7.1 Motivation 7.2 Convex Portfolio Optimization Objective function $$min_w \frac12 w'Vw \quad s.t.: w'a = 1 $$ Lagrangian forms $$L[w, \lambda]= \frac12 w'Vw - \lambda(w'a-1)$$ (F.O.C) $$ w^* = \frac{V^{-1}a}{a'V^{-1}a}$$ (S.O.C) $$ a'a \geq 0$$ $a$ characterizes the portfolio's constraints Equal weights protfolio: $$a= 1_N ;\ and ;\ V=\sigma I_N ;\ where \sigma \in ..