A Dynamic Model for Bond Portfolio Management

Stephen P. Bradley and Dwight B. Crane
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Stephen P. Bradley: Harvard University
Dwight B. Crane: Harvard University

Management Science, 1972, vol. 19, issue 2, 139-151

Abstract: The bond portfolio problem is viewed as a multistage decision problem in which buy, sell, and hold decisions are made at successive (discrete) points in time. Normative models of this decision problem tend to become very large, particularly when its dynamic structure and the uncertainty of future interest rates and cash flows are incorporated in the model. In this paper we present a multiple period bond portfolio model and suggest a new approach for efficiently solving problems which are large enough to make use of as much information as portfolio managers can reasonably provide. The procedure utilizes the decomposition algorithm of mathematical programming and an efficient technique developed for solving subproblems of the overall portfolio model. The key to the procedure is the definition of subproblems which are easily solved via a simple recursive relationship.

Date: 1972
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