Mens: Nonlinear shrinkage estimation in nonparanormal models for financial applications
The MENS attains the robustness of rank-based estimation and the efficiency of nonlinear shrinkage at once within this class, and delivers a better-conditioned covariance estimate, lower realized portfolio volatility, and lower turnover than linear shrinkage in an out-of-sample minimum-variance backtest on S&P 500 stoc...