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We consider the problem of selecting investment components according to two partially opposed measures: the portfolio performance and its risk. We approach this within Markowitz’s model, considering the case of mutual funds market in Europe until July 2010. Comparisons were made on three multi-objective evolutionary algorithms, namely NSGA-II, SPEA2 and IBEA. Two well-known performance measures are considered for this purpose: hypervolume and R 2 indicator. The comparative analysis also includes an assessment of the financial efficiency of the investment portfolio selected according to Sharpe’s index, which is a measure of performance/risk. The experimental results hint at the superiority of the indicator-based evolutionary algorithm.
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Colomine Duran, F.E., Cotta, C., Fernández-Leiva, A.J. (2012). A Comparative Study of Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms to Optimize the Selection of Investment Portfolios with Cardinality Constraints. In: Di Chio, C., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computation. EvoApplications 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29178-4_17
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