Introduction -- Volatility and its estimation -- Overview of volatility derivatives -- Options delta hedging with no options at all -- Volatility derivatives in portfolio optimization -- Benefits of using volatility futures in investment strategies -- Predictive properties of the volatility term...

The efficient-market hypothesis (EMH) is one of the most important economic and financial hypotheses that have been tested over the past century. Due to many abnormal phenomena and conflicting evidence, otherwise known as anomalies against EMH, some academics have questioned whether EMH is...

Is the euro area getting closer with regard to business cycles? The study investigates the linkage between business cycle convergence and financial portfolio choice for a panel of 18 European countries. For this purpose an index is constructed which measures the similarity of investment...

Mit einem aktiven Portfoliomanagement verfolgen Investoren das Ziel, überdurchschnittliche Portfoliorenditen zu erzielen. Dieses Ziel wird dann erreicht, wenn Börsenkurse von ihren gerechtfertigten Werten abweichen. -- In dem vorliegenden Buch wird ein Ansatz für Aktien vorgestellt, mit dem...