Diversification in portfolios of individual stocks: 100 stocks are not enough

Financial Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-570

  Domian, Dale L ^a   Louton, David A ^b   Racine, Marie D ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversification; Investment horizon; Safety first; Shortfall risk; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040394274     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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