Part 1. Portfolio building blocks covering foreign exchange, money markets, fixed Income and derivatives Instruments -- 1 Traded Foreign Exchange Instruments -- 2 Traded Money Market Instruments -- 3 Fixed Income Instruments market condition, pricing mechanism, quoting and settlement convention...

Einleitung -- Individuelle Rationalität als Bedingung für kollektive Rationalität (Effizienz) von Finanzmärkten -- Der Rationalitätsbegriff im Kontext der Effizienzmarkthypothese und seine Probleme -- Die Effizienzmarkthypothese als instrumentalistisches Marktmodell -- Individuelles...

Robustification of an on-line EM algorithm for modelling asset prices within an HMM -- Stochastic volatility or stochastic central tendency: evidence from a hidden Markov model of the short-term interest rate -- An econometric model of the term structure of interest rates under regime-switching...

Allein in den ersten drei Wochen nach dem Mauerfall zahlte die Bundesrepublik an 16,4 Millionen DDR-Bürger jeweils 100 Mark Begrüßungsgeld aus. Was hätte aus diesem Einsatz in der seither vergangenen Zeit bei geschickter oder weniger geschickter Anlagetaktik werden können? Die politischen...

The Encyclopedia of Finance, Second Edition, comprised of over 1000 individual definitions and chapters, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource in the field, integrating the most current terminology, research, theory, and practical applications. Showcasing contributions from an...

Terms, definitions and short essays -- Deposit insurance schemes -- Gramm-Leach-Bailey Act: creating a new bank for a new millennium -- Comparative analysis of zero-coupon and coupon-pre-funded bonds -- Intertemporal risk and currency risk -- Credit derivatives -- international parity conditions...

Financial Lexicon is intended as a comprehensive financial reference book that explains the formal and informal terminology of finance. Structured as a dictionary, the book will contain clear and detailed explanations of common banking, finance and investment terms. Unlike other textbooks, which...

A number of methodologies have been employed to provide decision making solutions globalized markets. Hidden Markov Models in Finance offers the first systematic application of these methods to specialized financial problems: option pricing, credit risk modeling, volatility estimation and more....

Ansätze, Stile und Schubladen -- Volker Schilling und Dirk Sammüller -- Peter E. Huber -- Luca Pesarini -- Dr. Jens Ehrhardt -- Dr. Markus Stahl -- Martin Mack -- Dr. Heinz-Werner Rapp -- Hans-Olov Bornemann -- Markus Mezger -- Felix Zulauf -- Christoph Metzger -- Exkurs: Finanzmärkte und...

This is the first book to introduce the major quantitative tools in risk management taking financial investments and logistics planning as the background: optimization and stochastic programming. Contained here are the fundamentals of portfolio selection theory from the point of view of risk...