Dynamic Optimal Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection with a 3/2 Stochastic Volatility

Yumo Zhang
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Yumo Zhang: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Risks, 2021, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: This paper considers a mean-variance portfolio selection problem when the stock price has a 3/2 stochastic volatility in a complete market. Specifically, we assume that the stock price and the volatility are perfectly negative correlated. By applying a backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) approach, closed-form expressions for the statically optimal (time-inconsistent) strategy and the value function are derived. Due to time-inconsistency of mean variance criterion, a dynamic formulation of the problem is presented. We obtain the dynamically optimal (time-consistent) strategy explicitly, which is shown to keep the wealth process strictly below the target (expected terminal wealth) before the terminal time. Finally, we provide numerical studies to show the impact of main model parameters on the efficient frontier and illustrate the differences between the two optimal wealth processes.

Keywords: mean-variance portfolio selection; 3/2 stochastic volatility; backward stochastic differential equation; dynamic optimality; complete market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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