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We estimate in this paper the market risk implied by the prices of different options traded in the Brazilian stock …
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models. We also derive two general pricing formulas for futures options. Finally we present an easily applicable sufficient …
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this case is the Black-Scholes geometric Brownian motion model. Data on S&P 500 options from the Wall Street Journal are …
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correlated and lagged-dependent lognormal diffusion processes. We then price options on credit-sensitive bonds. The recombining …
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This paper is a selective survey of new or recent methods to extract information about market expectations from asset prices for monetary policy purposes. Traditionally, interest rates and forward exchange rates have been used to extract expected means of future interest rates, exchange rates...
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In this paper, we compare option contracts from a traditional derivatives exchange to bank-issued options, also … counterparty for bank-issued options, they frequently exist side-by-side, and the empirical evidence shows that there is …-issued options have smaller quoted percentage bid-ask spreads than traditional option contracts by an average of 4.3%. The bid …
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This paper is a selective survey of new or recent methods to extract information about market expectations from asset prices for monetary policy purposes. Traditionally, interest rates and forward exchange rates have been used to extract expected means of future interest rates, exchange rates...
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procedure. I parameterize the underlying exchange rate process as a mixture of log-normals, price the options using Monte Carlo …
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The Enron Corporation went from a $65 billion dollar market capitalization to bankruptcy in just 16 months. Using statistical techniques for extracting the implied probability distributions built into option prices, I examine the market's expectation of Enron's risk of collapse. I find that the...
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The phenomenal growth of derivative markets across the globe indicates their impact on the global financial scene. As the securities markets continue to evolve, market participants, investors and regulators are looking at different way in which the risk management and hedging needs of investors...
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