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DOI: 10.4236/jmf.2019.93020 Aug. 20, 2019 345 Journal of Mathematical Finance
Optimal Portfolio Choice in a Jump-Diffusion
Model with Self-Exciting
Baojun Bian
1, Xinfu Chen
2, Xudong Zeng
31Department of Mathematics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 3School of Finance, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China
Abstract
We solve the optimal portfolio choice problem for an investor who can trade a risk-free asset and a risky asset. The investor faces both Brownian and jump risks and the jump is modeled by a Hawkes process so that occurrence of a jump in the risky asset price triggers more sequent jumps. We obtain the op-timal portfolio by maximizing expectation of a constant relative risk aversion (CRRA) utility function of terminal wealth. The existence and uniqueness of a classical solution to the associated partial differential equation are proved, and the corresponding verification theorem is provided as well. Based on the theoretical results, we develop a numerical monotonic iteration algorithm and present an illustrative numerical example.
Keywords
Portfolio Choice, Jump Diffusion, Stochastic Volatility, Hawkes Process, Self-Exciting Jump, HJB Equation
1. Introduction
Empirical studies suggest that asset price encounters jumps and its volatility is stochastic. Further studies show that jumps occur in clusters, that is, a sequence of jumps occur in short time following a (big) jump which occurs after a rela-tively long quiet period of time. The feature of clustered jumps can be caught by a type of stochastic process known as Hawkes process. In this paper, we model occurrence of jumps by a Hawkes process hence our model is an extension of well-known jump-diffusion models, e.g. [1]. Meanwhile, we assume that such Hawkes jumps may occur in asset price itself as well as in its volatility. As a re-sult, our model merges with the vast literature of stochastic volatility.
How to cite this paper: Bian, B.J., Chen, X.F. and Zeng, X.D. (2019) Optimal Portfo-lio Choice in a Jump-Diffusion Model with Self-Exciting. Journal of Mathematical Finance, 9, 345-367.
https://doi.org/10.4236/jmf.2019.93020
Received: May 25, 2019 Accepted: August 17, 2019 Published: August 20, 2019
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The contributions of the present paper are twofold. First, we solve the optimal investment problem and prove a verification result for a CRRA utility while [2]
solves for a logarithm utility function. They do discuss the CRRA case but leave proofs to some references. However, our work shows that it is highly non-trivial to prove the existence and uniqueness of a classic solution to the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation, which is essential for solving the op-timal portfolio choice problem and implementing numerical methods. Second, our model may incorporate stochastic volatility or stochastic risk premium. Thus it shall be powerful to explain more financial phenomena, e.g. flight-to-quality, under-diversification, and possibly disclose more economic insights.
Technically, in the strand of the relevant literature, [3] introduces an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) type process of subordinator to model volatility. Af-ter that, there are several works about optimal portfolio selection in a model with OU type processes of subordinators. For example, [4] solves the portfolio choice problem in a model where volatility is a linear combination of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type processes of subordinators. [5] solves the optimal in-vestment and consumption problem in a similar model where a state variable (economic factor) is an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type process of subordinator. They deal with a more general model, compared to [4]. As a result, they arrive at a nonlinear partial integro-differential equation, instead of a linear one in the lat-ter. In both of these two papers, there are no jump components in the dynamics of asset prices. In stark contrast to the literature we incorporate jumps in the as-set price in the present paper and hence confront a new/different challenge (if not more difficult) when we solve the optimal portfolio choice problem.
In our general setting, the volatility is a function of the state variable (the jump intensity) following a Hawkes process. Hence the present paper may com-bine two strands of research: modeling volatility by an OU type of process of subordinator and modeling jumps by Hawkes processes together. There are sev-eral papers studying the case where there are jumps in volatilities, e.g. [5], etc., while the present paper considers jumps in both of asset price and volatility, and in jump intensity as well. This leads to a more complicated HJB equation than in
[5]. As a result, our model has the features of stochastic volatility and self-exciting, while the optimal investment problem is still solvable in sense of by an iteration method, given that the iteration is proved to converge correctly to the unique classical solution of the problem.
This paper is incremental to the few aforementioned papers and dedicated to solving several technical problems related to CRRA utility functions. Neverthe-less, the literature on portfolio choice is vast and is growing quickly. We would like to refer to some of them, for example, [6], which proposes a semivariance method for diversified portfolio selection; [7], that discusses a portfolio adjusting problem. The both assume that security returns are subject to experts’ estima-tions.
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timal portfolio choice problem in Section 2. The Hawkes process is introduced in this section. In Section 3, we analyze the HJB equation. The existence and un-iqueness of a classical solution to the equation are proved under some appropri-ate conditions. We also prove a verification theorem for the solution in Section 4. Two illustrative examples and one numerical example are provided in Section 5. Conclusion and further discussion are in Section 6. An extension is supplied in Appendix.
2. Problem Formulation
2.1. Hawkes Process for Self-Exciting Jumps
A Hawkes process is a counting process with self-exciting feature. Roughly speaking, it is a compounded Poisson process with stochastic intensity.
Given a complete probability space
(
Ω, , ( )
t t≥0,P)
, a counting process,{ }
Nt t≥0, satisfies(
Nt+∆t−Nt=1|t)
= ∆ + ∆λ
t t o t( )
,P
(
Nt+∆t−Nt >1|t) ( )
=o t∆ ,P
where the intensity process λt is given by the integrated form
(
)
( )0 0
e t 1 e t t e t sd
t α α α Ns
λ
−λ
−λ
β
− − ∞= + − +
∫
or by the differentiation form
(
)
d
λ α λ
t = ∞−λ
t dt+β
d ;Nt (2.1)here λ∞ is the long-run average of the jump intensity corresponding to the
jump;
α >
0
is the decay rate driving the jump intensity back to the long-run average before a jump occurs; β ≥0 is a constant indicating non-negative im-pact of the jump occurrence on the jump intensity.A jump process
{ }
Nt with the jump intensity described by (2.1) is called aHawkes process [8]. It is known that the process is stationary if β 1
α < . A
Hawkes process differs from a doubly stochastic Poisson process since its incre-ments are not independent.
{ }
Nt is not Markovian but{
(
Nt,λt)
}
is. Thecompensated process Nt−
∫
0tλ
sds is a local martingale. For more informationand a formal definition of Hawkes process, we refer to [8]. Figure 1 illustrates a sample path of one self-exciting (Hawkes) process.
DOI: 10.4236/jmf.2019.93020 348 Journal of Mathematical Finance Figure 1. A sample path of Hawkes
{
Nt,λt}
and stock price{ }
St .Meanwhile, the mean-reversion property of (2.1) prevents the jump intensity from explosion given 0≤β α< . Indeed, taking the expectation of (2.1) and us-ing
[ ]
dNs =[ ]
λ
s ds we obtain that[ ]
( )(
( ))
0e 1 e as .
1
t t
t β α β α t
αλ λ
λ λ β
α β
α
− ∞ − ∞
= + − → → ∞
− −
2.2. Asset Dynamics with Self-Exciting Jumps
We consider a market with a risk-free asset (bond) and a risky asset (stock). The price
{ }
Bt of the risk-free asset follows dynamics:dBt =rB ttd ,
where r is the risk-free interest rate. The price
{ }
St of the risky asset follows astochastic differential equation
( )
( )
d t d d d
t t t t t
t
S r t W Y N
S−
µ λ
σ λ
= + + + (2.2)
where
{ }
Nt is a Hawkes process described in the preceding section,{ }
Wt is astandard Brownian motion, and Yt > −1 is a random jump size independent of
the jump process and the Brownian motion. To be more precise, we define
0 d 1
t t
t t i
i N
Y N y
≤ ≤
=
∑
∫
where
{ }
yi i1∞
= are i.i.d. random variables that are independent of either the
Brownian motion or the jump process.
Note that the volatility σ and the risk premium
µ
are set to be functions of the jump intensity. Given appropriate conditions about the mappings (e.g. monotonic mappings), we may writeλ λ σ
=( )
andµ µ σ
=( )
, so our modelis compatible with many models studied in stochastic volatility literature.
2.3. Optimal Portfolio Selection Problem
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the risk-free asset in a time horizon
[ ]
0,T . In order to maximize the expected utility of the terminal wealth, the investor needs to find an optimal investment strategy.Let Xt be the wealth of portfolio at time t and πt be the proportion of
wealth invested into the risky asset at time t. Then
(
)
(
)
d t d t 1 d t d d d .
t t t t t t t t
t t t
X S B
r t W Y N
X−
π
S−π
Bπ µ
π σ
π
= + − = + + + (2.3)
An investment strategy is an adapted stochastic process
π
={ }
π
t t∈[ ]0,T . It isadmissible if the associated wealth process is non-negative almost surely. The jump size Yt, in particular, is assumed to take a form of eZt −1, where Zt is a
Gaussian random variable. This setting is popularly admitted in the literature of jump-diffusion model. See, for example, the seminal paper of [1]. As a result, an admissible strategy π shall satisfy the constraint 0≤πt ≤1. Thus, shorting
either stock or bond is not permitted. This constraint condition may be relaxed1
according to distribution and support set of a specific jump size Yt. We denote
all admissible strategies by .
An optimal investment strategy is a strategy that maximizes the expected util-ity of the terminal wealth. That is, the objective of an investor is to find V and
*
π such that
(
)
,( )
* ,( )
0
, , max x , arg max x
t T T
V x t λ U X λ U X
π π
λ
π
∈ ∈
= =
(2.4)
where x,
tλ
is the expectation conditioned on Xt =x and λt =λ. In this
paper, we solve the problem for the CRRA utility U x
( )
=x pp . We prove theexistence and uniqueness of a classical solution to the associated HJB equation when p∈
( )
0,1 . By a similar approach, our framework may be extended to thecase of p<0 regardless of an amount of efforts. The case of logarithm utility
(corresponding to p=0) has been studied in [2] while assuming constant vola-tility and risk premium. In Section 5, we will discuss an extension case of loga-rithm utility with stochastic volatility and stochastic risk premium, as an appli-cation of our general results.
The Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation associated with the above sto-chastic optimization problem can be derived as
(
)
(
)
1 2 2 2(
(
)
)
max 1 , , ,
2
t
x xx
V V V
r xV x V V x Y t
λ
π
α λ λ λ
πµ π σ λ π λ β
∞
− − +
= + + + + +
(2.5)
(
, ,)
( )
.V x T
λ
=U x (2.6)Here subscripts denote partial derivatives and Y is a random variable having the same distribution as Yt. In this paper, we shall make a full mathematical
analysis of the HJB Equation (2.5) subject to the terminal condition (2.6), and a certain growth condition such as (2.8) below.
1If a tight bound of Y is − ≤ ≤a Y b, where a and b are positive constants, then { }
t
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There are several papers studying the case where there are jumps in volatilities, e.g. [5]. Different from only jumps in volatility, our model incorporates jumps in both of asset price and volatility, and in jump intensity as well. It is worth to mention that the HJB Equation (2.5) is more complicated than that in [5]. The framework of our model is the same as that in [2], except the setting of utility function. As well-known, CRRA utility functions generally involve much more difficult technical problems than the logarithm utility function.
Remark 2.1. The HJB Equation (2.5), together with the terminal condition
(2.6), mayhaveseveralsolutions.Fromaviewpointofpartialdifferential equa-tion, it is necessary to prescribe an asymptotic behavior of the solution as
λ → ∞
. Note that, as a suboptimal strategy, investing everything into therisk-freeassetgivesthelowerbound
(
, ,)
( )
ert( )
e .prtV x λ t ≥U x =U x (2.7)
Although it is very had to estimate an upper bound, we shall prove the exis-tence of a unique solution of (2.5)-(2.6) under the following growth condition:
For some constant
C
>
0
.(
)
( )
, ,[ ]
1 V x t , 0, 0, .
C t T
C U x
λ
λ
≤ ≤ ∀ ≥ ∈ (2.8)
3. Mathematical Analysis of the HJB Equation
3.1. Scaling Invariance
Note that applying the same strategy for two initial portfolios with initial condi-tion
(
X0,λ
0) ( )
= x,λ
and(
X0,λ
0) ( )
= 1,λ
respectively, we find that the cor-responding wealth of the two portfolios differ by a factor of x at any time[ ]
0,t∈ T . Hence, optimal strategies do not depend on x, and we have the scaling
invariance
(
, ,)
( ) (
,)
,V x t
λ
=U x Hλ
T t− (3.1)where
τ
= −
T t
is the time to expiry and H( )
λ τ
, :=V(
1, ,x T−τ
) ( )
U 1 .Plug-ging (3.1) into (2.5) and using Remark 2.2 we obtain the equation for H:
(
)
max0 1{
(
,) (
,)
(
,) (
,)
}
,Hτ +α λ λ− ∞ Hλ = ≤ ≤π A λ π H λ τ +B λ π H λ β τ+ (3.2)
( )
,0 1,H
λ
= (3.3)where
(
,)
( )
(
1)
2 2 ,(
,)
(
1)
.2
p
p p
A
λ π
= pr p+µ λ π
− −σ
π
−λ
Bλ π
=λ
+π
Y
(3.4)
It is easy to check that both A and B are concave function of π. Hence, if
0
H
>
, then there exists a unique π* such that2( )
{
(
) ( ) (
) (
)
}
*
0 1
, arg max A , H , B , H , .
π
π λ τ
λ π
λ τ
λ π
λ β τ
≤ ≤
= + + (3.5)
In fact, with integrability of the jump size Y the first order condition brings us
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that
( )
(
) ( ) (
) ( )
(
)
(
(
)
)
1
* *
2 2
,
1 .
,
1 1
p H
Y Y
H
p p
µ λ λ λ β τ
π π
λ τ
σ λ σ λ
− +
= + +
− − (3.6)
The second term in the right hand side of the above formula is the hedging demand for the self-exciting jump risks.
In the rest of this section, we shall impose certain conditions on
σ
( ) ( )
⋅ ,µ
⋅and Y and show that the HJB Equation (3.2) subject to the initial condition (3.3) and a certain growth condition admits a unique solution. In the next section we prove a verification result showing that the solution obtained solves the optimal investment problem.
For the case of CRRA utility, [2] suggest to prove the existence of a solution by verifying a contracting mapping as [5]. Our attempts show that it is not a trivial task to do that, instead, we use a different analytic method to accomplish the mission.
3.2. Basic Assumptions
First of all, we state some necessary assumptions as follow.
( ) ( )
0,1 , , 2( )
2(
[
0,)
)
.p∈ µ ⋅ σ ⋅ ∈C ∞ (3.7)
Recall that we assume ~ eZt 1
t
Y Y = − . Thus Y > −1 a.s., Y2 < ∞
. To explain our idea in a clear manner, we assume that
( )
[ ]
limsup Y 0.
λ→∞
µ λ
+λ
< (3.8)Intuitively, the assumption (3.8) claims that the excess return of the asset will be negative if the jump frequency is high enough. In the literature of jump-diffusion models, the excess return is usually assumed with a compensa-tion of jump risk, see, e.g. [10]. Hence the assumption (3.8) is equivalent to say that
µ λ
( )
may not be enough compensated when (negative) jumps occur at ahigh frequency. That does not sound unreasonable. The assumption may be relaxed to
( )
[ ]
( )
limsup Y .
λ
µ λ
λ
σ λ
→∞
+
< ∞
(3.9)
We shall discuss this later in the Appendix. Under (3.8) we define
[
) ( )
[ ]
[
)
{
}
*: min s , | Y 0, s, .
λ = ∈ λ∞ ∞ µ λ +λ ≤ ∀ ∈λ ∞ (3.10)
3.3. An Integral Formulation
Let
τ
= −
T t
. We study the problem(
)
( ) ( )
[ ]
( )
, 0, , 0,
,0 1 0,
H H H T
H
τ
α λ λ
λτ
λ
τ
λ
λ
λ
∞
+ − = ⋅ ∀ ∈ ≥
= ∀ ≥
(3.11)
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[ ]( )
u λ : max0π 1{
A(
λ π,) ( )
u λ B(
λ π,) (
u λ β)
}
.≤ ≤
= + +
Note that
satisfies, for any positive constant c and continuous functions uand v,
[ ]
cu =c u[ ]
,[ ]
u −[ ]
v ≤[
u v−]
. (3.12)
We shall use characteristic curves to convert (3.11) into an equivalent integral formulation. For this we introduce
[
0,)
[
0, ,]
(
, , :)
(
)
e (t ).D T λ τ t λ λ λ α −τ
∞ ∞
= ∞ × Λ = + − (3.13)
For notational simplicity, in the sequel, we write Λ
(
λ τ
, ,t)
simply as Λ. Let M be a positive constant to be determined. For fixed( )
λ τ
, ∈D andalong the characteristic curve
{
(
(
, , ,)
)
}
0t
t t τ
λ τ ≤ ≤
Λ , we obtain from (3.11) that
(
)
(
)
( )
( )
(
) ( )
( )
( ) ( )
{
}
[ ]
d e , , ,
d
e , , ,
e , , , 0, .
Mt Mt Mt
H t t
t
MH t H t H t
MH t H t t
τ λ
λ τ
α
λ
τ
∞
Λ
= Λ + Λ + Λ − Λ
= Λ + ⋅ Λ ∀ ∈
Integration over t∈
[ ]
0,τ
gives( )
{
(
(
)
)
( )
(
(
)
)
}
( )0
, e M , , , , , , eM t d .
H
λ τ
= − τ+ τ MH Λλ τ
t t + H t⋅ Λλ τ
t −τ t
∫
Substituting the definition of
into the expression we obtain the integral formulation:(
) ( ) (
) (
)
{
}
( )0 0 1
e M max , , , , eM t d ,
H τ τ M A H t B H t τ t
π
π
π
β
− −
≤ ≤
= +
∫
+ Λ Λ + Λ Λ + (3.14)for every
( )
λ τ
, ∈D where D and Λ = Λ:(
λ τ
, ,t)
are as in (3.13).In the sequel we shall choose an appropriate positive constant M and solve the above integral equation by a monotonic iteration technique.
3.4. Determination of the Constant
M
First we consider the function(
, :)
(
,)
(
, ,)
0,[ ]
0,1 .f
λ π
=Aλ π
+Bλ π
∀ ≥λ
π
∈Direct calculation yields
( )
,0 ,f
λ
= pr(
,)
( ) (
1)
2( )
(
1)
p 1 ,fπ λ π p µ λ p πσ λ λ y πy
−
= − − + +
(
,)
(
1)
{
2( )
2(
1)
p 2}
0.fππ λ π p p σ λ λ y πy
−
= − − + + <
Hence, we have the following:
Lemma 1. Foreach
λ ≥
0
, thereexistsaunique π λ ∈*( )
[ ]
0,1 suchthat( )
(
)
(
*( )
)
(
)
0 1
: max f , f , f ,0 pr.
π
ζ λ λ π λ π λ λ
≤ ≤
= = ≥ = (3.15)
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1) If λ∈I0:=
{
λ≥0 |µ λ( )
+λ[ ]
y ≤0}
, then π λ =*( )
0 andζ λ
( )
= pr;2) If
{
( ) (
) ( )
2(
)
1}
1: 0 | 1 1 0
p
I p y y
λ∈ = λ≥ µ λ − − σ λ +λ + − ≥
, then
( )
* 1
π λ = ;
3) If
λ
∈ =I: 0,[
∞) (
\ I1I2)
, then π λ ∈*( ) ( )
0,1 . In addition, π ⋅*( )
issmooth on I.
Consequently, if (3.8) holds, then for λ∗ as in (3.10),
( )
( )
* 0, pr, .
π λ = ζ λ = ∀ ≥λ λ∗ (3.16)
We now define
( )
{
(
)
}
0 1,0 max eT , .
M α A
π λ λ∞ λ λ∗ ∞ λ π
≤ ≤ ≤ ≤ + −
=
This implies that
(
,)
0,[ ]
0,1 , 0,(
)
e T .M A λ π π λ λ λ λ α
∞ ∗ ∞
+ ≥ ∀ ∈ ∈ + − (3.17)
3.5. Monotonic Iteration
We now solve (3.14) by the following iteration: for each non-negative integer n
and
( )
λ τ
, ∈D, we define iteratively Hn by( )
0 , : e ,pr
H λ τ = τ (3.18)
(
)
{
(
)
( )
(
) (
)
}
( )1 , : e 0 0max1 , ,
, , e d .
M
n n
M t n
H M A H t
B H t t
τ τ
π
τ
λ τ π
π β
−
+ ≤ ≤
−
= + + Λ Λ
+ Λ Λ +
∫
(3.19)Since
(
λ τ, ,t)
λ 1 eα(t−τ) λeα(t−τ) 0∞
Λ = Λ = − + ≥ for every
( )
λ τ
, ∈D and[ ]
0,t∈
τ
, we see that{ }
Hn n∞=0 is a well-defined family of continuous functions on D. We introduce(
)
[
]
(
)
{
}
: , | 0, , e .
Q λ τ τ T λ λ λ λ ατ
∞ ∗ ∞
= ∈ ≥ + −
Lemma 2. Foreachinteger
n
≥
0
andevery( )
λ τ
, ∈Q,( )
, epr nH λ τ = τ.
Proof. We use a mathematical induction. Assume that
( )
, eprt nH λ t = for all
( )
λ
,t ∈Q. Then when( )
λ τ
, ∈Q and t∈[ ]
0,τ
, we have(
)
eα(t τ)(
)
eαt .λ λ λ − λ λ λ λ
∞ ∞ ∞ ∗ ∞ ∗
Λ = + − ≥ + − ≥
Thus,
( )
Λ ∈,t Q and(
Λ +β
,t)
∈Q for all t∈[ ]
0,τ
. Consequently,( )
,(
,)
eprtn n
H Λ t =H Λ +β t = . Also, by (3.16),
ζ
( )
Λ =pr . It then followsfrom (3.19) that
( )
{
(
)
(
)
}
( )( )
{
}
( )1 0 0 1
0
, e max , , e d
e e d e .
prt M t M
n
M pr t M
M pr
H M A B t
M t
τ τ
τ π
τ τ
τ τ
λ τ π π
ζ
+ − −
+ ≤ ≤
+ − −
= + + Λ + Λ
= + + Λ =
∫
∫
Hence, by mathematical induction,
( )
, eprn
H λ τ = τ for every
( )
λ τ
, ∈Q andevery non-negative integer n. This completes the proof.
In the sequel, we focus on the case
( )
λ τ
, ∈D Q\ . Note that(
λ τ, ,t)
λ(
λ λ)
e ,αt( )
λ τ, D Q t\ ,[ ]
0, .τ∞ ∗ ∞
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Hence,
(
,)
0,[ ]
0,1 , ,( )
\ ,[ ]
0, .M A+ Λ
π
≥ ∀ ∈π
λ τ
∈D Q t∈τ
(3.20)Lemma 3. Foreachinteger
n
≥
0
, Hn+1≥Hn onD.Proof. We need only consider the case
( )
λ τ
, ∈D Q\ . Whenn
=
0
, weob-tain from (3.18), (3.19), and the definition of ζ in (3.15) that
(
)
( )
( )[
]
( )(
)
1 0
0 0
, e e d
e e d e , .
pr M t M M
pr M t M
M pr
H M t
M pr t H
τ τ
τ
τ τ
τ τ
λ τ ζ
λ τ + −
−
+ − −
= + + Λ
≥ + + = =
∫
∫
Thus, H1≥H0. Next using (3.20) we can show by a mathematical induction that Hn+1≥Hn on D Q\ . This completes the proof.
Now we establish an upper bound. We define
(
)
( )
[ ]( )
0 0 1 [0, ) 0,
: max max , max max .
k f pr
λ≥ ≤ ≤π
λ π
λ∈ ∞ζ λ
λ∈ λ∗ζ λ
= = = ≥ (3.21)
Lemma 4. Foreachinteger
n
≥
0
and( )
λ τ
, ∈D,(
,)
ek nH λ τ ≤ τ.
Proof. We use an induction argument. Assume that the assertion holds for some
n
≥
0
. Then for( )
λ τ
, ∈D Q\ , by (3.19)-(3.20) we obtain( )
{
(
)
(
)
}
( ){
}
( )1 0 0 1
0
, e max , , e d
e e d e .
k M t M M
n
k M t M
M k
H M A B t
M k t
τ τ
τ π
τ τ
τ τ
λ τ − π π + −
+ ≤ ≤
+ − −
≤ + + Λ + Λ
≤ + + =
∫
∫
Thus, the assertion of the Lemma holds for Hn+1. This completes the proof.
3.6. Solution of the Integral Equation
The family
{ }
Hn n∞0= is a bounded monotonic family, so H: lim= n→∞Hn exists.
We wish to prove a uniform convergence. For this, we introduce a norm ⋅ by
[0, )
( )
: sup .
u u
λ∈ ∞ λ
=
Note that when 0,λ
(
λ λ)
eαT∞ ∗ ∞
Λ ∈ + − ,
(
)
(
)
{
}
(
)
(
)
{
}
( )
0 1 0 1max , ,
max , ,
.
M A B
M A B
M M k
π π π π π π ζ ≤ ≤ ≤ ≤
+ Λ + Λ
= + Λ + Λ
= + Λ ≤ +
Hence, using max
{ }
f −max{ }
g ≤max{
f g−}
we obtain, whenn
≥
1
and( )
λ τ
, ∈D Q\ ,( )
( )
(
)
( )
( )
{
(
)
(
)
(
)
}
( )(
)
(
)
{
}
( )
( )
( )[
]
( )
( )
1 10 0 1
1
1
0 0 1
1 0
0 , ,
max , , ,
, , , e d
max , , , , e d
, , d .
n n n n M t n n M t n n n n H H
M A H t H t
B H t H t t
M A B H t H t t
M k H t H t t
τ π τ τ τ π τ
λ τ λ τ
π
π β β
π π + − ≤ ≤ − − − − ≤ ≤ − ≤ −
≤ + Λ Λ − Λ
+ Λ Λ + − Λ +
≤ + Λ + Λ ⋅ − ⋅
= + ⋅ − ⋅
∫
∫
∫
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( )
( ) (
)
[ ]
1
e
, , , 0, , 0,1,
!
n k n
n n
M k
H H T n
n τ
τ τ τ τ
+
+
⋅ − ⋅ ≤ ∀ ∈ =
Hence, we have the following:
Lemma 5. Thereexistsafunction H C D∈
( )
suchthat( ),
( )
( )
lim sup , n , 0.
n→∞λt D∈ H λ τ −H λ τ =
In addition, H is a solution of (3.14) and has the following properties:
( )
( )
( )
( )
eprτ ≤H λ τ, ≤e ,kτ ∀ λ τ, ∈D H, λ τ, =e ,prτ ∀ λ τ, ∈Q.
3.7. Lipschitz Continuity
For each
τ
∈[ ]
0,T , we define( )
{
1(
[
)
)
( )
( )
(
)
}
1 τ = u C∈ 0,∞ | eprτ ≤u ⋅ ≤e ,kτ u λ =eprτ ∀ ≥λ λ∞+ λ λ∗− ∞ eατ . X
For u∈X1
( )
τ
, we consider the function(
,)
(
,) ( )
(
,) (
)
,[
0,)
,[ ]
0,1 .u
F λ π =M A+ λ π u λ +B λ π u λ β+ ∀ ∈λ ∞ π∈
Lemma 6. Let
τ
∈[ ]
0,T and u∈X1( )
τ
.Thenforeachλ ≥
0
thereexistaunique π λ ∈u
( )
[ ]
0,1 suchthat( )
(
)
(
( )
)
0 1
: max , , .
u u u u
F∗ λ = ≤ ≤π F λ π =F λ π λ
In addition, π ⋅u
( )
is Lipschitz continuous on[ )
0,∞ , Fu( )
C1(
[
0,)
)
∗ ⋅ ∈ ∞ ,
and
( )
(
( )
)
( )
(
( )
)
( )
(
,)
d
d , , .
d d ,
u u
u
u u u
u u
F
F F
F
πλ λ
ππ
λ π λ
π λ
λ
λ π λ
λ
∗ =λ
≤λ π λ
(3.22)Proof. When λ λ
(
λ λ)
eατ∞ ∗ ∞
≥ + − , we have u
( )
λ =u(
λ β+)
=ekπτ so( )
0,( )
e .u Fu prτ
π λ = ∗ λ =
It remains to consider the case λ 0,λ
(
λ λ)
eατ ∞ ∗ ∞
∈ + − . Note that for
[
0,1)
π ∈ ,
(
)
{
( ) ( )
(
)
(
)
}
(
)
{
( )
{ } { }}
2
2 2
2 2
0 0
1 1
e 1 0.
p u
pt p
y y
F p p u y y u
p p y y
ππ
τ
σ λ λ π λ β
σ λ
−
> <
− = − + + +
≥ − + + >
E
1 1
Thus, there exists a unique
π λ ∈
u( )
[ ]
0,1
such thatF
u( )
λ
,
⋅
on[ ]
0,1at-tains its maximum at
π λ
u( )
. Note that( )
{
(
)
}
*
0
0 I : 0 |Fu ,0 0 ,
π
π λ = ⇔ ∈λ = λ≥ λ ≤
( )
{
( )
}
*
1
1 I : 0 |Fu ,1 0 ,
π
π λ = ⇔ ∈λ = λ≥ λ ≥
( ) ( )
{
(
)
( )
}
* 0,1 I: 0 |Fu ,0 0 Fu ,1 .
π π
π λ ∈ ⇔ ∈ =λ λ≥ λ > > λ
Here we define
F
u( )
,1
π
λ
= −∞
if (
1−y)
p−1= ∞; in this case we have( )
[ )
0,1
u
π λ ∈
for anyλ >
0
. Hence, as Fu 0ππ < , we see that π* is
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rem,
( )
(
,( )
)
,(
,( )
)
0,u u u u
F∗ λ =F λ π λ Fπ λ π λ =
( )
(
( )
)
( )
(
,,)
,u u
u
u u
F F
λπ λ
ππ
λ π λ
π λ
λ π λ
= −
( )
(
,( )
)
(
,( )
)
( )
(
,( )
)
.u u u u u u u u
F∗λ λ =Fλ λ π λ +Fπ λ π λ π λλ =Fλ λ π λ
Since Fu
( )
Fu(
, u( )
)
λ λ λ λ π λ
∗ = for almost every λ ∈I0I1, by the continuity
of
π ⋅
u( )
, we hence know that Fu C1(
[
0,)
)
∗ ∈ ∞ and F∗uλ
( )
λ =Fλu(
λ π λ, u( )
)
.This completes the proof.
We now calculate the norm of Fu
λ
∗ . Notice that
(
)
(
) ( )
(
) (
)
(
)
( )
(
) (
)
, , ,
, , .
u
F A u B u s
M A u B u
λ λ λ
λ λ
λ π
λ π
λ
λ π
λ
λ π
λ
λ π
λ β
= + +
+ + + +
When λ λ
(
λ λ)
e ,ατ)
∞ ∗ ∞
∈ + − ∞ , we have uλ
( )
λ =uλ(
λ β+)
=0 so(
,
)
0
u
F
λλ π =
. When λ∈I( )
τ :=0,λ∞+(
λ∗−λ∞)
eατ and π ∈[ ]
0,1 ,(
)
( ) ( )[
]
,0 1 ,0 1
1
, max e max
e .
k
I I
k
F A B M A B u
k M k u
τ
λ λ τ π λ λ λ τ π λ
τ
λ
λ π λ
∈ ≤ ≤ ∈ ≤ ≤
≤ + + + +
= + +
where
( )
{
(
)
(
)
}
1
0 1,0 e
: max T , , .
k α Aλ Bλ
π λ λ∞ λ λ∗ ∞ λ π λ π
≤ ≤ ≤ ≤ + −
= +
Hence, we have
Lemma 7. UndertheconditionofLemma 6, wehave
[
]
1e .
u k
F k τ M k u
λ λ
∗ ≤ + +
Now, applying this estimate for (3.19) and using
d d
Λ
λ
=
e
α( )t−τand
(
)
d dΛ τ α= Λ −λ∞ we obtain
( )
( ),(
( ),( )
)
( )1 , e M 0 Hn t , Hn t eM t d ,
n
H
λ τ
− τ τF ⋅π
⋅ −τ t+ = +
∫
Λ Λ( ),
(
( ),( )
)
( )( )1, 0 Hn t , Hn t e M t d ,
n
H τF α τ t
λ λ ⋅
π
⋅ + −+ =
∫
Λ Λ (3.23)(
)
( ) ( )
1, 1, , .
n n n
H + τ =α λ∞−λ H + λ+H ⋅τ λ (3.24)
Thus,
( )
{
[
]
( )
}
( )( )1, , 0 1ekt , , e M t d .
n n
H τ k M k H t α τ t
λ
τ
λ+ −
+ ⋅ ≤
∫
+ + ⋅Lemma 8. For every non-negative integer n,
H
n∈
C D
1( )
and for each[ ]
0,T τ ∈ ,( )
1, , e .
k
n k
H λ ⋅
τ
≤α
τ (3.25)DOI: 10.4236/jmf.2019.93020 357 Journal of Mathematical Finance
holds for some
n
≥
0
. Then we have( )
[
]
1 ( )( ) 11, , 0 1e e e d e .
k M t
kt kt
n k k
H τ k M k α τ t τ
λ τ α + − α
+ ⋅ ≤ + + ≤
∫
Thus, by mathematical induction, the assertion of the Lemma holds. Similarly, using (3.24), we can obtain an
L D
∞( )
estimate for,
n
H τ. We omit
the details.
3.8.
W2,∞Estimate
Now assume that
( )
{
( )
(
(
)
)
1}
2 1 | 0, , 1 e .k
u u u L u k τ
λλ λ
τ τ ∞ α−
∈X = ∈X ∈ ∞ ≤
Differentiating Fu
( )
Fu(
, u( )
)
λ λ λ λ π λ
∗ = with respect to
λ
we obtain( )
(
,( )
)
(
,( )
)
( )
u u u u u u
F∗λλ λ =Fλλ λ π λ +Fλπ λ π λ π λλ , a.e.
Hence, using estimate (3.22) for
π λ
λu( )
, we find that( )
(
( )
)
(
( )
)
(
)
2
,
, .
,
u u
u u u
u
F
F F
F λπ
λλ λλ
ππ
λ π λ
λ λ π λ
λ π
∗ ≤ +
We can calculate, when λ∈I
( )
τ and π ∈[ ]
0,1 ,(
)
(
) ( )
(
) ( )
(
) (
)
(
)
( )
(
) (
)
, , 2 , ,
, , .
u
F A u A u B u
M A u B u
λλ λλ λ λ λ λ
λλ λλ
λ π
λ π
λ
λ π
λ
λ π
λ β
λ π
λ
λ π
λ β
= + + +
+ + + +
Hence,
(
,)
2 2 1[
]
,u
Fλλ λ π ≤k u + k uλ + M k u+ λλ
where
( )
(
)
2: 0 max1, I T , .
k = ≤ ≤π λ∈ Aλλ λ π
Next, we calculate for λ∈I
( )
τ and π ∈[
0,1)
,( )
(
,
) (
)
( )
,
(
)
,
u
F
λπ=
A u
λπλ
+
B
λπλ π
u
λ β
+
+
Au
λλ
t Bu
+
λλ β
+
(
) ( ) ( )
(
) (
)
(
) ( )
(
)
2
2
1 ,
1 , .
u
F p p u B u
p p B
ππ ππ
ππ
σ λ
λ
λ π
λ β
σ λ
λ π
− = − − +
≥ − +
Note that, for π ∈
[
0,1)
,(
,)
(
1)
(
1)
p 2 2 ,Bππ λ π p p λ πy y
−
− = − +
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
{ } { }(
)
2
2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
2
2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0
2 2 2
, 1 1
1
, .
1
p p
p
y y
B p y y p y y
p y y p y
p B p y
p π
ππ
λ π λ π λ π
λ π λ
λ λ π λ
− −
−
< >
= + ≤ +
≤ + +
≤ +
−
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Hence,
( )
(
)
[
]
(
) ( )
(
)
2 1
3 0 1, 2
, 1
: max .
1 ,
I T
A B k
k
p p B
λπ π π λ
ππ
λ π λ α
σ λ λ π
≤ < ∈
+ +
= < ∞
− +
It then follows that
[
]
2
2 1
2 3
2
ek k ek e .k
F k τ τ M k u k τ
λλ
α
λλ∗ ≤ + + + +
Thus, we obtain
( )
[
]
( )
( )( )1,
2
2
2 1
3 2 ,
0 ,
2
e e e , e d .
n
t k k k M t
n
H
k
k k M k H t s
λλ
α τ
τ τ τ
λλ
λ τ
α
+
+ −
≤ + + + + ⋅
∫
Hence, we have the following lemma.
Lemma 9. There exists a constant k4 >0 such that for each non-negative
integern,
( )
( )
( )
2[
]
, , , , , , 4e ,k 0, .
n n n
H H H k τ T
λλ ⋅τ + τλ ⋅τ + ττ ⋅τ ≤ ∀ ∈τ (3.26)
Proof. The estimate for Hn,λλ follows from a mathematical induction. The
estimate for Hn,τλ and Hn,ττ follows by differentiating (3.24).
Now sending n→ ∞, obtain the following:
Theorem 1. Assume (3.7) and (3.8). Then theproblem (3.11) admitsa clas-sicalsolutionHthathasthefollowingproperties:
1) For each τ ∈
[ ]
0,T andλ λ
(
λ λ
)
e
ατ∞ ∗ ∞
≥
+
−
,H
( )
λ τ =
,
e
prτ; 2) For each τ ∈
[ ]
0,T ,( )
( )
11
eprτ H , e ,kτ H , k e ,kτ λ
τ τ α−
≤ ⋅ ≤ ⋅ ≤
( )
( )
( )
2 4, , , e .k
H H H k τ
ττ ⋅τ + λτ ⋅τ + λλ ⋅τ ≤
3.9. Uniqueness
Theorem 2. Thereexistsauniquesolutionof (3.11) inthefollowingclass
( )
{
1}
: | sup ,infD 0 .
D
H C D H H
= ∈ < ∞ >
X (3.27)
Proof. Let H and Hˆ be two solutions of in (3.11) in X. Suppose H Hˆ ≤ is not true. Then there exists
(
λ τ ∈0, 0)
D such thatH
ˆ
(
λ τ
0,
0)
>
H
(
λ τ
0,
0)
. Set(
0 0)
(
0 0)
( )
(1 )( )
0 ˆ
ln , ln ,
, , e , .
1
H H
Hε ε τ H
λ τ λ τ
ε λ τ λ τ
τ
+
−
= =
+
Then
H
ε(
λ τ
0,
0)
=
H
ˆ
0(
λ τ
0,
0)
. Now for each z≥λ0 we define( )
, e ,t( ) (
:{
, |)
[ ]
0, , 0,( )
,}
,s z t λ z α D z λ τ τ T λ s zτ
∞
= + = ∈ ∈
( )
( )(
)
( )
ˆ ˆ
max , z, z arg max .
D z D z
H H
M z t
Hε
λ
Hε= ∈
Then M z
( )
≥1. SinceH
( )
⋅
,0 1
= <
H
ε( )
⋅
, we see that
t
z∈
(
0,
T
]
. Denoteby sz
( )
τ : λ(
λz λ)
eα τ( )
−tz∞ ∞
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(
λz,tz)
. Then( )
(
)
( )
(
( )
)
( ) ( )
( )
( )
( ) ( )
( )
(
)
( )
( )
( ) ( )
( )
(
)
(
) (
)
( )
(
)
{
}
( )
(
)
1 0 1 d ˆ0 , ,
d
ˆ , e , ,
, , ,
ˆ
max , , ,
, . z z z z t t t
z z z z z z
z z z z z
z z z z z
z z
H s t t M z H s t t
t
H t M z H t M z H t
H t M z H t M z H t
B H t M z H t
M z H t
ε ε ε ε ε ε π ε
λ λ ε λ
λ ε λ
λ π λ β λ β
ε λ = + ≤ ≤ ≤ − = ⋅ − ⋅ − ≤ ⋅ − ⋅ − = + − + −
Hence, denoting *
(
)
0 1
max 1 p
B = ≤ ≤π +πY we obtain
(
)
( )
(
)
( )
(
)
* ˆ , , , .
zB H z tz M z Hε z tz M z Hε z tz
λ λ +β − λ +β ≥ε λ
This implies that
(
)
(
)
( )
*(
(
)
)
ˆ , ,
1 .
, ,
z z z z
z z z z z
H t H t
M z
Hε t B H t
λ β ε λ
λ β λ λ β
+ ≥ + + +
Now define N =supDH infDH. Then we derive that
(
)
(
)
(
)
( )
* 0ˆ ,
1 , .
e , z z T z z H t
M z M z z
z B N
Hε t α
λ β ε
β λ
λ
λ β ∞
+ + ≥ ≥ + ∀ ≥ + +
This implies that, for z=λ0,
(
)
( )
(
)
1
* 0
lim ln lim ln 1
e
n
T
n n i
M z n
M z z i α B N
β ε λ β − →∞ →∞ = + ≥ + = ∞ + +
∑
which contradicts the boundedness of H Hˆ . Thus we must have H Hˆ ≤ . Si-milarly, we can show that H H≤ ˆ , so H H= ˆ . This completes the proof.
4. Verification Theorem and Optimality of the Solution
That the optimal investment problem can be solved through the preceding re-sults is based on a verification result which guarantees that the solution to the HJB equation is the value function corresponding to the optimal investment problem.
Theorem 3. Suppose σ λ
( )
=O( )
λ .Assumethat[
)
[
]
(
)
1,1 0, 0,
H C∈ ∞ × T X solves (2)--(3). Set
V x t U x H
(
, ,
λ
)
=
( ) (
λ
,
T t
−
)
andset
π λ τ
*( )
,
by (5). Then V V= , thevaluefunctiondefinedin(2.4);alsotheoptimalinvestmentstrategyisgivenby *
(
,
)
t t
T t
π
=
π λ
−
.4.1. Preliminary Results
Lemma 10. Let α β, be positive constants and
{
(
λt,Nt)
}
be stochasticprocesssatisfying
(
)
dλ α λt= ∞−λt dt+βd ,Nt (4.1)
(
dNt= =1)
λtd ,t(
dNt =0)
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Then: 1) With i= −1, for each constant ξ∈ and
t
>
0
, ( ), 0( ), d0
e |ξλt
λ
λ
eb tξ λ αλ+ ∞∫tbξs s, = =
i
where b
( )
ξ,t is the solutions of the o.d.e.( )
e b 1 , ,0 .
b b b
t
β α ξ ξ
∂ = − − =
∂ i (4.3)
2) Assume that β α< . Denote by ξ* the unique positive root of
* *
e
βξ= +
1
αξ
. Then ( ) ( )d 0
e |ξλt
λ
λ
eb t+αλ∞b t t = =
where a) if ξ ξ≤ *, then
( )
*b t
≤
ξ
for everyt
>
0
, b) if ξ ξ> *, then b t( )
= ∞ at timed .
e s 1
s t s β ξ α ∞ = − −
∫
Proof. The assertion of the Lemma follows from a general result for the joint characteristic function of NT and λT (see e.g. [9]):
(
)
(
)
0
euNT ivT | exp ; , ; ,
E + λ λ =λ= K T u v +L T u v λ
i i (4.4)
where K L, satisfy the Riccati equation:
( )
; 0 0;
K L K
T αλ∞
∂
= =
∂ (4.5)
(
eu i L 1 ;)
( )
0 .L L L v
T
β
α +
∂ = − − − =
∂ i i (4.6)
4.2. Proof of the Verification Theorem
Let
{ }
πt be an admissible strategy and{ }
Xt be the resulting wealth of theportfolio. Let
V x t U x H
(
, ,
λ
)
=
( ) (
λ
,
T t
−
)
be the solution of HJB equationobtained in the previous section. Subject to
(
Xτ,λτ) (
= x,λ)
, by Itô Lemma, wehave
( )
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
(
)
{
}
2 2 2
, , d , ,
1
, , d
2
d , , , , d .
T
T t t
T
t t t t t x t t xx
T T
t x t t t t t t t t t
U X V x V X t
V x V V r X V X V t
X V W V X X Y t V X t N
τ
λ τ
τ τ
λ τ λ
λ τ α λ λ π µ π σ
σ π λ β λ
∞ − − − − − = + = + + − + + + + + + + −
∫
∫
∫
∫
(4.7)Under the condition σ λ
( )
=O( )
λ , since [ ] *0,
sup es t
t∈ T λ < ∞ and H is
bounded, we can verify that
[ ]
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( )
(
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}
[ ]{
( )
(
)
}
2 2
0, 0,
sup , , sup p , .
t t x t t t t t
t∈ T σ λ X V X λ t t∈ T σ λ X H λ T t
= − < ∞
Therefore, taking expectation of (4.7) we obtain
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(
)
(
)
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(
)
(
)
(
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}
(
)
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(
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)
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0 1
2 2 2
, ,
1 2
, , , , d
max
1 , , d 0.
2
x
T T
t t s t t x t t xx
t t t t t t t
T
t s x
xx
U X V x
V V r X V X V
V X X Y V X t t
V V V r XV
X V V X Y t t
λ τ λ τ λ τ π λ τ
α λ λ π µ π σ
λ π λ β τ λ
α λ λ λ πµ
π σ λ π λ β