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A Comparison of Growth Optimal and Mean Variance Investment Policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Robert R. Grauer
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The past two decades have seen a proliferation of mathematically sophisticated portfolio selection models. Of these, the mean variance (MV), expected utility, and growth optimal (GO) models have received the bulk of attention.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 1 - 21
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1981

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