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Diversification is widely practiced by investors seeking to reduce risk. In recent years investors have been turning to foreign markets to obtain even greater scope for diversification than domestic markets offer. With the internationalization of security portfolios, however, also comes an...
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Weather derivatives are contingent claims with payo based on a pre-speci ed weather index. Firms exposed to weather risk can transfer it to nancial markets via weather derivatives. We develop a utility-based model for pricing baskets of weather derivatives in over-the-counter markets under...
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This paper explores strategic trade in short-lived derivative securities by agents that possess long-term information …, trading short-lived securities is profitable only if the price impounds the private information before expiry. A consequence …-term derivative securities, we provide a possible explanation for why most markets for longer-term derivative securities have little …
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An overview of modern and historical interest rate model theory is given with thespecific aim of derivative pricing. A variety of stochastic interest rate models arediscussed within a South African market context. The various models arecompared with respect to characteristics such as mean...
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. This versatility and leverage, however, come at a price. Options are complex securities and can be extremely risky.In this …
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This study set out to draw a pricing comparison between two similar contracts in the South African derivatives market. These contracts, a normal option and a warrant on the same underlying stock are considered. The research shows that although the two derivatives are the same in all respects,...
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-contingent commodities or securities and further derivative securities removes all endogenous uncertainty associated with lack of knowledge … also give an important resource-allocation role to derivative securities based on price indices. …
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