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Learning Curve

  • The volatility swap can be viewed as a logical next step in the application of derivatives to portfolio management.
  • There is no particular value at which a foreign exchange rate is stable.
  • The discussion in part one of this Learning Curve (DW, 2/2) has shown that it is possible to obtain a significant terminal de-correlation amongst rates even in the presence of perfect instantaneous correlation.
  • In a previous learning curve (DW, 1/5), we introduced a notion of convexity cost in the option adjusted valuation.
  • The consistent pricing of derivative products involving the joint realizations of a collection of forward rates requires the specification of the covariance matrix between the various underlying rates.
  • As its name suggests, risk-adjusted return on capital analysis (RAROC) is a method for factoring risk into the computation and evaluation of financial returns.
  • A vast amount of effort is spent upon producing complex market models.
  • In their second article, Johan Beumée and Paul Wilmott look at how to construct a pricing model for warrants.
  • A vast amount of effort is spent upon producing complex market models.