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Statistics of Financial Markets [electronic resource] : An Introduction / by Jürgen Franke, Wolfgang K. Härdle, Christian M. Hafner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UniversitextPublisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008Edition: Second EditionDescription: XXII, 502 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783540762720
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 330.015195 23
LOC classification:
  • HB139-141
Online resources:
Contents:
Option Pricing -- Derivatives -- to Option Management -- Basic Concepts of Probability Theory -- Stochastic Processes in Discrete Time -- Stochastic Integrals and Differential Equations -- Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- Binomial Model for European Options -- American Options -- Exotic Options -- Models for the Interest Rate and Interest Rate Derivatives -- Statistical Models of Financial Time Series -- Introduction: Definitions and Concepts -- ARIMA Time Series Models -- Time Series with Stochastic Volatility -- Non-parametric Concepts for Financial Time Series -- Selected Financial Applications -- Pricing Options with Flexible Volatility Estimators -- Value at Risk and Backtesting -- Copulae and Value at Risk -- Statistics of Extreme Risks -- Neural Networks -- Volatility Risk of Option Portfolios -- Nonparametric Estimators for the Probability of Default -- Credit Risk Management.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Statistics of Financial Markets offers a vivid yet concise introduction to the growing field of statistical applications in finance. The reader will learn the basic methods to evaluate option contracts, to analyse financial time series, to select portfolios and manage risks making realistic assumptions of the market behaviour. The focus is both on fundamentals of mathematical finance and financial time series analysis and on applications to given problems of financial markets, making the book the ideal basis for lectures, seminars and crash courses on the topic. For the second edition the book has been updated and extensively revised. Several new aspects have been included, among others a chapter on credit risk management.
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Option Pricing -- Derivatives -- to Option Management -- Basic Concepts of Probability Theory -- Stochastic Processes in Discrete Time -- Stochastic Integrals and Differential Equations -- Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- Binomial Model for European Options -- American Options -- Exotic Options -- Models for the Interest Rate and Interest Rate Derivatives -- Statistical Models of Financial Time Series -- Introduction: Definitions and Concepts -- ARIMA Time Series Models -- Time Series with Stochastic Volatility -- Non-parametric Concepts for Financial Time Series -- Selected Financial Applications -- Pricing Options with Flexible Volatility Estimators -- Value at Risk and Backtesting -- Copulae and Value at Risk -- Statistics of Extreme Risks -- Neural Networks -- Volatility Risk of Option Portfolios -- Nonparametric Estimators for the Probability of Default -- Credit Risk Management.

Statistics of Financial Markets offers a vivid yet concise introduction to the growing field of statistical applications in finance. The reader will learn the basic methods to evaluate option contracts, to analyse financial time series, to select portfolios and manage risks making realistic assumptions of the market behaviour. The focus is both on fundamentals of mathematical finance and financial time series analysis and on applications to given problems of financial markets, making the book the ideal basis for lectures, seminars and crash courses on the topic. For the second edition the book has been updated and extensively revised. Several new aspects have been included, among others a chapter on credit risk management.

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