Author(s)

Jamal Agouram, Ghizlane Lakhnati

National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Agadir, Morocco.

This paper focuses on two methods for optimum market portfolio selection. We compare the Mean-Variance method with the Mean-Gini method using MADEX data from turbulent market periods in 2011, 2012 and 2013. We compare both strategies with reference to value at-risk (VaR) and conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) measures during periods of financial crisis. The results show that both strategies are profitable for investors. We consider the Mean-Gini strategy to be the more secure strategy during periods of market instability.

Conditional Value-at-Risk, Mean-Gini, Mean-Variance, Portfolio Selection, Value-at-Risk

Agouram, J. and Lakhnati, G. (2015) A Comparative Study of Mean-Variance and Mean Gini Portfolio Selection Using VaR and CVaR. Journal of Financial Risk Management, 4, 72-81. doi: 10.4236/jfrm.2015.42007.