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PortfolioAnalytics (version 1.1.0)

BlackLittermanFormula: Computes the Black-Litterman formula for the moments of the posterior normal.

Description

This function computes the Black-Litterman formula for the moments of the posterior normal, as described in A. Meucci, "Risk and Asset Allocation", Springer, 2005.

Usage

BlackLittermanFormula(Mu, Sigma, P, v, Omega)

Value

BLMu [vector] (N x 1) posterior expected values.

BLSigma [matrix] (N x N) posterior covariance matrix.

Arguments

Mu

[vector] (N x 1) prior expected values.

Sigma

[matrix] (N x N) prior covariance matrix.

P

[matrix] (K x N) pick matrix.

v

[vector] (K x 1) vector of views.

Omega

[matrix] (K x K) matrix of confidence.

Author

Xavier Valls flamejat@gmail.com

References

A. Meucci - "Exercises in Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management" http://symmys.com/node/170.

See Meucci's script for "BlackLittermanFormula.m"