• Merton's portfolio problem is a problem in continuous-time finance and in particular intertemporal portfolio choice. An investor must choose how much to...
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    approaches to asset pricing and portfolio selection (such as arbitrage pricing theory and Merton's portfolio problem), the CAPM still remains popular...
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    that a portfolio is not efficient Merton's portfolio problem Mutual fund separation theorem, giving a property of mean-variance efficient portfolios Portfolio...
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    faculty at MIT in 2021. Merton's research focuses on finance theory including lifecycle finance, optimal intertemporal portfolio selection, capital asset...
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    C. Merton's seminal 1973 article on the intertemporal capital asset pricing model. (See also Merton's portfolio problem). The solution to Merton's theoretical...
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  • optimal investment strategies in the market (see for example Merton's portfolio problem). As an example, we can look at a system with linear stochastic...
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  • below Modern portfolio theory § Mathematical model Portfolio optimization § Optimization methods § Mathematical tools Merton's portfolio problem Kelly criterion...
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    Kelly criterion (category Portfolio theories)
    uncertainty should be recognized. Gambling and information theory Merton's portfolio problem Proebsting's paradox Risk of ruin Kelly, J. L. (1956). "A New...
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  • allocation Buy and hold Constant proportion portfolio insurance Dollar cost averaging Merton's portfolio problem extremely optimistic, for illustration purposes...
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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology Black–Scholes–Merton model, ICAPM, Merton's portfolio problem Myron Scholes (b. 1941)  Canada  United States University...
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  • was Robert Merton's seminal 1973 article on the intertemporal capital asset pricing model. (See also Merton's portfolio problem). Merton's theoretical...
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  • under-valued assets which will eventually recover. Asset allocation Merton's portfolio problem Johnathan Davis and Alasdair Nairn (2012). Templeton's Way With...
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  • equation (local volatility) Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation Merton's portfolio problem Optimal stopping Malthusian growth model Mean field game theory...
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  • Robert C. Merton used dynamic programming in his 1973 article on the intertemporal capital asset pricing model. (See also Merton's portfolio problem). In Merton's...
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    Modern portfolio theory (MPT), or mean-variance analysis, is a mathematical framework for assembling a portfolio of assets such that the expected return...
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  • yield a complete solution. Only a few such problems have been solved, such as Merton's portfolio problem in financial economics or trajectory optimization...
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  • to begin investigation of this issue. At the same time as Merton's work and with Merton's assistance, Fischer Black and Myron Scholes developed the Black–Scholes...
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    In modern portfolio theory, the efficient frontier (or portfolio frontier) is an investment portfolio which occupies the "efficient" parts of the risk–return...
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  • to be allocated in the portfolio, and let 1 {\displaystyle 1} be a vector of ones. Then the problem of minimizing the portfolio return variance subject...
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  • The Black–Scholes /ˌblæk ˈʃoʊlz/ or Black–Scholes–Merton model is a mathematical model for the dynamics of a financial market containing derivative investment...
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  • with Merton Miller, shared the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, for the first time ever awarded for a work in finance. The portfolio-selection...
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  • about the problem of valuing stock options. Of course, their paper on that subject, timed so as to coincide with a related paper by Robert C. Merton, would...
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  • setting, the CAPM typically implies multiple risk factors, as shown in Merton's Intertemporal CAPM theory. Moreover, the ICAPM generally implies the expected...
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  • NJ: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0847673596. Merton, Robert C. (1971). "Optimum Consumption and Portfolio Rules in a Continuous-Time Model". Journal of...
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  • 2009-08-06. Merton H. Miller, (1999). The History of Finance: An Eyewitness Account, Journal of Portfolio Management. Summer 1999. Robert C. Merton "Nobel...
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    is perhaps the most recurrent financial problem. On a daily basis, investment managers must build portfolios that incorporate their views and forecasts...
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  • 1998 Russian financial crisis. The master hedge fund, Long-Term Capital Portfolio L.P., collapsed soon thereafter, leading to an agreement on September...
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    collaborator Myron Scholes and former colleague Robert C. Merton for the Black-Scholes model and Merton's application of the model to a continuous-time framework...
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    1939) is an American economist, best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory, asset pricing, and the efficient-market hypothesis. He is currently...
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    Harry Markowitz in the early 1950s. Markowitz conceived of the portfolio selection problem as an exercise in mean-variance optimization. This required more...
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