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What is a self-financing and replicating portfolio?
I try to understand the derivation of the Black-Scholes equation based on the "constructing a replicating portfolio".
From mathematical point of view it looks simple. We assume that:
Stock prices ...
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What is the replicating portfolio of swaptions for a constant maturity swap (CMS)?
How do you replicate the payoff of a constant maturity swap rate?
That is, if the payoff of a contract pays the 5-year swap rate every year for 10 years, how would you replicate this payoff using ...
