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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139212303321

Titolo

Financial models with Lévy processes and volatility clustering [[electronic resource] /] / Svetlozar T. Rachev ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2011

ISBN

1-283-02564-7

9786613025647

1-118-26807-5

0-470-93716-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

The Frank J. Fabozzi series

Altri autori (Persone)

RachevS. T (Svetlozar Todorov)

Disciplina

332.0415015192

332/.0415015192

Soggetti

Capital assets pricing model

Lévy processes

Finance - Mathematical models

Probabilities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Financial Models with Levy Processes and Volatility Clustering; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Probability Distributions; CHAPTER 3 Stable and Tempered Stable Distributions; CHAPTER 4 Stochastic Processes in Continuous Time; CHAPTER 5 Conditional Expectation and Change of Measure; CHAPTER 6 Exponential Levy Models; CHAPTER 7 Option Pricing in Exponential L ́evy Models; CHAPTER 8 Simulation; CHAPTER 9 Multi-Tail t-Distribution; CHAPTER 10 Non-Gaussian Portfolio Allocation; CHAPTER 11 Normal GARCH models

CHAPTER 12 Smoothly Truncated Stable GARCH Models CHAPTER 13 Infinitely Divisible GARCH Models; CHAPTER 14 Option Pricing with Monte Carlo Methods; CHAPTER 15 American Option Pricing with Monte Carlo Methods; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An in-depth guide to understanding probability distributions and financial modeling for the purposes of investment management In Financial Models with Lévy Processes and Volatility Clustering, the



expert author team provides a framework to model the behavior of stock returns in both a univariate and a multivariate setting, providing you with practical applications to option pricing and portfolio management. They also explain the reasons for working with non-normal distribution in financial modeling and the best methodologies for employing it. The book's framework includes the basics