This book provides a
manual on quantitative financial analysis. Focusing on advanced methods for modelling
financial markets in the context of practical financial applications, it will cover data,
software and techniques that will enable the reader to implement and interpret
quantitative methodologies, specifically for trading and investment. Includes CD-ROM with
samples of different software used in the various models.
Includes contributions from an international team of academics and quantitative asset
managers from Morgan Stanley, Barclays Global Investors, ABN AMRO and Credit Suisse First
Boston.
Fills the gap for a book on applied quantitative investment & trading models
Provides details of how to combine various models to manage and trade a portfolio
Table of Contents
About the Contributors.
Preface.
1. Applications of
Advanced Regression Analysis for Trading and Investment (Christian L. Dunis and Mark
Williams).
2. Using Cointegration to
Hedge and Trade International Equities (A. Neil Burgess).
3. Modelling the Term
Structure of Interest Rates: An Application of Gaussian Affine Models to the German Yield
Curve (Nuno Cassola and Jorge Barros Lu?.
4. Forecasting and Trading
Currency Volatility: An Application of Recurrent Neural Regression and Model Combination
(Christian L. Dunis and Xuehuan Huang).
5. Implementing Neural
Networks, Classification Trees, and Rule Induction Classification Techniques: An
Application to Credit Risk (George T. Albanis).
6. Switching Regime
Volatility: An Empirical Evaluation (Bruno B. Roche and Michael Rockinger).
7. Quantitative Equity
Investment Management with Time-Varying Factor Sensitivities (Yves Bentz).
8. Stochastic Volatility
Models: A Survey with Applications to Option Pricing and Value at Risk (Monica Billio and
Domenico Sartore).
9. Portfolio Analysis
Using Excel (Jason Laws).
10. Applied Volatility and
Correlation Modelling Using Excel (Frédérick Bourgoin).
11. Optimal Allocation of
Trend-Following Rules: An Application Case of Theoretical Results Pierre Lequeux).
12. Portfolio Management
and Information from Over-the-Counter Currency Options (Jorge Barros Luís.
13. Filling Analysis for
Missing Data: An Application to Weather Risk Management (Christian L. Dunis and Vassilios
Karalis.).
Index.
404 pages