Application of the multicriterial decision making for an investment portoflio

The aim of this thesis is the selection of suitable investments (shares) for a particular investor and the creation of an investment portfolio with the help of multiple-criteria decision analysis. The first part of the work summarizes the theoretical background of security portfolio creation, acquaints the reader with the concept of stocks and methods of analyzing equity instruments. It also provides an overview of the functioning of the capital markets generally and specifically in the Czech Republic. The second part focuses on the approaches and procedures for solving decision-making problems. Methodological apparatus includes systems analysis, linear optimization and multi-criteria decision making methods. The third part of the thesis concentrates on the application of this methods for the formation of the investment portfolio in the presence of multiple criteria. Most important ratios of the stock market and the magic triangle return, risk and liquidity are reflected in equities choice. Stock selection is carried out by using models of multi-criteria evaluation of alternatives in two rounds and portfolio composition is determined by the classical model of linear programming. As a result, investor gets a recommendation for his portfolio, which contains a number of shares of selected companies on the Czech market. This procedure of creating the portfolio can be used by individual investors, financial advisors and brokers and complement their knowledge, experience and intuition