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1. The Predictive Power of Implied Volatility in Option Pricing
Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Matematisk statistikSammanfattning : During the last few years, financial derivatives have been growing in trading volume. There seem to be a high demand and supply of derivatives on the market and one common derivative is the option contract. The option contract is frequently the subject of studies and many different pricing models have been created for options. LÄS MER
2. Swaptions from a Clearinghouse perspective : Hedging swaptions, an option on interest rate swaps, using compression
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysikSammanfattning : With the increasing popularity of interest rate swaps the need to understandswaptions, an option of an interest rate swap, is of great importance. A swap-tion can be used in both speculative purposes and to hedge against changesin interest rates. The most important thing to understand is the pricing for-mula. LÄS MER
3. Estimating the Expected Pay-out of Earnout Contracts in Private Acquisitions
Master-uppsats, KTH/Matematik (Avd.)Sammanfattning : The growth of private equity, as well as consolidation trends across other industries, have produced a strong and vibrant mergers and acquisitions market. A challenge during these acquisitions is information asymmetry, which makes agreeing on the transaction price a challenge. LÄS MER
4. Pricing Complex derivatives under the Heston model
Master-uppsats, KTH/Matematik (Avd.)Sammanfattning : The calibration of model parameters is a crucial step in the process of valuation of complex derivatives. It consists of choosing the model parameters that correspond to the implied market data especially the call and put prices. LÄS MER
5. Option pricing models: A comparison between models with constant and stochastic volatilities as well as discontinuity jumps
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistikSammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to compare option pricing models. We have investigated the constant volatility models Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) and Merton’s Jump Diffusion (MJD) as well as the stochastic volatility models Heston and Bates. LÄS MER