Portfolio Selection under Median and Quantile Maximization
Mathematical Finance
2021-03-31 v2 Portfolio Management
Abstract
Although maximizing median and quantiles is intuitively appealing and has an axiomatic foundation, it is difficult to study the optimal portfolio strategy due to the discontinuity and time inconsistency in the objective function. We use the intra-personal equilibrium approach to study the problem. Interestingly, we find that the only viable outcome is from the median maximization, because for other quantiles either the equilibrium does not exist or there is no investment in the risky assets. The median maximization strategy gives a simple explanation to why wealthier people invest more percentage of their wealth in risky assets.
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@article{arxiv.2008.10257,
title = {Portfolio Selection under Median and Quantile Maximization},
author = {Xue Dong He and Zhaoli Jiang and Steven Kou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.10257},
year = {2021}
}