Portfolio theory | Covariance & Correlation (a formula in my university paper)

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Hey guys!

There is a formula in my university paper for the covariance which i can find nowhere else and leads me to the wrong result and wrong correlation.

With the other formula i get an acceptable result and a correlation between -1 and 1.

Where is the problem? What am i doing wrong?

Thank you very much!!
 

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There is a formula in my university paper for the covariance which i can find nowhere else and leads me to the wrong result and wrong correlation.

With the other formula i get an acceptable result and a correlation between -1 and 1.

Where is the problem? What am i doing wrong?
What's the formula? What are you doing? What have been your steps in doing that? Is there anything in the (too small to be legible) images that is necessary to the discussion?

Please be complete. Thank you! ;)
 
What's the formula? What are you doing? What have been your steps in doing that? Is there anything in the (too small to be legible) images that is necessary to the discussion?

Please be complete. Thank you! :wink:

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The Task is to calculate the variance - optimal portfolio and in this context, i have first to calculate the covariance.

I have a formula for the covariance given, which I can find nowhere else:


Given covariance formula: δAB =∑ xA*xB*P-μA*μB with this formula I get another result than with this formula:


δAB=∑ P*(XA-μA)*(XB-μB)

also, sesecond one is named everywhere else

Am I just picking the wrong XA & XB in the first one?

thank you!
 
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