Optimal portfolio selection when stock prices follow an jump-diffusion process (Q2386341)

The authors are dealing with a portfolio selection problem in which the stock prices follow a jump-diffusion process by using a mean-variance analysis approach. The basic idea here is to introduce a stochastic linear-quadratic (LQ) control problem which goes back to \textit{X. Y. Zhou} and \textit{D. Li} [Appl. Math. Optimization 42, 19--33 (2000; Zbl 0998.91023)]. To this end, the authors derive a verification theorem for general stochastic optimal control problems in which the states follow a jump-diffusion process. This, in turn, is used to solve the HJB equation corresponding to the LQ problem.