntropy Pooling

Parametric

Non-parametric implementation

Fully Flexible ProbabilitiesDistributions

joint scenario of N risk drivers probability of joint scenario

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Fully FlexibleEntropy Pooling

Parametric

Non-parametric implementation

Fully Flexible Probabilities

Parametric N P i

Distributions

Parametric Entropy Pooling

Non-Parametric Entropy Pooling

Normal (+dimension reduction)

NormalLinear-Quadratic

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Fully FlexibleEntropy Pooling

Parametric

Non-parametric implementation

Fully Flexible Probabilities

Parametric N P i

Distributions

Parametric Entropy Pooling

Non-Parametric Entropy Pooling

Fuzzy Membership

Bayesian networks

Normal (+dimension reduction)

State Conditioning

KernelsCrisp

ConditioningNormalLinear-Quadratic

g

Time Conditioning

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Non-parametric implementation

probability = 1 / num scenarios

“prior”

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

probability < 1 / num scenarios

Non-parametric implementation

probability = 1 / num scenarios

probability > 1 / num scenarios

“prior”

bearish bullish

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Non-parametric implementation

probability = 1 / num scenarios

regular market

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

probability < 1 / num scenarios

Non-parametric implementation

probability = 1 / num scenarios

probability > 1 / num scenarios

regular market

low volatility high volatility

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Non-parametric implementation

probability = 1 / num scenarios

market distribution

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Non-parametric implementation

probability = 0

probability = 1

scenario analysis

market distribution

scenario analysis

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

joint scenario of N risk driversj

Probability of joint scenariojoint scenario

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

joint scenario of securities prices

P i i Pricing Probability of joint scenario

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

P i i Pricing

Optimization …

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views scenario index

Posterior

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Xe.g.

2-yr swap rate

1X2X

2 yr swap rate

5-yr swap rate

1V X

m V

J

j jp V

Posterior

1j j

jp

V

Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Non-parametric implementation

Posterior

Dual formulation: li l i dlinearly constrained

convex optimization in # variables = # views

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior Confidence

P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior Confidence P i iPricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior Confidence

P i i

Pricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Non-parametric implementation

Focus

Views

Posterior Confidence

P i i

Pricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIES - Portfolio from sorts

- Implied expected returns

Distributional stress testing- Distributional stress-testing

- Option trading

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

expected returns no views1

frontier no viewsexpected returns efficient frontier

Case study: portfolios from sorts

6789

10

0.6

0.8

wei

ghts S7

S10

S8S9S10

S7S6

12345

0.2

0.4

port

folio

w

IBM

DellS3

S4

S5

S6S8

S9

IBMDell

S5

S3S4

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

1

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150

expected return volatility

IBMIBM

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

expected returns no views1

frontier no viewsexpected returns efficient frontier

Case study: portfolios from sorts

6789

10

0.6

0.8

wei

ghts S7

S10

S8S9S10

S7S6

12345

0.2

0.4

port

folio

w

IBM

DellS3

S4

S5

S6S8

S9

IBMDell

S5

S3S4

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

1

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150

view: 3 4E R E Rexpected return volatility

IBMIBM

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

expected returns no views1

frontier no viewsexpected returns efficient frontier

Case study: portfolios from sorts

6789

10

0.6

0.8

wei

ghts S7

S10

S8S9S10

S7S6

12345

0.2

0.4

port

folio

w

IBM

DellS3

S4

S5

S6S8

S9

IBMDell

S5

S3S4

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

1

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150

view: 3 4E R E Rexpected return volatility

IBMIBM

89

10

expected returns after views

0.8

1frontier after viewsexpected returns efficient frontier

ts S7S10

S8S9S10

345

678

0.4

0.6

rtfo

lio w

eigh

t

Dell S3S6

S7

S8

S9S8S7S6S5

S3S4

0 2 4 6 8 10

123

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150

0.2por

volatilityexpected return

IBM

DellS5

IBMDellS3

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: portfolios from sorts

Views:

AA

Sample means Standard ranking Centroid Entropy Pooling

UTXPGHDDISKOBA

CAT

DDGE

MMMKFTMCD

VZUTX

XOMCSCOWMT

JNJAXPIBM

T

PFEHPQCVXMRK

MSFTINTCBACXOM

-20 0 20 40

JPMTRVPFE

Prior [% p.a.]-20 0 20 40

Common [% p.a.]-20 0 20 40

AC [% p.a.]-20 0 20 40

EP [% p.a.]

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIES - Portfolio from sorts

- Implied expected returns

Distributional stress testing- Distributional stress-testing

- Option trading

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: implied expected returns

XOM

market capital. weights

sample means Black-Litterman implied exp. returns

Entropy Pooling implied exp. return

PGT

TRVUTXVZ

WMTXOM

KFTKO

MCDMMMMRK

MSFTPFE

GEHD

HPQIBM

INTCJNJJPM

BABACCAT

CSCOCVX

DDDISGE

0 5 10

AAAXPBA

Weights [%]0 2 4P i [% ]

0 2 4BL [% ]

0 2 4EP [% ]

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: implied expected returns

XOM

market capital. weights

sample means Black-Litterman implied exp. returns

Entropy Pooling implied exp. return

PGT

TRVUTXVZ

WMTXOM

KFTKO

MCDMMMMRK

MSFTPFE

GEHD

HPQIBM

INTCJNJJPM

BABACCAT

CSCOCVX

DDDISGE

0 5 10

AAAXPBA

Weights [%]0 2 4P i [% ]

0 2 4BL [% ]

0 2 4EP [% ]

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: implied expected returns

XOM

market capital. weights

sample means Black-Litterman implied exp. returns

Entropy Pooling implied exp. return

PGT

TRVUTXVZ

WMTXOM

KFTKO

MCDMMMMRK

MSFTPFE

GEHD

HPQIBM

INTCJNJJPM

BABACCAT

CSCOCVX

DDDISGE

0 5 10

AAAXPBA

Weights [%]0 2 4P i [% ]

0 2 4BL [% ]

0 2 4EP [% ]

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: implied expected returns

10 10

Expectation -covariance ellipsoids

0

5

BA

0

5

DD

Sample

-10 -5 0 5 10

-5

AXP-10 -5 0 5 10

-5

AA

Sample

Black-Litterman

AXP AA

105

10Entropy-Pooling

0

5

CA

T

-5

0

CS

CO

-10 -5 0 5 10

-5

BAC-10 0 10

-10

CAT

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIES - Portfolio from sorts

- Implied expected returns

Distributional stress testing- Distributional stress-testing

- Option trading

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: distributional stress-testing

Prior (exponential time decay)

State indicator (2yr swap rate - current level)State indicator (2yr swap rate current level)

State indicator (1->5yr ATM implied swaption vol - current level)

Membership (pseudo Gaussian kernel)

Posterior (Entropy Pooling mixture)

time

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: distributional stress-testing

Prior (exponential time decay)

State indicator (2yr swap rate - current level)State indicator (2yr swap rate current level)

State indicator (1->5yr ATM implied swaption vol - current level)

Membership (pseudo Gaussian kernel)

Posterior (Entropy Pooling mixture)

time

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: distributional stress-testing

Prior (exponential time decay)

State indicator (2yr swap rate - current level)State indicator (2yr swap rate current level)

State indicator (1->5yr ATM implied swaption vol - current level)

Membership (pseudo Gaussian kernel)

Posterior (Entropy Pooling mixture)

time

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: time decay + membership kernel

P&L scenarios

time

P&L distributionP&L distribution

P&L ex ante performance statisticsP&L ex-ante performance statistics

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIES - Portfolio from sorts

- Implied expected returns

Distributional stress testing- Distributional stress-testing

- Option trading

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Black-Scholes formula: deterministic function of risk into price

Case study: option trading

deterministic function of risk into price

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Black-Scholes formula: deterministic function of risk into price

Case study: option trading

deterministic function of risk into price

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: option trading

empirical smirk and smile

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

call option price at horizon

Case study: option trading

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

call option price at horizon

Case study: option trading

Portfolio: Microsoft 1 month Microsoft 2 months Microsoft 6 months

curve change (growth/inflation) not directly in pricing

Yahoo 1 month Yahoo 2 monthsYahoo 6 months Google 1 month G l 2 thGoogle 2 months Google 6 months

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

call option price at horizon

Case study: option trading

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

call option price at horizon

Case study: option trading

profit and loss is highly non-linear, highly non-normal?

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

call option price at horizon

Case study: option trading

?Mean-CVaR optimization ?

- long-short delta-neutral - no cash upfront - limit on leverage

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Case study: option trading

P i i ?Pricing

Optimization

??

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

call option price at horizon

Case study: option trading

simulations

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

call option price at horizon

Case study: option trading

simulations

linear programming

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Case study: option trading

P i i Pricing

Optimization linear programming

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: option trading

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Case study: option trading

Focus

Views

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: option trading

view: G 6m G 2m

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Market distr.

Case study: option trading

Focus

Views

Posterior Confidence

P i i

Pricing

Optimization

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) Case study: option trading

view: G 6m G 2m

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

ESTIMATION RISK

SCENARIO ANALYSIS

THE BLACK-LITTERMAN APPROACH

ENTROPY POOLINGENTROPY POOLING

CASE STUDIES

REFERENCES AND CONCLUSIONS

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) References

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) References

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) References

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) References

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) References

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) References

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy Pooling

Meucci (2008) http://symmys.com/node/158

References

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy Pooling

Meucci (2008) http://symmys.com/node/158

References

Parametric N P iParametric Entropy Pooling

Non-Parametric Entropy Pooling

Meucci (2008)NormalLinear-Quadratic

Meucci (2008) http://symmys.com/node/158

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy Pooling

Meucci (2008) http://symmys.com/node/158

References

Parametric N P iParametric Entropy Pooling

Non-Parametric Entropy Pooling

Bayesian networks

Meucci (2010) http://symmys.com/node/152

Meucci (2008)NormalLinear-Quadratic

Meucci (2008) http://symmys.com/node/158 Kernels

Meucci (2010) http://symmys.com/node/150

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling)

Entropy Pooling

ReferencesMeucci (2008) http://symmys.com/node/158

Parametric N P iParametric Entropy Pooling

Non-Parametric Entropy Pooling

Meucci, Ardia, Keel (2011) http://symmys.com/node/160

Bayesian networks

Meucci (2010) http://symmys.com/node/152

Meucci (2011)Normal (+dimension reduction)

Meucci (2008)

Fuzzy Membership State Conditioning

Crisp

Meucci (2011) http://symmys.com/node/353

NormalLinear-Quadratic

Meucci (2008) http://symmys.com/node/158 Kernels

Crisp Conditioning

Time ConditioningMeucci (2010)

http://symmys.com/node/150

A. Meucci - Fully Flexible Views (Entropy Pooling) conclusions

Entropy Pooling:

Market represented by generic non-linear risk factors, not only returns

Market distribution fully general, not only normal

Views/stress-testing on any function of the market, not only linear portfolios

Views on any feature, not only on expectations: median, volatility, correlations, tails

Views are equalities and inequalities: ranking is possible

Applications span several areas of portfolio management and risk management

Recommended