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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 38 6 b Solution by
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Use the state-price density as a positive local martingale deflator, so each component of is a local martingale. The Itô product rule and the wealth equation giveThe consumption term has finite variation, and the quadratic covariation of a stochastic integral satisfies . Also . Regrouping the terms therefore givesThe differential before is necessary: the first term is a stochastic gain, not the level of the deflated portfolio. It is missing in the printed display. This is the deflated wealth equation with consumption.
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