New Frontier Institute Research Repository
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Research
The New Frontier Institute for Asset Management in Practice is designed to be a scholarly repository and resource for academics, investment professionals, and investors attempting to understand the evolution of quantitative asset management beginning in the late third of the 20th century. Dr. Richard Michaud’s fifty-year legacy of published research and professional presentations represents the foundational archive of the Institute. This research also represents the quantitative methods and procedures that have evolved and been put into practice with contributions by Robert Michaud and Dr. David Esch since New Frontier Advisors was established in 1999.
On this page you will find a fifty-year chronicle of all New Frontier Institute Research. Our repository contains books, journals, papers, and other significant works to help support your asset management or analytics process. Explore the list of research in the left navigation menu.
Articles
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Pension Fund Financial Planning, Richard Michaud, The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1976.
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Richard Roll and Tests of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, Richard Michaud, Heard on the Random Walk, Bache NYC, 1979.
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Dividend Tilt Portfolios, The Tax Effect and Misspecified Returns, Richard Michaud, Heard on the Random Walk, Bache NYC, 1979.
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Market Inefficiency and Asset Pricing Theory: Recent Trends II, Richard Michaud, Heard on the Random Walk, Bache NYC, 1979.
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Market Inefficiency and Asset Pricing Theory: Recent Trends III, Richard Michaud, Heard on the Random Walk, Bache NYC, 1979.
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The Actuarial Interest Rate as an Investment Objective, Richard Michaud, Heard on the Random Walk, Bache NYC, 1979.
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Another Look and Dividend Discount Models, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1985.
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Optimal Multiperion Mean-Variance Portfolio Growth Investment Policy, Richard Michaud and James Monohan, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1986.
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Problems and Some Solutions for Mean Variance Optimizers, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1988.
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How to Optimize Properly, Richard Michaud, INQUIRE, 1989.
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The Markowitz Optimization Enigma: Is Optimized Optimal?, Richard Michaud, Institute for Chartered Financial Analysts, 1989.
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Time Option Rebalancing, Richard Michaud, INQUIRE, 1990.
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Long vs Long-Short Equity Investing, Richard Michaud, INQUIRE, 1993.
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Statistical Mean-Variance Asset Allocation, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1994.
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An Overview of Long/Short Strategies in Equities, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1995.
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Investment Styles, Market Anomalies, and Global Stock Selection, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1996.
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Investment Styles, Market Anomalies, and Global Stock Selection, Richard Michaud, INQUIRE, 1997.
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New View of Mean Variance, Richard Michaud, Financial Planning Magazine, 1998.
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Efficient Asset Management: A Review, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1998.
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Forecast from the Past, Richard Michaud and Michael Carty, Financial Planning Magazine, 1999.
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Behavioral Finance in Practice, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 1999.
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A New Design for Portfolios, Richard Michaud, Bloomberg Personal Finance, 2000.
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A Better Way to Use Information, Richard Michaud, European Pensions & Investment News, 2001.
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Aspects: Resampled Efficient Asset Allocation, Richard Michaud, Frontier News Newsletter, 2001.
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Out-of-Sample Tests of Resampled Efficiency, Richard Michaud, European Pensions & Investment News, 2001.
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Facts and Fallacies of Geometric Mean Return, Richard Michaud, Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, 2002.
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Resampled Portfolio Rebalancing and Monitoring, Robert Michaud and Richard Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2002.
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The Behavioral Finance Hoax, Richard Michaud, New York Society of Security Analysts, 2002.
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Introduction to Resampled Efficiency, Richard Michaud, NF News Letter 3rd Quarter,2002.
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Target Date Funds Aren't a Panacea, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, Investment News, 2010.
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Comment on 'Markowitz versus Michaud: Portfolio Optimization Strategies Reconsidered,' Becker, Gürtler and Hibbeln, Richard Michaud, David Esch, and Robert Michaud, European Journal of Finance, 21(4), 2015.
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Reply to 'Reply to 'Comment on 'Markowitz versus Michaud: Portfolio Optimization Strategies Reconsidered,' Becker, Gürtler and Hibbeln, Richard Michaud, Robert Michaud, and David Esch, SSRN, 2017.
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New Development in Financial Engineering, Richard Michaud, Institute of Quantitative Research in Finance, 2005
Books
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Efficient Asset Management: A Practical Guide to Stock Portfolio Optimization and Asset Allocation, Richard Michaud, Harvard University Press, 1998.
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Investment Styles, Market Anomalies, and Global Stock Selection, Richard Michaud, The Research Foundation of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, 1999.
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Efficient Asset Management, 2nd Edition, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, Oxford University Press, 2008
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Finance's Wrong Turns, Richard Michaud, Palgrave Macmilan, 2023.
Courses
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Efficient Asset Management: 10-week course, Richard Michaud, Boston Security Analysts Society, 1999
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The Behavioral Finance Hoax: Two Days of Lectures, Richard Michaud, Boston Security Analysts Society, 2002.
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Finance's Wrong Turn: 5-Week Course, Richard Michaud, CFA Society Boston, 2018.
Journals
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Risk Policy and Long-Term Investment, Richard Michaud, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1981.
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Valuation Model Bias & the Scale Structure of Dividend Discount Returns, Richard Michaud and Paul Davis, Journal of Finance, 1982.
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A Scenario-Dependent Dividend Discount Model: Bridging the Gap Between Top-Down Investment Information and Bottom-Up Forecasting, Richard Michaud, Financial Analysts Journal, 1985.
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Pension Policy and Benchmark Optimization, Richard Michaud, Investment Management Review, 1988.
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Economic Surplus and Pension Asset Management, Richard Michaud, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, 1989.
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The Markowitz Optimization Enigma: Is Optimized Optimal? Richard Michaud, Financial Analysts Journal, 1989.
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Demystifying Multiple Valuation Models, Richard Michaud, Financial Analysts Journal, 1990.
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Are Long-Short Equity Strategies Superior?, Richard Michaud, Financial Analysts Journal, 1993.
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Twenty Years of International Equity Investing, Richard Michaud, Gary Bergstrom, Ronald Frashure, and Brian Wolahan, The Journal of Portfolio Management, 1996.
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Is Value Multidimensional? Implications for Style Management and Global Stock Selection, Richard Michaud, The Journal of Investing, 1998.
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A Practical Framework For Portfolio Choice, Richard Michaud, Journal Of Investment Management, 2003.
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Letters to the Editor: 'An Examination of Resampled Portfolio Efficiency': A Comment, Richard Michaud, Financial Analysts Journal, 2003.
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Discussion on Article by Cambell R. Harvey, John C. Liechty and Merril W. Liechty, Bayes vs. Resampling: A Rematch. Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, Journal Of Investment Management, 2008.
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Estimation Error and Portfolio Optimization, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, Journal Of Investment Management, 2008.
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Are Good Estimates Enough? No, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, The Monitor: Investment Management Consultants Association, 2009.
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Portfolio Monitoring in Theory and Practice, Richard Michaud, David Esch, and Robert Michaud, Journal Of Investment Management, 2012.
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Book Review: The Capital Asset Pricing Model in the 21st Century (Levy), Richard Michaud, Quantitative Finance, 2013.
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Deconstructing Black-Litterman, Richard Michaud, Robert Michaud, and David Esch, Journal Of Investment Management, 2013.
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Comment on: "The Road Not Taken" by C. French, Journal Of Investment Management 14(4): 4-13, Richard Michaud, Journal Of Investment Management, 2017.
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Comment on: Allen, D., C. Lizieri, S. Satchell 2019. "In Defense of Portfolio Optimization: What If We Can Forecast?”, Richard Michaud, David Esch, and Robert Michaud, Financial Analysts Journal, 2020.
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Comment on: Kritzman, M. 2006, “Are Optimizers Error Maximizers?”, Richard Michaud, Journal of Portfolio Management, 2020.
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Estimation Error and the Fundamental Law of Active Management: Is Quant Fundamentally Flawed?Richard Michaud, David Esch, Robert Michaud, The Journal of Investing, 2020.
Research Studies
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Error Direction Dependence and Best Straight Line Approximations, Richard Michaud, 1969.
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Best Rotated Minimax Approximation, Richard Michaud, 1970.
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Gold as a Strategic Asset, Richard Michaud, Robert Michaud, and Katharine Pulvermacher, World Gold Council, 2006.
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Risk-Returns For Strategic Financial Planning, Richard Michaud, Robert Michaud and Matthew Pierce, AssetMark Investment Services, 2006.
Seminars
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The Optimization Enigma: Is Optimized Optimal? Richard Michaud, Seminar on the Analysis of Security Prices, 1988.
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Risk and Compound Return, Richard Michaud, Seminar on the Analysis of Security Prices, 2006.
Technical Companions
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Estimation Error and the "Fundamental Law of Active Management": Technical Companion, David Esch, The Journal of Investing, 2020.
Transcripts
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Is Quant Fundamentally Flawed?: Webinar Transcript, Richard Michaud, David Esch, Robert Michaud, CFA Presentation, 2020.
White Papers
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Currency Hedging Policy, Richard Michaud, Acadian Asset Management, 1994.
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Liquidity and Portfolio Optimization, Robert Michaud and Richard Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2003.
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Optimal and Investable Portfolios, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2003.
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Resampled Efficiency For Financial Planning and Return Forecasting, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2003
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Resampled Efficiency Issues, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2003
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Resampled Efficiency Fallacies, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2003
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Equity Optimization Issues-Inputs, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2004
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Forecast Confidence Level and Portfolio Optimization, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2004
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Resampled Efficiency vs. Bayes: Implications for Asset Management, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2004
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Why Mean-Variance Optimization Isn't Useful for Investment Management, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2004
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Equity Optimization Issues-III: Insignificant Alphas, Heterogeneous Errors, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005
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Equity Optimization Issues-IV: The Fundamental Law of Mismanagement, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005
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Equity Optimization Issues-V: Monte Carlo and Optimization Errors, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005
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Resampled Efficiency Equity Portfolio Optimizer, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005
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Return Objective for Social Security Private Accounts: A Review of the President's Commission Investment Alternatives, Richard Michaud, Robert Michaud, and Noah Kraut, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005.
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Scherer's Errors, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005.
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The Information Ratio of Factor Based Alpha, Noah Kraut, Richard Michaud, and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005.
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Equity Optimization Issues-II: Large Stock Universes and Scaling Alphas, Richard Michaud and Robert Michaud, New Frontier Newsletter, 2005.
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Morningstar vs. Michaud Optimization, Richard Michaud and David Esch, New Frontier White Paper, 2012.
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When Michaud Optimization Fails, Richard Michaud and David Esch, New Frontier White Paper, 2017.
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Expected Utility and the Michaud Efficient Frontier, Richard Michaud, Research Announcement, 2022.