To obtain the maximum benefit from diversification, financial theory suggests that investors should invest internationally because of the larger potential for risk reduction stemming from the lowe correlation existing between assets of different countries. The question that we raise in this...

This paper develops methods for relating the prices of discrete- and continuous-time versions of path-dependent options sensitive to external values of the underlying aset. including lookback, barrier, and hindsight options. The relationships take the form of correction terms that can be...

This paper tests if the use of simple technical trading rules on Swiss stock prices is profitable. It considers several trading rules based on the crossing of moving averages. The use of bands and oscillators such as the relative strength index or the stochastic indicator is also investigated,...

Preorder representation results are applied to a normative valuation theory for dealers setting bid-ask spreads in a dynamic framework. The preorders induced by ask and bid prices of marketed assets should satisfy some axioms in order for prices not to yield arbitrage opportunities to traders...

This paper investigates the ex post rational price of Shiller (1981) to determine if it is a reliable guide to fundamental valuations of dividend-yielding assets. The ex post rational price is widely used to determine whether stock market price movements are rational responses to market news or...

The present paper develops a basic framework for evaluating and optimizing profits in a business operation. In developing a business we are often faced with an infinity of choices ranging from what products or services to sell and what customers to target to how to structure and manage the...