# All Questions

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### Swap Rates, OIS vs LIBOR, and multiple curves

I was reading through a paper that attempted to present a theoretical explanation for the divergence in value of different LIBOR tenors (and thus for the use of different curves for different tenors). ...
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### volatility of a mid curve option

Question: When checking the volatility surface for, let's say, a swaption, where the the option expires in 1Y and the underlying starts in 1Y and ends in 5Y, one would check the volatility surface ...
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### forward space vs zero space in finance jargon

Would anyone know what does it mean to value an asset in "forward space" versus "zero space" ? where does one start from when trying to dig into the meaning of this? Thanks in advance.
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### Acceptable difference of Bermudan Swaption prices computed under 1 Factor Hull-White and Libor Market Model

What is an acceptable difference between the Bermudan swaption prices computed with the 1 factor Hull-White model and the Libor Market model? Details: The set of underlying calibration ...
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### Can someone check this boundary condition for me?

At the moment I'm comparing plots between the implicit numerical Black-Scholes PDE and the Monte-Carlo Method for the Black-Scholes equation. However, for the particular boundary condition I'm using I'...
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### How to compute treasury yields as reported in the online financial newspapers?

I am trying to compute treasury yields (with different data) similar to what has been done by bloomberg, yahoo finance, msn money, and wall street. I find the data reported by these are not the same ...
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### SABR model: from calibration to mapping the smile/skew in a graph

Let's say that I have a calibrated SABR model in FX market (eg for Eurodollar options). So I have estimated values of beta, rho, alpha, and vol of vol. How do I map the calibration in a (strike, vol)-...
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### Time Value of Option

I am working on time value of option, and especially with dividend, and I have the following questions. First if the consider the Black Scholes models with no dividends and free interest rate $r = 0$ ...
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### Does the partition of time in a simple process depend on the omega in probability space?

In Steven Shreve's book "Stochastic Calculus for Finance 2", page 126, a simple process $\Delta(t)$ is a stochastic process such that there is a partition of time $0 < t_1 < ... < t_n \leq T$,...
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### Is the prediction of a cointegrated series of the same scale of the series itself?

Hi Quant Stack Exchange, Suppose $X_t$ and $Y_t$ are cointegrated and I form the cointegrated series $X_t+\alpha Y_t$ where $\alpha$ is derived from regressing $X_t$ against $Y_t$. $X_t$ and $Y_t$ ...
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### Rest API to retrieve ISIN

What is best API to lookup ISINs by number or name? In other words, ideally I would like to have an rest-api like this: ...
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### Explain Present Value and Future Value for cash flow streams [on hold]

Please help me understand the concept of Future Value and Present Value for stream of cash flow in an intuitive way. I have tried a lot of resources on the internet, but I find their explanation a bit ...
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### Given Brownian motion $B_t,B_s$ and $t>s$, how to calculate $P(B_t>0,B_s<0)$?

As stated, this is an interview question. Given Brownian motion $B_t,B_s$ and $t>s$, how to calculate $P(B_t>0,B_s<0)$?
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### Mutual Fund Holdings

Several free and non-free data providers provide mutual fund holdings (e.g. Google and Yahoo give the top holdings). The primary sources, I think, are the filings submitted to SEC's EDGAR. Both the ...
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### Mix of Arithmetic and Geometric Brownian Motion

Talking with some traders the other day, I found out that they were using a pricing model based on a mix between a geometric brownian motion and an arithmetic brownian motion to price certain ...
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### Theoretical price of bond : utility [on hold]

Why should one calculate the theoretical price of bond if there is already a market quote ?
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### Swaptions to calculate swap exposure for CVA

I am looking at using the swaption method to calculate the EPE and ENE on a swap over its life, to use in CVA/DVA calculations. I have a number of questions, how well does this method work in ...
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### Why does a barbell portfolio have higher convexity than a bullet porfolio

I cannot quite understood absolutely why a barbell portfolio has higher convexity than a bullet porfolio. I can easily understand how the parallel line represents duration but I cannot see what ...
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### Calibration: comparing models

Exponential Lévy models fall in two main categories: jump diffusion models and infinite activity Lévy models. For my paper, I study jump diffusion models and in particular Merton's model (i.e normall ...
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### how to convert quarterly data to monthly

Is there any way to convert quarterly data to monthly in excel or preferably in STATA? I Next to that, how can I transform dates in excel so as to be recognized by STATA?
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### Forex Market Timezones

I need to store OHLC data from the Forex Market. I live in the UK which is presently in British Summer Time +1. The Forex Market EST, which is normally -5 from GMT. I'm not sure how Eastern ...
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### Move along, nothing to see here…just a super cheap stock price for an instant?

Can someone explain what this large negative spike in this stock chart is in after-hours trading? It almost looks like a data glitch to me, since the value before and after the spike are almost ...
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### VAR FPCA analysis paper replication

I've been trying to replicate the following publication: toronto.edu/sjaimung/papers/VAR-FPCA.pdf but I havent been able to get the same results estimating the $\beta_{k}$ parameters. First, I got ...
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### How to know if a company actually deposit money into your credit card [closed]

I took a cruise trip. They are supposed to give some cash back. I called them, they said the money was deposited into my credit card. I didn't see it in my credit card bill. So what can I do if they ...
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### Fama-Macbeth regression in Eviews

I'm adding a new factor to Fama-French three-factor model. I have constructed portfolios and got 18 three-way sorted portfolios. Now, I think I have to do Macbeth procedure to test the model. I'm ...