Benchmark-relative power-utility portfolio

ID: benchmark-relative-power-utility-portfolio

In a Brownian complete market with constant coefficients and nonsingular , maximize expected CRRA utility of terminal portfolio wealth divided by a geometric stock index. Writing and , the pointwise marginal condition gives . Its state-price budget constraint determines . Conditional lognormal moments and replication then give the displayed constant dollar fractions. The first term is ordinary optimal risk exposure; the second hedges the random benchmark. The bank holds the remaining fraction, which can be negative when borrowing is allowed.

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