I like to apply the Newey-West covariance estimator for portfolio optmization which is given by Σ=Σ(0)+12(Σ(1)+Σ(1)T),
What would you use as prior for Σ(1) - the zero-matrix? Do you know an R implementation that allows to estimate lag-covariance matrices using shrinkage? There must be some basic difference as a lag-covariance matrix is not necessarily positive-definite (e.g. the zero-matrix). If I apply shrinkage to Σ(0) and use the standard sample-estimator for Σ(1) then it is not assured that Σ is positive-definite.
EDIT: The above definition is taken from:
Whitney K. Newey and Keneth D. West. A simple, positive semi-denite, heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation consistent covariance matrix. Econometrica, 55(3):703-708, 1987.
It can also be found here in formula (1.9) on page 6.
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