Robust Optimal Portfolio Choice Under Markovian Regime-switching Model

We investigate an optimal portfolio selection problem in a continuous-time Markov-modulated financial market when an economic agent faces model uncertainty and seeks a robust optimal portfolio strategy. The key market parameters are assumed to be modulated by a continuous-time, finite-state Markov chain whose states are interpreted as different states of an economy. The goal of the agent is to maximize the minimal expected utility of terminal wealth over a family of probability measures in a finite time horizon. The problem is then formulated as a Markovian regime-switching version of a two-player, zero-sum stochastic differential game between the agent and the market. We solve the problem by the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman approach.      

Pricing currency derivatives with Markov-modulated Lévy dynamics

Using a Lévy process we generalize formulas in Bo et al. (2010) for the Esscher transform parameters for the log-normal distribution which ensure that the martingale condition holds for the discounted foreign exchange rate. Using these values of the parameters we find a risk-neural measure and provide new formulas for the distribution of jumps, the mean jump size, and the Poisson process intensity with respect to this measure. The formulas for a European call foreign exchange option are also derived. We apply these formulas to the case of the log-double exponential distribution of jumps. We provide numerical simulations for the European call foreign exchange option prices with different parameters.     

No Arbitrage and the Growth Optimal Portfolio

Abstract

Recently, several papers have expressed an interest in applying the Growth Optimal Portfolio (GOP) for pricing derivatives. We show that the existence of a GOP is equivalent to the existence of a strictly positive martingale density. Our approach circumvents two assumptions usually set forth in the literature: 1) infinite expected growth rates are permitted and 2) the market does not need to admit an equivalent martingale measure. In particular, our approach shows that models featuring credit constrained arbitrage may still allow a GOP to exist because this type of arbitrage can be removed by a change of numéraire. However, if the GOP exists the market admits an equivalent martingale measure under some numéraire and hence derivatives can be priced. The structure of martingale densities is used to provide a new characterization of the GOP which emphasizes the relation to other methods of pricing in incomplete markets. The case where GOP denominated asset prices are strict supermartingales is analyzed in the case of pure jump driven uncertainty.     

多维分数布朗运动环境下的最优投资组合问题

在分数布朗运动环境下,讨论了单资产多噪声情形下的最优投资组合问题.假定标的资产价格遵循多维分数布朗运动驱动的常系数随机微分方程,在给定效用函数分别为幂函数和对数效用函数条件下,得到了最优投资组合问题的显式解.     

Maximum Principle for a Stochastic Optimal Control Problem and Application to Portfolio/Consumption Choice

We consider mainly an optimal control problem motivated by a portfolio and consumption choice problem in a financial market where the utility of the investor is assumed to have a given homogeneous form. A Pontryagin local maximum principle is obtained by using classical variational methods. We apply the result to make optimal portfolio and consumption decisions for the problem under consideration. The optimal selection coincides with the one obtained in Refs. 1 and 2, where the Bellman dynamic programming principle was used.     

On the distribution of cumulative Parisian ruin

We introduce the concept of cumulative Parisian ruin, which is based on the time spent in the red by the underlying surplus process. Our main result is an explicit representation for the distribution of the occupation time, over a finite-time horizon, for a compound Poisson process with drift and exponential claims. The Brownian ruin model is also studied in details. Finally, we analyse for a general framework the relationships between cumulative Parisian ruin and classical ruin, as well as with Parisian ruin based on exponential implementation delays.     

Optimal Approximation of the Second Iterated Integral of Brownian Motion

Abstract

In this article, a theorem is proved that describes the optimal approximation (in the L ²(?)-sense) of the second iterated integral of a standard two-dimensional Wiener process, W, by a function of finitely many elements of the Gaussian Hilbert space generated by W. This theorem has some interesting corollaries: First of all, it implies that Euler's method has the optimal rate of strong convergence among all algorithms that depend solely on linear functionals of the Wiener process, W; second, it shows that the approximation of the second iterated integral based on Karhunen–Loève expansion of the Brownian bridge is asymptotically optimal.     

指数Lévy跳-扩散模型下欧式期权的COS定价方法

主要研究指数Lévy形式的跳-扩散模型下欧式期权的定价问题.首先,给出了模型在均值修正等价鞅测度下的风险中性特征函数;然后,基于特征函数给出了欧式期权的傅里叶COS定价方法,并对COS方法进行修正,得到了指数Lévy形式跳-扩散模型的期权定价公式;最后,通过数值实验和实证分析检验了COS定价方法有效性,结果表明COS方...     

On the bailout dividend problem with periodic dividend payments for spectrally negative Markov additive processes

This paper studies the bailout optimal dividend problem with regime switching under the constraint that dividend payments can be made only at the arrival times of an independent Poisson process while capital can be injected continuously in time. We show the optimality of the regime-modulated Parisian-classical reflection strategy when the underlying risk model follows a general spectrally negative Markov additive process. In order to verify the optimality, first we study an auxiliary problem driven by a single spectrally negative Lévy process with a final payoff at an exponential terminal time and characterize the optimal dividend strategy. Then, we use the dynamic programming principle to transform the global regime-switching problem into an equivalent local optimization problem with a final payoff up to the first regime switching time. The optimality of the regime modulated Parisian-classical barrier strategy can be proven by using the results from the auxiliary problem and approximations via recursive iterations.     

期权组合最优套期保值模型及实证研究

根据实际投资中投资者可以选择不同到期日、不同敲定价格的期权组合进行套期保值的现实,本文建立了二次效用函数下期权组合最优动态套期保值模型,证明了该模型最优解存在的唯一性,并在协方差矩阵可逆和不可逆两种情形下分别给出了期权最优头寸的显式表达式。在50ETF价格先升后降、先降后升、下降和上升四种情形下,对上证50ETF期权的多种期权组合套期保值问题进行实证分析。研究结果表明:不同到期日不同敲定价格的看跌期权组合具有较好的套期保值效果。本文的研究为选择期权组合进行套期保值和解决展期期权套期保值问题提供了借鉴。     

基于模糊子集的贷款组合优化方法

遵照国际银行业大多数银行的做法,信用风险评估包括对债务人和债项两个方面.以模糊集理论为基础,通过试算与比较,构造隶属函数,对各指标进行无量纲化处理,建立距离判别函数,评估债务人信用风险.根据债项特征,考察风险四因素:违约概率,特定违约损失,违约敞口,期限,建立0-1整数规划模型,对债项进行风险评估,确定最佳贷款组合,以解决组合贷款的优化决策问题.     

On lévy measure and integrability of the norm in C[0, 1]

We prove that integrability of the norm is the best sufficient condition in terms of integrability of functions of the norm for a positive measure to be a Lévy Measure in C[0, 1].     

On the Esscher transforms and other equivalent martingale measures for Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard stochastic volatility models with jumps

We compute and then discuss the Esscher martingale transform for exponential processes, the Esscher martingale transform for linear processes, the minimal martingale measure, the class of structure preserving martingale measures, and the minimum entropy martingale measure for stochastic volatility models of the Ornstein–Uhlenbeck type as introduced by Barndorff-Nielsen and Shephard. We show that in the model with leverage, with jumps both in the volatility and in the returns, all those measures are different, whereas in the model without leverage, with jumps in the volatility only and a continuous return process, several measures coincide, some simplifications can be made and the results are more explicit. We illustrate our results with parametric examples used in the literature.     

交易成本型证券投资中求最优投资方案的一个算法

给出一个交易成本型证券投资中求最优投资方案的数值算法 ,证明了算法的理论依据 ,并举例说明算法的应用 .     

影响收益的公司指标在最优投资组合选择中的应用

如何从数目巨大的市场股票集中选取一组特定的股票作为最优投资组合选择模型的输入,以确保最终的投资方案具有优异而稳定的表现一直是投资理论界和实务界关注的重点.为此,本文基于作者新近结合中国股市特性并采用新方法所确定影响中国股票收益的多个公司基本特性指标,设计了一个恰当的股票预选策略,并由此导出了新型而稳健的投资组合选择两阶段法.实证结果表明新方法能使投资者便捷地找到更稳健的投资策略.     

Thorin classes of Lévy processes and their transforms

We define and characterize Thorin classes {ie294-01}, of infinitely divisible distributions on R ₊. We investigate Poisson, Karlin, and Bessel transforms of Thorin classes and also consider extended Thorin classes {ie294-02}. Canonical representation and self-decomposability properties of Thorin subordinated Gaussian Lévy processes are discussed. As an example, a subordinated Cauchy process is considered in detail.     

Approximation of quantum Lévy processes by quantum random walks

Every quantum Lévy process with a bounded stochastic generator is shown to arise as a strong limit of a family of suitably scaled quantum random walks.     

组合证券保险在我国的一种可行方法

介绍组合证券保险及其基本方法,详细分析我国目前唯一可行的方法-利用动态套期保值创造合成期权,用我国炉市1998年和1997年的据进行实证检验,将资金在组合证券和国债间合理分配,并随着指数的变化追踪调查,从而达到预期目标,说明组合证券保险如何在不限制盈利的同时规避风险。