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A Note on Finding the Optimal Allocation Between a Risky Stock and a Risky Bond

✍ Scribed by John E. Angus


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
128 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-7314

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

The allocation of financial assets among securities with different levels of risk is an essential topic in
the study, analysis, and strategic use of derivative securities and markets. In a recent paper, Browne
(1999) determined the optimal allocation strategy for dividing investments between a risky stock and a
risky bond. In this note, Browne's equation determining the optimal strategy is studied and some methods
are described for solving it. In addition, some useful rules‐of‐thumb, computational methods, and
approximation techniques are presented. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 21:1181–1196,
2001