Patent Application: US-201314021195-A

Abstract:
in a previous disclosure it was shown that a long - term leveraging formula can be derived from a root objective function that attempts to minimize the expected inverse assets of a return distribution . in this disclosure , the inverse asset objective is more generally applied , in two additional distinct cases , to optimally leverage portfolios of investments where long term conditions do not apply . particularly , this results in a process useful for quantitative optimization of a qualitative retirement portfolio strategy .

Description:
for basic application of optimal leverage from expression 3 ( with b = 1 ) ( which was analytically derived from the claimed expression 2 ), a market equity can be modeled by brownian motion with drift , parameterized by u and σ . the determination of u and σ from raw data is a separate non - trivial process in itself ( for example , see literature on garch for volatility estimation ), but if it is known or hypothesized that the data are produced from a particular random model with known parameters , then u ( also known as the exponential growth rate ) is defined as the expected increase ( given that particular random model ) in the log - price per time period , and σ ( also known as the volatility ) is defined as the standard deviation ( given that particular random model ) from u of those log - price changes per time period . analysis , though straightforward by utilizing the same known principles , can become quite complex if the cost of interest for borrowing under high leverage is taken into account , along with the “ risk - free ” interest rate , and the volatilities of these rates . another somewhat complicated matter is how to balance a portfolio containing multiple equities . if multiple investments modeled using brownian motion with drift in the logarithmic domain are to be combined together , they should be analyzed with the help of convolution methods described in [ 1 , section 3 . 2 . 1 ] and 2 . 2 . suppose that p ( distinct from the gaussian probability density function defined earlier in expression 1 ) is the bernoulli probability of winning a hand of blackjack . suppose also that f is the chosen fraction of the current assets to bet on each hand , effectively representing the leverage . then the expected increase in log - assets after one hand is given by expression 9 . σ 2 p ( log ( 1 + f )− u ) 2 +( 1 − p )( log ( 1 − f )− u ) 2 ( 10 ) the number of wins after any number of hands played has a binomial distribution , and for a large number of hands that distribution becomes gaussian . given that n hands are played , expression 11 shows that the only random variable involved in the increase in log - assets is the number of wins w ( because f and n are constants ), and the expression is linearly dependent on w . thus the distribution of the increase in log - assets after a large number of hands is also gaussian distributed , along with w . because the future distribution of log - assets is gaussian , the optimal leverage criterion for gaussian distributed changes in log - assets from expression 3 ( which was analytically derived from the claimed expression 2 ), with b = 1 in that expression , can be directly applied using expressions 9 and 10 . simple numerical optimization ( or a table lookup ) is needed to find the value of the leverage f ( represented by l in 3 ) that satisfies the optimal leverage criterion . a simple trial and error search algorithm would suffice to solve it , because it involves optimization of only 1 parameter , f , because the probability p of winning each hand , is fixed . the root objective of minimizing the reciprocal assets seems to imply that the assets must be positive , in order for the objective to be applicable . however , because the reason for minimizing the reciprocal assets is to avoid bankruptcy , the objective given in expression 2 also functions in cases where the net assets are negative , simply by considering the assets in the criterion in expression 2 to be equal to a 0 , the amount used in the denominator component of the leverage ( as defined in [ 1 , section 2 ])— the amount of assets considered eligible for investment , which could include available debt . if the debt taken has a repayment schedule , as opposed to debt without a repayment schedule such as that in a margin account , the repayment requirements usually increase with time , degrading the growth rate in the future . thus to maintain low risk of bankruptcy in the future , a forecast is required of the earnings and volatility , and preferably their dependence on leverage , through time . given this general forecast , the goal should be to apply a debt payoff and investment strategy ( controlling the leverage through time ) that aims for a steady exponential growth rate in the assets ( which are considered eligible for investment ) while basically maximizing the minimum , over time t , of the expected value of the function f ( t )= log ( a 0 )+∫ t 0 ( l ( t ) u ( t , l )− 1 / 2 l ( t ) 2 σ ( t , l ) 2 ) dt , ( 12 ) where f ( t ) is the objective function from expression 2 modified with b = 1 , as well as giving time dependence based on the forecast of u and σ , and integrating over the time - dependent portion of the function . the claimed expression 2 is the basis for the integrand , which is integrated here with additional time dependence , and then maximized . the optimal amount of debt to carry has also been determined , because both the debt payoff schedule and the possibility of taking additional debt were considered in the optimization process . over the long term , the insurance premium per unit of insurance averages out to be greater than the average cost resulting from insurance claims , per unit of insurance , allowing the insurer to provide even more units of insurance that earn greater profits in total , probably resulting in exponential growth while the market expands . sale of insurance is a type of financial investment , because having the ability to pay out claims means that money must be held in reserve as an investment . however , because the cost of claims over a time period is actually a random variable c , the amount of the investment should probably be considered as being the expected value of the claims over that time period , or e [ c ]. denoting the random variable for claims as c and using r as the ( relatively ) certain amount of revenue , the expected log - growth rate u ( with leverage = 1 ) is calculated as u = log ( 1 +( r − e [ c ])/ e [ c ])= log ( r )− log ( e [ c ]). the variance in the growth of log - assets for an interval of time t is basically computed as tσ 2 = var ( σ i = 1 t û i )= te [( log ( r )− log ( c )− u ) 2 ], where û i is considered to be the observed log growth rate over the i th time interval . here the second equality is due to the fact that the variance of a sum of independent random variables is the sum of variances of the variables . knowing u and σ , the analyses from sections 4 . 3 and [ 1 , section 3 . 2 ] ( specifically the claimed expression 2 and expression 12 ) are now applicable for the determination of the optimum safe leverage in terms of the optimal expected cost in claims that can be safely paid out ( the leverage is the expected cost in claims divided by the assets available for investment ). leverage should be continually corrected to keep it approximately on - target , due to changes in available assets to invest ( from the beginning of [ 1 , section 3 . 1 ]), or due to trend dynamics ( from [ 1 , section 3 . 2 . 2 ]). this tuning of the leverage is done by buying and selling excess units of insurance or some other well - quantified financial instrument to offset the risk of a good or bad year for insurance claims . these transactions could take place in some type of market with other insurers and possibly reinsurers . the problem mentioned about trend dynamics in [ 1 , section 3 . 2 . 2 ] should be less troublesome to predict in insurance , compared to equity markets , because insurance claims are probably less dependent upon complex quickly - changing social factors . the framework from sections 3 . 1 and 3 . 2 is used to basically determine the quantitative investment strategy , with only the amounts to cash out left to be determined . one possible method is to cash out a certain amount every month , after a certain date , until the money runs out . for purposes of computing leverage , the money cashed out is considered part of the total assets available to invest , but it is actually being spent every month . first , estimate the median number of months m that income will be required for , and liquidate 1 / m of the leverage every month after the starting cashout date . given that cashout schedule , the reasoning and processes described in sections 3 . 1 and 3 . 2 may be applied . inverse asset optimized leveraging is a process that could be applied individually to millions of retirement accounts , to quantitatively optimize a qualitative strategy . general wasteful uncertainty about market risk levels could be greatly reduced by increased consensus brought about by the mathematical soundness of the expected inverse assets objective . 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