The author treats a general consumption and investment problem for a single agent who consumes and distributes his wealth, dynamically, between a bond and a stock. The agent faces trading constraints: bankruptcy never occurs and the amount invested in stock must not exceed an exogeneous function of the current wealth. The objective is to maximize the expected utility of consumption. The value function is shown to be a smooth solution of the associated Bellman equation and the optimal policies are determined.
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