this is for holding javascript data
Investment Math edited untitled.md
almost 8 years ago
Commit id: 8b4054da7e14447267aa4fa6319fdbf52bc05166
deletions | additions
diff --git a/untitled.md b/untitled.md
index 0f35baf..aa4e1b3 100644
--- a/untitled.md
+++ b/untitled.md
...
What about a short portfolio?
As usual, I take a world with two assets, cash bearing zero interest rate and a risky asset with price \(p\). At inception, investment is initiated with one dollar. The initial price is \(p_{0}=1\).
The initial amount is leveraged to reach an exposure to Shares are sold until the risky asset
has a proportion of \(-\pi \lt
0\). 0\) in the overall portfolio. The position in cash is thus \(1+\pi \gt 1\).
Assuming the portfolio is continuously rebalanced and the price trajectory is smooth, its value as a function of the price is given by:
\[V(p)=p^{-\pi},\]
and the number of shares held as a function of the price is: