Abstract
We investigate an optimal portfolio selection problem in a continuous-time Markov-modulated financial market when an economic agent faces model uncertainty and seeks a robust optimal portfolio strategy. The key market parameters are assumed to be modulated by a continuous-time, finite-state Markov chain whose states are interpreted as different states of an economy. The goal of the agent is to maximize the minimal expected utility of terminal wealth over a family of probability measures in a finite time horizon. The problem is then formulated as a Markovian regime-switching version of a two-player, zero-sum stochastic differential game between the agent and the market. We solve the problem by the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman approach.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 145-157 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 SPEC. ISS. |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Change of measures
- Model uncertainty
- Robust optimal portfolio
- Stochastic differential game
- Utility maximization