1. Near-optimal asset allocation in financial markets with trading constraints
- Author
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Antoon Pelsser, Thijs Kamma, QE Econometrics, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, QE Math. Economics & Game Theory, RS: GSBE Theme Human Decisions and Policy Design, RS: FSE DACS Mathematics Centre Maastricht, and RS: GSBE UM-BIC
- Subjects
Mathematical optimization ,Information Systems and Management ,General Computer Science ,Utility maximisation ,Investment strategy ,Computer science ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Asset allocation ,02 engineering and technology ,Management Science and Operations Research ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,RANDOM ENDOWMENT ,DUALITY ,Bellman equation ,Incomplete markets ,0502 economics and business ,OPTIMAL CONSUMPTION ,Projection (set theory) ,TIGHT BOUNDS ,Stochastic control ,UTILITY ,050210 logistics & transportation ,021103 operations research ,Convex duality ,05 social sciences ,Financial market ,Regular polygon ,MONTE-CARLO METHOD ,HABIT FORMATION ,OPTIMAL INVESTMENT ,Stochastic optimal control ,PORTFOLIO CHOICE ,Modeling and Simulation ,Finance - Abstract
We develop a dual-control method for approximating investment strategies in multidimensional financial markets with convex trading constraints. The method relies on a projection of the optimal solution to an (unconstrained) auxiliary problem to obtain a feasible and near-optimal solution to the original problem. We obtain lower and upper bounds on the optimal value function using convex duality methods. The gap between the bounds indicates the precision of the near-optimal solution. We illustrate the effectiveness of our method in a market with different trading constraints such as borrowing, short-sale constraints and non-traded assets. We also show that our method works well for state-dependent utility functions.
- Published
- 2022