The traditional ex post risk measure associated to a portfolio, a fund or a market performance, is the standard deviation of a series of past returns, called volatility. We propose an alternative risk measure, that turns out to better quantify the risk actually supported by an investor or asset...

Qu'il s'agisse des futures, des swaps, des options ou de leurs combinaisons en « produits structurés », les produits financiers dérivés sont devenus incontournables dans le monde de la finance des marchés. Le présent ouvrage analyse ces instruments de manière claire et complète, en...

In our today culture, the availability of a quantitative measure is highly comforting, without to speak about the opportunity that such a quantitative measure represents within the framework of developing quantitative, descriptive models, in the financial, economic or any other field. However,...

1. Basic Notions -- 2. A Major Problem in Using Time Series of Data: the Stationarity -- 3. Another Major Problem in Using Time Series of Data: The Accuracy of the Statistical Measures -- 4. Issues About Modeling -- 5. Financial Data: Some Risk Management Issues -- 6.Synthesis.

The book aims to prioritise what needs mastering and presents the content in the most understandable, concise and pedagogical way illustrated by real market examples. Given the variety and the complexity of the materials the book covers, the author sorts through a vast array of topics in a...