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9.7.3Anexample:Comparisonofdi?erentshort-term
interestratemodels................................233
Exercises...................................................234
10InterestRateMarkets .....................................239
10.1Elementsofinterestratemarkets..........................240
10.1.1Bankaccount(moneymarketaccount)
andshortrates....................................241
10.1.2Zero-couponbondsandspotrates...................241
10.1.3Forwardrates.....................................244
10.1.4Swapratesandinterestrateswaps..................245
10.1.5Caps,?oors,andswaptions.........................247
10.2Yieldcurveestimation...................................247
10.2.1Nonparametricregressionusingspline
basisfunctions....................................248
10.2.2Parametricmodels.................................248
10.3Multivariatetimeseriesofbondyieldsandother
interestrates............................................252
10.4Stochasticinterestratesandshort-ratemodels..............255
10.4.1Vasicek,Cox-Ingersoll-Ross,andHull-Whitemodels...258
10.4.2Bondoptionprices................................259
10.4.3Black-Karasinskimodel............................260
10.4.4Multifactora?neyieldmodels......................261
10.5StochasticforwardratedynamicsandpricingofLIBORand
swapratederivatives.....................................261
10.5.1StandardmarketformulasbasedonBlack!ˉsmode
offorwardprices..................................262
10.5.2Arbitrage-freepricing:martingalesandnumeraires.....263
10.5.3LIBORandswapmarketmodels....................264
10.5.4TheHJMmodelsoftheinstantaneousforwardrate....266
10.6Parameterestimationandmodelselection..................267
10.6.1Calibratinginterestratemodelsinthe
?nancialindustry..................................267
10.6.2Econometricapproachto?tting
term-structuremodels.............................270
10.6.3Volatilitysmilesandasubstantive-empiricalapproach..271
Exercises...................................................272
11StatisticalTradingStrategies ..............................275
11.1Technicalanalysis,tradingstrategies,
anddata-snoopingchecks.................................277
11.1.1Technicalanalysis.................................277
11.1.2Momentumandcontrarianstrategies................279
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11.1.3Pairstradingstrategies.............................279
11.1.4Empiricaltestingofthepro?tability
oftradingstrategies...............................282
11.1.5Valueinvestingandknowledge-based
tradingstrategies..................................285
11.2High-frequencydata,marketmicrostructure,andassociated
tradingstrategies........................................286
11.2.1Institutionalbackgroundandstylizedfactsabout
transactiondata...................................287
11.2.2Bid¨Caskbounceandnonsynchronoustradingmodels...29
11.2.3Modelingtimeintervalsbetweentrades..............292
11.2.4Inferenceonunderlyingpriceprocess................297
11.2.5Real-timetradingsystems..........................299
11.3Transactioncostsanddynamictrading.....................300
11.3.1Estimationandanalysisoftransactioncosts..........300
11.3.2Heterogeneoustradingobjectivesandstrategies.......300
11.3.3Multiperiodtradinganddynamicstrategies...........301
Exercises...................................................302
12StatisticalMethodsinRiskManagement ..................305
12.1Financialrisksandmeasuresofmarketrisk.................306
12.1.1Typesof?nancialrisks.............................306
12.1.2Internalmodelsforcapitalrequirements..............307
12.1.3VaRandothermeasuresofmarketrisk..............307
12.2StatisticalmodelsforVaRandES.........................309
12.2.1TheGaussianconventionandthe t-modi?cation.......309
12.2.2ApplicationsofPCAandanexample................310
12.2.3Timeseriesmodels................................311
12.2.4BacktestingVaRmodels...........................311
12.3Measuringriskfornonlinearportfolios.....................312
12.3.1LocalvaluationviaTaylorexpansions................312
12.3.2FullvaluationviaMonteCarlo......................314
12.3.3Multivariatecopulafunctions.......................314
12.3.4Variancereductiontechniques.......................316
12.4Stresstestingandextremevaluetheory....................318
12.4.1Stresstesting.....................................318
12.4.2Extraordinarylossesandextremevaluetheory........318
12.4.3ScenarioanalysisandMonteCarlosimulations........321
Exercises...................................................321
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AppendixA.MartingaleTheoryandCentralLimitTheorems .325
AppendixB.LimitTheoremsforStationaryProcesses.........331
AppendixC.LimitTheoremsUnderlyingUnit-RootTests
andCointegration .........................................333
References.....................................................337
Index ..........................................................349