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### 20s30s curve convexity

Let’s assume I trade a 20s30s spread on the curve and i’m flat delta (-100k on 20Y swap, 100k on 30y swap dv01). If the market moves, i’m not flat delta anymore. Is there a simple way to estimate the ...
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### Naive question: how do factor models inform portfolio construction?

I have read plenty on the topic of factor modelling, but, in the end, after one has decided upon the factors to include in a model, how do all the Betas how tell one how to weigh each asset in a ...
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### Implied volatility interview question [closed]

If an implied volatility of an out of the money call option goes to infinity,what happens to the delta of the said call option?
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### SPX/VIX Implied Beta Calculation

In https://globalmarkets.bnpparibas.com/r/Volatility_Express_20171128.pdf?t=BG3REXwMP3NZJRN7wY5Vt&stream=true, it states that 3M VIX/SPX implied Beta = (VIX 3M IVOL*VIX 3M futures)/SPX 3M IVOL ...
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### Compute moments of aggregate loss using Monte Carlo

Spin-off from here. Richard referred to me an article that tells me how to get parameters of a translated gamma distribution to which I should consider fitting simulated aggregated loss values. The ...
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### Questions on continuously compounded return vs long term expected return

I have reading a paper from Oliver Grandville on long term expected return. I am trying to reconcile what I am reading in that paper vs what I see under "Application to Stock Market" in Kelly ...
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### Historic and future (next) round of machine readable dividend info

Is there a source of historic dividend dates, ex-dividend dates and dividend values? Also, the next dividend date / ex-dividend date. Ideally in a machine readable form? The publically available APIs ...
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### Upper bound option price in volatility dimension

All, I have a theoretical question about the value of an option when spot price goes to infinity as a function of volatility going to infinity. I know that for a call option: The option value ...
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### Compare portfolio variance using different regularizers

I'm given a question like below. Using the 48_Industry_Portfolios_daily dataset: characterize/describe the dataset and focus on the global minimum variance portfolio. Compare the portfolio variance ...
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### Applications of PCA to yield curve analysis

One of the applications of Principal Component Analysis in Finance is to analyse the shape of the yield curve. But what conclusions can be drawn exactly from performing this exercise? Does it help us ...
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### Duration of a FRN in continuous time interest rate model

This question was inspired by my attempt to understand the duration of a floating rate note, or FRN for short. Several answers, like this, say the duration of a FRN is just time to next coupon payment....
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### What is the difference between overlapping and non overlapping returns [closed]

My prof asked me to make an Variance-Ratio test for overlapping as well as for non-overlapping returns. What is the difference between overlapping and non-overlapping?
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### Result linked to Black-Scholes evaluation

Why does this $$Se^{-D(T-t)}e^{-d_1^2/2} - Ee^{-r(T-t)}e^{-d_2^2/2}$$ equal to $0$? (Where $E$ is a strike)
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### Understanding how to calculate Accrued Interest of Bonds

When calculating the accrued Interest of Treasury Bonds, how does one set the settlement date? And, is it possible for certain bonds that there are no coupon payments before the settlement date and ...
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### On a FX volatility smile, Is a-delta put volatility equal to (1-a)-delta call volatility?

On a FX volatility smile in terms of delta, If I want 95-delta put vol, Is this volatility equal to a 5-delta call vol, and viceversa? Thanks.
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### Calculating Accrued Interest of Bonds

I am trying to calculate the accrued interest for a set of Treasury Bonds. I am comparing the answer from the code below with that for the 1st Bond(row) over here. In the link the AI is ...
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### Rolling Winsorization for Time-Series

I'm running a multivariate time series analysis and need to deal with some outliers. I'm thinking about using a rolling winsorization (e.g., pull anything above 99.5 percentile and replace with the 99....
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### Pricing Forward Start Option with PDE

I am looking for references (books and papers) or suggestions on how to price forward starting calls using a PDE approach typically in the Heston model (In the BS world, the computation is trivial), ...
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### Can a VaR equivalent Volatility (VEV) be negative?

As from title, can a VaR equivalent Volatility (VEV) as defined by KID/PRIIPS law be negative?
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### Option greeks as dollar P&L

If I write the value of an option as O(S, K, T, V), where S is the underlying price, K is the strike, T is the time to expiry and V the implied volatility, how can I compute the dollar amount that I ...
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### Calculating portfolio allocation beta with different asset classes?

I'd like to calculate portfolio allocation beta on a portfolio that has different asset classes. The portfolio may be made up of: ...
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### How to measure the practicality of a market portfolio for long-term investment?

Do you believe that the composition of the market portfolio that you have found is a desirable or practical one as an investment? Explain why or why not, based on the positions of your stocks. I ...
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### Bloomberg SWPM: Day count to calculate discount factor for US0003M

I'm trying to replicate price I get for CCIRS in SWPM. This is USD3m float vs RUB 1Y. Second leg doesn't matter for my question. Suppose today is 7th of Jan 2019, deal date. Settlement will happen on ...
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### Is non-linear correlation an issue in portfolio optimization?

Portfolio weights are linear combinations of assets. How can it be true then for there to be, and how can someone prove that there is any, non-linear correlation issues in portfolio optimization? Is ...
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