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Therefore, ∏* attains a unique minimum at S = Pd/Pf. (See Figure 4.) Since U''() < 0,
U'(Щ) reaches a unique maximum at S = Pd/Pf. Thus, there exists a unique S > Pd/Pf
defined by U,*(S)) = E[U,*(S))]. Similarly, there exists a unique S# Pd∕Pf
defined by U'^(S#)) = E[U'(∏χ(S,))].

First, consider case (a), defined by E[U'(∏:)| SPd∕Pf] not exceeding E[U':)|S
Pd/Pf], where E[] is the conditional expectation operator. By the definition of the
covariance operator, one can write

Cov [U'(∏:), max(S - Pd/Pf, 0)]

= /Pd/P{u'('(S)) - e[u'(∏:)]}{ - e[max(S - Pd/Pf,0)]} dG(S)

+ Sm U '(πxs )) - e[u '(∏ : )]}

×{(S - Pd/Pf ) - e[ max(S - Pd/Pf, 0)]} dG(S)

= /Sp, {U'(∏(S)) - E[U'(∏:)]}(S - Pd/Pf) dG(S)

= /Sp, {U'(*(S)) - E[U'(∏Z)]}{(S - Pd/Pf) - (S - Pd/Pf)} dG(S)

+1Sp, {U'('(S)) - E[U'(∏Z)] }(S - Pd/Pf) dG(S)

< (S - Pd/Pf) jS/p {U'(Z(S)) - E[U'(∏Z)]} dG(S)

= (S - Pd/Pf)1 /S U'(Z(S)) dG(S) G(Pd/Pf)

I jPd∕pf     `-

- IsFd'F' U'(:(S)) dG(S) [1 - G(Pd/Pf )]1

= (S - Pd/Pf ) G(Pd/Pf ) [1 - G(Pd/Pf )]

× 1e[u '(∏ : ) SPd/Pf ] - e[u '(∏ :)| S Pd/Pf ] 1,

where the inequality follows from the fact that {U'(∏X(S)) -E[U'(∏:)]} and (S-Pd/Pf ) -

(S - Pd/Pf ) = (S - S) have opposite signs for all S > Pd/Pf. The curly bracketed
term in the last line is non-positive by assumption. Since
(S - Pd/Pf ), G(Pd/Pf ) and
[1
- G(Pd/Pf )] are all positive, Cov[U'(Щ), max(S - Pd/Pf, 0)] is negative for case (a).

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Now, consider case (b), in which E[U'(∏£)| SPd/Pf] is greater than E[U'(∏:) S

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