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Normalized expected utility-entropy investment decision model and its application in stock selection

  • Jiping Yang*
  • , Lijian Zhang
  • , Xiaoxuan Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Shanghai Stock Exchange
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

We first introduce the normalized Expected Utility-Entropy (EU-E) decision model, which is a weighted linear average of normalized expected utility and information entropy. Based on the normalized EU-E decision model, we establish a normalized EU-E investment decision model. Then we apply the model to stock selection when we invest in the 40 sample stocks of Shenzhen component index. It has concluded that portfolios of 4 stocks selected by normalized EU-E model with larger tradeoff coefficient λ are more efficient than that of those selected with smaller tradeoff coefficient λ with relative general utility function. Thus, this has demonstrated that we should not only take the expected utility of a risky action itself into account but also the information entropy to measure the uncertainty of the state of nature, which further verified the usefulness of the information entropy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2010
Pages220-224
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 1st IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2010 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 10 Dec 201012 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2010
Volume1

Conference

Conference2010 1st IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing, PIC 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period10/12/1012/12/10

Keywords

  • EU-E decision model
  • Information entropy
  • Investment decision
  • Stock selection

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