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AMSDP: Additive-Mean-Standard-Deviation Portfolio Utility Function

Description

Compute the utility function x %*% mp - gamma^theta * (t(x) %*% Cov %*% x)^(0.5 * theta) / theta for a portfolio x.

Usage

AMSDP(x, mp, Cov, gamma = 1, theta = 1)

Arguments

x

a numeric n-vector representing a portfolio.

mp

a numeric n-vector representing the mean payoff of each of the n securities.

Cov

the n-by-n covariance matrix of the payoff vectors of n securities.

gamma

the risk aversion coefficient.

theta

a non-negative scalar with a default value of 1.

References

Danthine, J. P., Donaldson, J. (2005, ISBN: 9780123693808) Intermediate Financial Theory. Elsevier Academic Press.

Nakamura, Yutaka (2015) Mean-Variance Utility. Journal of Economic Theory, 160: 536-556.

Sharpe, William F (2008, ISBN: 9780691138503) Investors and Markets: Portfolio Choices, Asset Prices, and Investment Advice. Princeton University Press.

Xu Gao (2018, ISBN: 9787300258232) Twenty-five Lectures on Financial Economics. Beijing: China Renmin University Press. (In Chinese)

See Also

AMSD