scholarly journals Optimal Investment and Consumption for Multidimensional Spread Financial Markets with Logarithmic Utility

Stats ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1012-1026
Author(s):  
Sahar Albosaily ◽  
Serguei Pergamenchtchikov

We consider a spread financial market defined by the multidimensional Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (OU) process. We study the optimal consumption/investment problem for logarithmic utility functions using a stochastic dynamical programming method. We show a special verification theorem for this case. We find the solution to the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB) equation in explicit form and as a consequence we construct optimal financial strategies. Moreover, we study the constructed strategies with numerical simulations.

Author(s):  
Wensheng Xu ◽  
Shuping Chen

AbstractIn this paper, optimal consumption and investment decisions are studied for an investor who has available a bank account and a stock whose price is a log normal diffusion. The bank pays at an interest rate r(t) for any deposit, and vice takes at a larger rate r′(t) for any loan. Optimal strategies are obtained via Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation which is derived from dynamic programming principle. For the specific HARA case, we get the optimal consumption and optimal investment explicitly, which coincides with the classical one under the condition r′(t) ≡ r(t)


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Chang ◽  
Xi-min Rong

We are concerned with an investment and consumption problem with stochastic interest rate and stochastic volatility, in which interest rate dynamic is described by the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR) model and the volatility of the stock is driven by Heston’s stochastic volatility model. We apply stochastic optimal control theory to obtain the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation for the value function and choose power utility and logarithm utility for our analysis. By using separate variable approach and variable change technique, we obtain the closed-form expressions of the optimal investment and consumption strategy. A numerical example is given to illustrate our results and to analyze the effect of market parameters on the optimal investment and consumption strategies.


2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 1450027 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. LIU

This paper is concerned with a finite-horizon optimal investment and consumption problem in continuous-time regime-switching models. The market consists of one bond and n ≥ 1 correlated stocks. An investor distributes his/her wealth among these assets and consumes at a non-negative rate. The market parameters (the interest rate, the appreciation rates and the volatilities of the stocks) and the utility functions are assumed to depend on a continuous-time Markov chain with a finite number of states. The objective is to maximize the expected discounted total utility of consumption and the expected discounted utility from terminal wealth. We solve the optimization problem by applying the stochastic control methods to regime-switching models. Under suitable conditions, we prove a verification theorem. We then apply the verification theorem to a power utility function and obtain, up to the solution of a system of coupled ordinary differential equations, an explicit solution of the value function and the optimal investment and consumption policies. We illustrate the impact of regime-switching on the optimal investment and consumption policies with numerical results and compare the results with the classical Merton problem that has only a single regime.


2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaping Wang ◽  
Yunhong Yang ◽  
Chunsheng Zhou

Econometrica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 1561-1588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saumitra Jha ◽  
Moses Shayo

Can participation in financial markets lead individuals to reevaluate the costs of conflict, change their political attitudes, and even their votes? Prior to the 2015 Israeli elections, we randomly assigned Palestinian and Israeli financial assets to likely voters and incentivized them to actively trade for up to 7 weeks. No political messages or nonfinancial information were included. The treatment systematically shifted vote choices toward parties more supportive of the peace process. This effect is not due to a direct material incentive to vote a particular way. Rather, the treatment reduces opposition to concessions for peace and changes awareness of the broader economic risks of conflict. While participants who were assigned Palestinian assets are more likely to associate their assets' performance with peace, they are less engaged in the experiment. Combined with the superior performance of Israeli stocks during the study period, the ultimate effects of Israeli and Palestinian assets are similar.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huiling Wu

This paper studies an investment-consumption problem under inflation. The consumption price level, the prices of the available assets, and the coefficient of the power utility are assumed to be sensitive to the states of underlying economy modulated by a continuous-time Markovian chain. The definition of admissible strategies and the verification theory corresponding to this stochastic control problem are presented. The analytical expression of the optimal investment strategy is derived. The existence, boundedness, and feasibility of the optimal consumption are proven. Finally, we analyze in detail by mathematical and numerical analysis how the risk aversion, the correlation coefficient between the inflation and the stock price, the inflation parameters, and the coefficient of utility affect the optimal investment and consumption strategy.


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