Derivatives and Internal Models

By H. Deutsch

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS Introduction Fundamental Risk Factors of Financial Markets Financial Instruments: A System of Derivatives and Underlyings PART II: METHODS Overview of the Assumptions Present Value Methods, Yields and Traditional Risk Measures Arbitrage The Black-Scholes Differential Equation Integral Forms and Analytic Solutions in the Black-Scholes World Numerical Solutions Using Finite Differences Binomial and Trinomial Trees Monte-Carlo Simulations Hedging Martingales and Numeraires Interest Rates and Term Structure Models PART III: INSTRUMENTS Spot Transactions on Interest Instruments Forward Transactions on Interest Rates Plain Vanilla Options Exotic Options PART IV: RISK Fundamentals The Variance-Covariance Method Simulation Methods Interest Rate Risk and Cash Flows Example VaR-Computation Backtesting: Checking the Applied Methods PART V: Portfolios Classical Portfolio Management Attributes and their Characteristic Portfolios Active Management and Benchmarking PART VI: MARKET DATA Interest Rate Term Structures Volatility Market Parameter from Historical Time Series Time Series Modelling Forecasting with Time Series Models Principle Component Analysis Pre-Treatment of Time Series and Assesment of Models Probabiltiy and Statistics

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349307661
• ISBN13: 9781349307661
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 755 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"