Survival and Evolutionary Stability of the Kelly Rule

17 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2009

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Igor V. Evstigneev

University of Manchester - Economics, School of Social Sciences

Thorsten Hens

University of Zurich - Department of Banking and Finance; Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH); Swiss Finance Institute

Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé

The University of Manchester - Department of Economics

Date Written: August 18, 2009

Abstract

This chapter gives an overview of current research in evolutionary finance. We mainly focus on the survival and stability properties of investment strategies associated with the Kelly rule. Our approach to the study of the wealth dynamics of investment strategies is inspired by Darwinian ideas on selection and mutation. The goal of this research is to develop an evolutionary framework for practical investment advice.

Keywords: evolutionary finance, wealth dynamics, survival and extinction of portfolio rules, evolutionary stability, Kelly rule

JEL Classification: G11, C61, C62

Suggested Citation

Evstigneev, Igor V. and Hens, Thorsten and Schenk-Hoppé, Klaus Reiner, Survival and Evolutionary Stability of the Kelly Rule (August 18, 2009). Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 09-32, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1468523 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1468523

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Thorsten Hens

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