We consider the problem of maximizing the expected utility from consumption or terminal wealth in a market where logarithmic securities prices follow a Lévy process. More specifically, we give explicit solutions for power, logarithmic and exponential utility in terms of the Lévy-Khintchine...

In this paper we introduce the notion of portfolio optimization by maximizing expected local utility. This concept is related to maximization of expected utility of consumption but, contrary to this common approach, the discounted financial gains are consumed immediately. In a general...

A shadow price is a process $${\widetilde{S}}$$ lying within the bid/ask prices $${\underline{S},\overline{S}}$$ of a market with proportional transaction costs, such that maximizing expected utility from consumption in the frictionless market with price process $${\widetilde{S}}$$ leads to the...