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On the Black's equation for the risk tolerance function

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  • Sigrid Kallblad
  • Thaleia Zariphopoulou

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We analyze a nonlinear equation proposed by F. Black (1968) for the optimal portfolio function in a log-normal model. We cast it in terms of the risk tolerance function and provide, for general utility functions, existence, uniqueness and regularity results, and we also examine various monotonicity, concavity/convexity and S-shape properties. Stronger results are derived for utilities whose inverse marginal belongs to a class of completely monotonic functions.

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  • Sigrid Kallblad & Thaleia Zariphopoulou, 2017. "On the Black's equation for the risk tolerance function," Papers 1705.07472, arXiv.org.
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