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Search for all bond with particualar fields in bbg terminal [closed]

Is it possible to get list of e.g. bonds from bbg terminal with some particular fields. Example: Can I get list of all bond which has some particular day count convention, some frequency, a long ...
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Vasicek 2 factors model calibration

I am working on to calibrate two factors Vasicek interest rate model. Can I start by asking a really stupid question? For the stochastic model $dr_t=\kappa(\mu−r_t)dt+\sigma dWP(t)$ with the real ...
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Random Walk with normal increments and n time periods why is the increment $\sqrt{(t/n)}$?

Question is basically in the title. I have found several sources stating that $R_i = \sqrt{\frac{t}{n}}$, but I couldn't find the intuition behind taking the square root. And it seems to be crucial ...
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Data request: Option prices for a liquid index/stock

Currently doing a course project on option pricing as a part of my undergraduate studies. However I cannot find a free dataset $D=[d_1,d_2,...,d_N]$, which would represent a time-serie of daily option ...
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Is R suited for a Quantitative Finance executable application

I wonder if a R-Shiny application works well for a production environment or the only option is C++. I make this question taking in account that R and C++ have a widely set of quant libraries that ...
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I ask my question here because I want to know more about the cumulative Parisian options introduced by M. Chesney, Mr. Jeanblanc-Picué and Mr. Yor in 1997, then developed by Hugonnier in 1999 and F. ...
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How to calculate number of round trips given volatility?

Suppose we know stock price volatility is normally distributed with mean = 0 and annual volatility say 20%. Let's assume markets never close and we can trade at 1 second intervals. Let's assume stock ...
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Backtesting assumptions and implementation details

I've found several pieces of software that implement backtesting (e.g. Quantopian's ZipLine, various GitHub repositories, etc.) but I've been unable to find any set of backtesting assumptions written ...
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Fama Frech SMB factor and testing for size-effects on the market

I´m currently working on a project where I basically want to compare historically returns between large and small-capitalization stocks in a given time period. I want to approach this problem by ...
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How to calculate annualized simple returns and annualized simple standard deviation given historical daily data

I have daily log returns of my asset that run over several years and I would like to calculate a time series of the Rolling Sharpe Ratio. This Sharpe Ratio asks specifically for: Annualized simple ...
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Is being a quant as easy to look for high paid jobs as before [closed]

I've heard quants are not as popular as before, due to regulations etc, there's less things to do in terms of maths and algorithms. I wonder if it's true?
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How to find basket of stocks that are the inverse of yet another or ETF (never short)?

Suppose want to long an inverse of an ETF, rather than short the ETF itself. Is there a way to determine some mix of component stocks that would mimic the returns of such an inverse ETF (where also ...
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How to justify the martingale condition

By Radon-Nikodym theorem, the conditional expectation of $X$ with respect to a $\sigma$-algebra $\mathscr F$ is a nonnegative random variable denoted by $\def\E{\mathbf E}\E(X\mid \mathscr F)$, such ...

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