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A Numerical Scheme for A Singular control problem: Investment-Consumption Under Proportional Transaction Costs

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  • Arash Fahim
  • Wan-Yu Tsai

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This paper concerns the numerical solution of a fully nonlinear parabolic double obstacle problem arising from a finite portfolio selection with proportional transaction costs. We consider the optimal allocation of wealth among multiple stocks and a bank account in order to maximize the finite horizon discounted utility of consumption. The problem is mainly governed by a time-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation with gradient constraints. We propose a numerical method which is composed of Monte Carlo simulation to take advantage of the high-dimensional properties and finite difference method to approximate the gradients of the value function. Numerical results illustrate behaviors of the optimal trading strategies and also satisfy all qualitative properties proved in Dai et al. (2009) and Chen and Dai (2013).

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  • Arash Fahim & Wan-Yu Tsai, 2017. "A Numerical Scheme for A Singular control problem: Investment-Consumption Under Proportional Transaction Costs," Papers 1711.01017, arXiv.org.
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