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In a market with \(N\) securities and \(M\) futures, where \(\left(S_{1}, \cdots, S_{N}\right)\) is the present values vector and \(\left(S_{1}^{j}(T), \cdots, S_{N}^{j}(T)\right)\) the future values vector \((j=\) \(1, \cdots, M)\), we say that a portfolio \(\pi=\left(\pi_{1}, \cdots, \pi_{N}\right)\) produces strict arbitrage if one of the following conditions hold:

i) \(\pi \cdot S<0\) and \(\pi \cdot S^{j}(T) \geq 0\) for all \(j=1, \cdots, M\).

ii) \(\pi . S=0\) and \(\pi \cdot S^{j}(T)>0\) for all \(j=1, \cdots, M\).

If \(R\) is the risk-free interest rate, prove that the following statements are equivalent:

(a) There exists a portfolio that produces strict arbitrage.

(b) There exists a portfolio satisfying (i).

(c) There exists a portfolio satisfying (ii).

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Quantitative Finance

ISBN: 9781118629956

1st Edition

Authors: Maria Cristina Mariani, Ionut Florescu

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