Forecasting Portfolio Balance Using Return Mean, Standard Deviation and Spending

Jeffry Haber and Andrew Braunstein

International Journal of Financial Research, 2016, vol. 7, issue 2, 98-121

Abstract: This paper develops an integrated formula using return mean, standard deviation and spending to forecast the ending balance of a portfolio. The forecasted ending balances were robust when tested over a variety of time periods, spending percentages, and varying how the spending was calculated. This formula is useful for a variety of stakeholders ¨C for government regulators to see how a change in required spending percentages would affect the long-term viability of institutions, for those institutions in understanding how the standard deviation (as a proxy for volatility) affects the portfolio balance, and for investment committees in understanding the trade-off between return and volatility and the resultant effect on the portfolio, among others.

Keywords: portfolio management; endowment; foundation; forecasting; portfolio balance; volatility; investment; return; standard deviation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.5430/ijfr.v7n2p98

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