scholarly journals Optimal Investment Problem with Multiple Risky Assets under the Constant Elasticity of Variance (CEV) Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 718-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Ximin Rong ◽  
Weiqin Ma ◽  
Bo Gao
2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 1382-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Bakkaloglu ◽  
Taha Aziz ◽  
Aeeman Fatima ◽  
F.M. Mahomed ◽  
Chaudry Masood Khalique

Author(s):  
Edikan E. Akpanibah ◽  
Udeme O. Ini

The aim of this paper is to maximize an investor’s terminal wealth which exhibits constant relative risk aversion (CRRA). Considering the fluctuating nature of the stock market price, it is imperative for investors to study and develop an effective investment plan that considers the volatility of the stock market price and the fluctuation in interest rate. To achieve this, the optimal investment plan for an investor with logarithm utility under constant elasticity of variance (CEV) model in the presence of stochastic interest rate is considered. Also, a portfolio with one risk free asset and two risky assets is considered where the risk free interest rate follows the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (O-U) process and the two risky assets follow the CEV process. Using the Legendre transformation and dual theory with asymptotic expansion technique, closed form solutions of the optimal investment plans are obtained. Furthermore, the impacts of some sensitive parameters on the optimal investment plans are analyzed numerically. We observed that the optimal investment plan for the three assets give a fluctuation effect, showing that the investor’s behaviour in his investment pattern changes at different time intervals due to some information available in the financial market such as the fluctuations in the risk free interest rate occasioned by the O-U process, appreciation rates of the risky assets prices and the volatility of the stock market price due to changes in the elasticity parameters. Also, the optimal investment plans for the risky assets are directly proportional to the elasticity parameters and inversely proportional to the risk free interest rate and does not depend on the risk averse coefficient. 


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Chang ◽  
Xi-min Rong ◽  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Chu-bing Zhang

We consider an investment and consumption problem under the constant elasticity of variance (CEV) model, which is an extension of the original Merton’s problem. In the proposed model, stock price dynamics is assumed to follow a CEV model and our goal is to maximize the expected discounted utility of consumption and terminal wealth. Firstly, we apply dynamic programming principle to obtain the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation for the value function. Secondly, we choose power utility and logarithm utility for our analysis and apply variable change technique to obtain the closed-form solutions to the optimal investment and consumption strategies. Finally, we provide a numerical example to illustrate the effect of market parameters on the optimal investment and consumption strategies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Xiaotao Liu ◽  
Hailong Liu

This paper investigates the optimal portfolio choice problem for a large insurer with negative exponential utility over terminal wealth under the constant elasticity of variance (CEV) model. The surplus process is assumed to follow a diffusion approximation model with the Brownian motion in which is correlated with that driving the price of the risky asset. We first derive the corresponding Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB) equation and then obtain explicit solutions to the value function as well as the optimal control by applying a variable change technique and the Feynman–Kac formula. Finally, we discuss the economic implications of the optimal policy.


Author(s):  
Edikan Akpanibah ◽  
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Bright Osu ◽  
Everestus Eze ◽  
Chidi Okonkwo ◽  
...  

In this paper, the explicit solutions of the optimal investment plans of an investor with exponential utility function exhibiting constant absolute risk aversion (CARA) under constant elasticity of variance (CEV) and stochastic interest rate is studied. A portfolio comprising of a risk-free asset modelled by the Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR) process and two risky assets modelled by the CEV process is considered, where the instantaneous volatilities of the two risky assets form a 2 x 2 matrix n = {np,q}2x2 such that nnT is positive definite. Using the power transformation and change of variable approach with asymptotic expansion technique, explicit solutions of the optimal investment plans are found. Moreover, numerical simulations are used to study the effects of the interest rate, elasticity parameter, correlation coefficient and the risk averse coefficient on the optimal investment plans.


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