Extra Problems for Chapter 15

T.M. Cover and J.A. Thomas

  1. Including experts. Let tex2html_wrap_inline382 be the vector of returns from a stock market. Suppose an ``expert'' suggests a portfolio tex2html_wrap_inline384 , where tex2html_wrap_inline384 does not depend on tex2html_wrap_inline388 . This would result in a wealth factor tex2html_wrap_inline390 . We add this to the stock alternatives, tex2html_wrap_inline392 . Show that the new growth rate

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    is equal to the old growth rate

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    It should be noted that true experts use portfolios tex2html_wrap_inline384 that use side information and have some dependence on tex2html_wrap_inline388 , and therefore contribute positively to the growth rate.

  2. Convexity. Let tex2html_wrap_inline398 be the set of all probability densities on tex2html_wrap_inline400 for which tex2html_wrap_inline384 is optimal. Show that tex2html_wrap_inline398 is a convex set. It may be helpful to use Theorem gif.



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Joy Thomas
Sat Aug 15 08:44:40 EDT 1998