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FX smile extrapolation
This is a big industry, but here are some alternatives(as usual, the best choice depends on purpose and desired accuracy):
Fit a quadratic in delta space: $\sigma_{\Delta}=a + b \left( \Delta
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Taleb's Black-Swan: interpretation of the exponent
I finally got the idea behind the example. To illustrate it in a more general setting I will present a rigorous proof:
Let $x_k$ denote the salary and $b_k$ the number of persons that earn $x_k$ or ...
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Taleb's Black-Swan: interpretation of the exponent
I don't know how to interpret the above example, but wealth distribution, of which inequality is one of the measures, is frequently described by the Pareto distribution.
Also, the IRS publishes annual ...
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Quantlib | Issue with extrapolation in BlackVarianceSurface
You can't, at least from Python. Currently, flat extrapolation in time it's hard-coded. To modify that, you'll have to change the underlying C++ code.
(On the other hand, you can select whether ...
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How to create a local price index?
Isn't this an ML practice problem?
https://towardsdatascience.com/machine-learning-project-predicting-boston-house-prices-with-regression-b4e47493633d
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Raw interpolation when the desired term is out of the know originals
What you are interested in is called extrapolation.
In other words, you want to "extend" your function $r$ for $t < t_0$ and $t > t_n$.
What the author ...
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What's a reasonable way to extrapolate a bond curve?
You can use similar bonds with same risk profile and other similar features to extend the curve of your specific bond. something like a benchmark
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