Welcome to the Estimator

The Estimator is the best way to create well-formed and consistent optimization inputs for the New Frontier Optimizer that properly combine multiple sources of information. The Estimator is comprised of historical data importing tools, a robust missing data algorithm, noise reduction with various shrinkage estimator, and a flexible system for combining the cleaned and adjusted historical inputs with exogenous views.

In addition to this help manual, New Frontier has a recorded training presentation available in our training library. Contact your relationship manager for more information.

Introductory Topics:

• The Asset Allocation System

• Estimator worksheets

• Preferences

• The NFA ribbon

• Instances of Excel

• Display Conventions

• Running an estimation problem

• Sample cases