How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks?

The paper examines the relationship between the portfolio risk and the number of stocks in a portfolio for a given portfolio return across portfolios of the Malaysian stocks during the period September 1988 through June 1997 to determine the optimum size for a portfolio of stocks. A sample of 213...

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Main Authors: G.S. Gupta, G.S. Gupta, Ch’ng , Huck Khoon, Shahnon, Suhaimi
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spelling my.usm.eprints.35471 http://eprints.usm.my/35471/ How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks? G.S. Gupta, G.S. Gupta Ch’ng , Huck Khoon Shahnon, Suhaimi HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management The paper examines the relationship between the portfolio risk and the number of stocks in a portfolio for a given portfolio return across portfolios of the Malaysian stocks during the period September 1988 through June 1997 to determine the optimum size for a portfolio of stocks. A sample of 213 stocks traded on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) are considered to form sets of portfolios using the Random Diversification Approach based on the Statman (1987) technique. The study has incorporated an additional statistical test to supplement the Statman’s approach. On average, a well-diversified portfolio of the Malaysian stocks is found to contain at least 27 randomly chosen securities. The study is extended to determine the diversified portfolio’s size for each of the lending and borrowing investors based on the Statman (1987) methodology. A portfolio of 30 securities is found to give a well diversified portfolio for the borrowing investors and of 50 securities for the lending investors. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2001 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/35471/1/6-1-5.pdf G.S. Gupta, G.S. Gupta and Ch’ng , Huck Khoon and Shahnon, Suhaimi (2001) How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks? Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 6 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/6.1.2001/6-1-5.pdf
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topic HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
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G.S. Gupta, G.S. Gupta
Ch’ng , Huck Khoon
Shahnon, Suhaimi
How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks?
description The paper examines the relationship between the portfolio risk and the number of stocks in a portfolio for a given portfolio return across portfolios of the Malaysian stocks during the period September 1988 through June 1997 to determine the optimum size for a portfolio of stocks. A sample of 213 stocks traded on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) are considered to form sets of portfolios using the Random Diversification Approach based on the Statman (1987) technique. The study has incorporated an additional statistical test to supplement the Statman’s approach. On average, a well-diversified portfolio of the Malaysian stocks is found to contain at least 27 randomly chosen securities. The study is extended to determine the diversified portfolio’s size for each of the lending and borrowing investors based on the Statman (1987) methodology. A portfolio of 30 securities is found to give a well diversified portfolio for the borrowing investors and of 50 securities for the lending investors.
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author G.S. Gupta, G.S. Gupta
Ch’ng , Huck Khoon
Shahnon, Suhaimi
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Ch’ng , Huck Khoon
Shahnon, Suhaimi
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title How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks?
title_short How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks?
title_full How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks?
title_fullStr How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks?
title_full_unstemmed How Many Securities Make A Diversified Portfolio In Klse Stocks?
title_sort how many securities make a diversified portfolio in klse stocks?
publisher Asian Academy of Management (AAM)
publishDate 2001
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