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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139002903321

Autore

Focardi Sergio M

Titolo

Mathematical methods for finance : tools for asset and risk management / / Sergio M. Focardi, Frank J. Fabozzi, Turan G. Bali

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-118-42149-3

1-118-65660-1

1-118-42008-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

The Frank J. Fabozzi series

Altri autori (Persone)

FabozziFrank J

BaliTuran G

Disciplina

332.01/5195

Soggetti

Finance - Mathematical models

Asset-liability management - Mathematical models

Risk management - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mathematical Methods for Finance; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; CHAPTER 1 Basic Concepts: Sets, Functions, and Variables; INTRODUCTION; SETS AND SET OPERATIONS; Proper Subsets; Empty Sets; Union of Sets; Intersection of Sets; Elementary Properties of Sets; DISTANCES AND QUANTITIES; n-tuples; Distance; Density of Points; FUNCTIONS; VARIABLES; KEY POINTS; CHAPTER 2 Differential Calculus; INTRODUCTION; LIMITS; CONTINUITY; TOTAL VARIATION; THE NOTION OF DIFFERENTIATION; COMMONLY USED RULES FOR COMPUTING DERIVATIVES; HIGHER-ORDER DERIVATIVES; Application to Bond Analysis

Application of the Chain RuleTAYLOR SERIES EXPANSION; Application to Bond Analysis; CALCULUS IN MORE THAN ONE VARIABLE; KEY POINTS; CHAPTER 3 Integral Calculus; INTRODUCTION; RIEMANN INTEGRALS; Properties of Riemann Integrals; LEBESGUE-STIELTJES INTEGRALS; INDEFINITE AND IMPROPER INTEGRALS; THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS; Laplace Transforms; Fourier Transforms; CALCULUS IN MORE THAN ONE VARIABLE; KEY POINTS;



CHAPTER 4 Matrix Algebra; INTRODUCTION; VECTORS AND MATRICES DEFINED; Vectors; Matrices; SQUARE MATRICES; Diagonals and Antidiagonals; Identity Matrix

Diagonal MatrixUpper and Lower Triangular Matrix; DETERMINANTS; SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATIONS; LINEAR INDEPENDENCE AND RANK; HANKEL MATRIX; VECTOR AND MATRIX OPERATIONS; Vector Operations; Matrix Operations; FINANCE APPLICATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS; DIAGONALIZATION AND SIMILARITY; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; KEY POINTS; CHAPTER 5 Probability: Basic Concepts; INTRODUCTION; REPRESENTING UNCERTAINTY WITH MATHEMATICS; PROBABILITY IN A NUTSHELL; OUTCOMES AND EVENTS; PROBABILITY; MEASURE; RANDOM VARIABLES; INTEGRALS; DISTRIBUTIONS AND DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; RANDOM VECTORS

STOCHASTIC PROCESSESPROBABILISTIC REPRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS; INFORMATION STRUCTURES; FILTRATION; KEY POINTS; CHAPTER 6 Probability: Random Variables and Expectations; INTRODUCTION; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY AND CONDITIONAL EXPECTATION; MOMENTS AND CORRELATION; COPULA FUNCTIONS; SEQUENCES OF RANDOM VARIABLES; INDEPENDENT AND IDENTICALLY DISTRIBUTED SEQUENCES; SUM OF VARIABLES; GAUSSIAN VARIABLES; APPROXIMATING THE TAILS OF A PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION: CORNISH-FISHER EXPANSION AND HERMITE POLYNOMIALS; Cornish-Fisher Expansion; Hermite Polynomials

Cornish-Fisher Expansion with Hermite PolynomialsTHE REGRESSION FUNCTION; Linear Regression; FAT TAILS AND STABLE LAWS; Fat Tails; The Class L of Fat-Tailed Distributions; The Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem; Stable Distributions; KEY POINTS; CHAPTER 7 Optimization; INTRODUCTION; MAXIMA AND MINIMA; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; Linear Programming; Quadratic Programming; CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS AND OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; APPLICATION TO BOND PORTFOLIO: LIABILITY-FUNDING STRATEGIES; Cash Flow Matching; Portfolio Immunization

Scenario Optimization

Sommario/riassunto

The mathematical and statistical tools needed in the rapidly growing quantitative finance field With the rapid growth in quantitative finance, practitioners must achieve a high level of proficiency in math and statistics. Mathematical Methods and Statistical Tools for Finance, part of the Frank J. Fabozzi Series, has been created with this in mind. Designed to provide the tools needed to apply finance theory to real world financial markets, this book offers a wealth of insights and guidance in practical applications. It contains applications that are broader in scope from wha