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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812010203321

Autore

Webber Nick

Titolo

Implementing models of financial derivatives : object oriented applications with VBA / / Nick Webber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, U.K., : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

9780470661840

0470661844

9781119206149

1119206146

9780470662519

0470662514

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (694 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance

Disciplina

332.64/570285543

Soggetti

Derivative securities - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. A procedural Monte Carlo method in VBA -- pt. 2. Objects and polymorphism -- pt. 3. Using files with VBA -- pt. 4. Polymorphic factories in VBA -- pt. 5. Performance issues in VBA -- pt. 6. Variance reduction in the Monte Carlo method -- pt. 7. The Monte Carlo method : convergence and bias -- pt. 8. Valuing American options by simulation.

Sommario/riassunto

"A practical, step-by-step introduction to the design of pricing engines with VBA This book teaches students and practitioners the numerics and design of a powerful pricing tool in VBA. It leads the reader through the basics of VBA, from simple procedural code to the advanced design of systems and object-style applications. It also covers Monte Carlo and lattice methods and their implementation in VBA. Full implementation methods and code are provided for all methods discussed, making this an invaluable guide for portfolio managers, risk managers, and fund managers. Nick Webber (Warwick, UK) is a lecturer in finance at Warwick Business School. He specializes in interest rate modeling and computational finance"--

"This book teaches students and non-quant practitioners numerics and



the design of a powerful pricing tool in VBA"--