Investigating stochastic portfolio theory with applications to the South African equity market

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dc.contributor.advisor Mare, Eben
dc.contributor.postgraduate Taljaard, Byran Hugo
dc.date.accessioned 2014-12-01T06:26:31Z
dc.date.available 2014-12-01T06:26:31Z
dc.date.created 2015-04
dc.date.issued 2015 en_US
dc.description Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2015. en_US
dc.description.abstract Stochastic Portfolio Theory (SPT) as a methodology aims to move away from the e cient market hypothesis which was developed mainly as a way of explaining the relationship between risk and returns. SPT attempts to explain stock market behaviour using only the assumption of a logarithmic model of stocks, which is widely used in derivative pricing and hedging. This provides a potential tool for portfolio management and an alternative to the commonly used mean-variance approach of Markowitz. The aim of this dissertation is to provide an overview of the foundations of Stochastic Portfolio Theory, the consequences for portfolio construction and behaviour and apply these concepts to the South African Equity Market. en_US
dc.description.availability Unrestricted en_US
dc.description.degree MSc
dc.description.department Mathematics and Applied Mathematics en_US
dc.identifier.citation Taljaard, BH 2015, Investigating stochastic portfolio theory with applications to the South African equity market, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42718>
dc.identifier.other A2015
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42718
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. en_US
dc.subject Financial Engineering en_US
dc.subject Applied Mathematics en_US
dc.subject UCTD
dc.title Investigating stochastic portfolio theory with applications to the South African equity market en_US
dc.type Dissertation en_US


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