Optimal value and growth tilts in long-horizon portfolios
By: Jakub W. Jurek and Luis M. Viceira
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 06-012; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 06-012
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Portfolio management; Econometric models
Description: We develop an analytical solution to the dynamic portfolio choice problem of an investor with utility defined over wealth at a terminal horizon who faces an investment opportunity set with time-varying risk premia, real interest rates and inflation. The variation in investment opportunities is captured by a flexible vector autoregressive parameterization, which readily accommodates a large number of assets and state variables. We find that the optimal dynamic portfolio strategy is an affine function of the vector of state variables describing investment opportunities, with coefficients that are a function of the investment horizon. We apply our method to the optimal portfolio choice problem of an investor who can choose between value and growth stock portfolios, and among these equity portfolios plus bills and bonds.
Notes: "This draft: August 26, 2005"--Added t.p.

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