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Problem 261 of 333HardFinanceP261
Kelly weights for two correlated stocks
Two stocks have expected excess returns of 6% and 4% a year, volatilities of 20% and 15%, and correlation 0.5. With continuous rebalancing, the expected log growth rate of a portfolio holding weights (fractions of wealth, leverage allowed) is . Find the growth-optimal weights, show they are a maximum, and compare them with the Kelly weight for each stock on its own.
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