Portfolio optimization in a hidden Markov model for stock returns with jumps
- Date: 03/29/2007
Lecturer(s):
Ulrich Haussmann (University of British Columbia)
Location:
University of British Columbia
Topic:
In a market consisting of a money market and one stock with
price process dS(t)=S(t)[a(t) dt + b dW(t) + g dM(t)] where W is a
Wiener process and M is a compensated Poisson process, an agent invests
his initial wealth in a portfolio to maximize utility of wealth at
terminal time T. The portfolio strategy may only depend on the observed
stock price S(t). The constants b and g may be inferred from this, but
not the unknown drift a(t). It is assumed to be a Markov process with
known states and rate matrix.We reduce the problem to a martingale
representation problem for Levy processes.
This is joint work with Dr. Joern Sass.
Other Information:
MITACS Math Finance Seminar 2007
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