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Portfolio Selection with Transactions (qpsol3)


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/*    NAME: qpsol3                                             */
/*   TITLE: Portfolio Selection with Transactions (qpsol3)     */
/* PRODUCT: OR                                                 */
/*  SYSTEM: ALL                                                */
/*    KEYS: OR                                                 */
/*   PROCS: OPTMODEL                                           */
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/*    MISC: Example 3 from the Quadratic Programming Solver    */
/*          chapter of Mathematical Programming.               */
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/* example 3: portfolio selection with transactions */
proc optmodel;
   /* let x1, x2, x3 be the amount invested in each asset */
   var x{1..3} >= 0;
   /* let b1, b2, b3 be the amount of asset bought */
   var b{1..3} >= 0;
   /* let s1, s2, s3 be the amount of asset sold */
   var s{1..3} >= 0;

   /* current holdings */
   num c{1..3}=[ 200 300 500];
   /* covariance matrix */
   num coeff{1..3, 1..3} = [0.027489  -.008740  -.000150
                            -.008740  0.109449  -.000120
                            -.000150  -.000120  0.000766];
   /* returns */
   num r{1..3}=[1.109048 1.169048 1.074286];

   /* minimize the variance of the portfolio's total return */
   minimize f = sum{i in 1..3, j in 1..3}coeff[i,j]*x[i]*x[j];

   /* subject to the following constraints */
   con BUDGET: sum{i in 1..3}(x[i]+.01*b[i]+.01*s[i]) <= 1000;
   con RETURN: sum{i in 1..3}r[i]*x[i] >= 1120;
   con BALANC{i in 1..3}: x[i]-b[i]+s[i]=c[i];

   solve with qp;

   /* print the optimal solution */
   print x;
quit;