Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Disappointment Aversion, Asset Pricing and Measuring Asymmetric Dependence -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 From Skiadas Preferences to Asset Prices -- 1.3 Consistently Measuring Asymmetric Dependence --...

"Asymmetric Dependence (hereafter, AD) is usually thought of as a cross-sectional phenomenon. Andrew Patton describes AD as "stock returns appear to be more highly correlated during market downturns than during market upturns." (Patton, 2004) Thus at a point in time when the market return is...

If you have experience in option trading, or a strong understanding of the options markets, but want to better understand how to trade given certain market conditions, this is the book for you. Mark Sebastian's new edition will teach trade evaluation, using Greeks, trading various spreads under...