November 22nd, 2005, 11:04 pm
Does anyone have suggestions on how to find a portfolio weight vector to maximize correlation with another portfolio?For example I have a pre-specified portfolio of hedge fund returns that I cannot trade, but want to maximize correlation with this through some other tradable assets - I have a sample coveriance matrix, breaking down the problem it looks a lot like the classic mean-variance optimization problem with obvious constraints onn the target weight vector -