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### Quantlib : How does interpolation technique in zero curve improve the valuation of interest rate swaps?

I am working on building zero curve using interpolation = ql.Linear(). I know that this method is very popular to build short and long end curve. But am wondering if there is any another way of ...
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### Two- (multi) dimensional geometric Brownian Motion

I am trying to calculate the value of a Basket Option with two stocks and the following information: S1 = 100, S2 = 120, r = 0.06 L = Volatilitymatrix = ((0.3, 0.1), (0.0, 0.2)), weight of Stock 1 = 1/...
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### Why are equity futures so disconnected to the underlying index? Example

I am looking at ZWPH0 which is a future and the underlying index MSCI World. According to Bloomberg the prices are as follow: 13 March 2020: MSCI World 451 / ZWPH0 5234 16 March 2020: MSCI World 410 /...
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### Normalizing with Sum of Zero-Coupon Bond Prices

Suppose you are receiving a payment $K$ at time $t_m$. Let $p(0,t_i)$ be the maturity-$t_i$ zero-coupon bond price at $t=0$. If we consider a discrete time $\{0,...,t_m\}$, what would it to ...
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### Discretizing Bates SVJ Model to simulate paths

I am trying to simulate a path for Bates Stochastic-Volatility-Jump model. It has the following dynamics: I've managed to implement the Heston model by following Gatheral's books the Volatility ...
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### Automated analysis

while working as a business analyst in a risk revaluation engine I had to give quick explanations to anomalous results. For example, why did a particular contract value jump in this time frame? I am ...
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### How would you equally distribute the risk of each stock in a portfolio?

Suppose you have in-sample (IS) and out-of-sample (OOS) daily returns of N stocks (IS and OOS dates are the same for each stock). Suppose you want to calculate return captured each day as x * ret. ...
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On March 2, a Treasury bill expiring on April 20 had a bid discount of 5.86, and an ask discount of 5.80. Calculate the best estimate of the risk-free rate to be used in valuing options with the Black ...
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### Question about equation (7) - Asset Allocation vs. Factor Allocation—Can We Build a Unified Method?

Question regarding the article Asset Allocation vs. Factor Allocation—Can We Build a Unified Method? by Jennifer Bender, Jerry Le Sun and Ric Thomas, The Journal of Portfolio Management Multi-Asset ...
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### Trying to grab 2 years blocks of symbol data and would like to exclude symbols that havent traded at least 2 years

Normally I pull all the data I can, this is a very expensive operation. Usually I'm working with 504 trading days plus a month or maybe a quarter of lead time. So I'd interpolate and then count the ...
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### Evaluating Markov switching garch models with R

Hello I have been working on a Markov switching GARCH model my intention is to use it to trade options volatility . I have created a Markov switching garch model using the MSGARCH package in R and in ...
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### FRTB Spearman correlation coefficient definition

I am just writing my thesis and would like to understand the spearman correlation coefficient definition within the FRTB. Somehow it is not clear from the definition. The reason what I don't ...
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### ATM volatility for FX options

I am quite familiar with equity implied volatility and smiles. However, I find it quite confusing and unclear when it comes to FX. I read many materials but could not get a grasp of the notion of ATM ...