Dynamic Portfolio Allocation in Goals-Based Wealth Management
28 Pages Posted: 31 Jul 2018
Date Written: July 07, 2018
Abstract
Given any set of exogenously provided efficient portfolios, we develop a dynamic programming algorithm that constructs an optimal portfolio trading strategy to maximize the probability of attaining an investor’s specified goal wealth at the end of a designated timeframe. Our algorithm can also accommodate periodic infusions or withdrawals of any size with no degradation in runtime performance. We explore how the terminal wealth distribution is sensitive to restrictions on the segment of the portfolio’s efficient frontier made available to the investor. Because our algorithm’s optimal strategy is on the efficient frontier, allowed to depend on the investor’s wealth, and allowed to depend on the investor’s individual goals and specifications, we show that it soundly beats the performance of target date funds for attaining investors’ goals. These optimal goals-based wealth management strategies are useful for modern day FinTech offerings, both advisor-driven or robo-driven.
Keywords: Dynamic asset allocation, goals, FinTech
JEL Classification: G11, C61
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