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Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance. R is a statistical computing language that's ideal for answering quantitative finance questions. This book gives you both theory and practice, all in clear language with stacks of real-world examples. Ideal for R beginners or expert alike

Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance. R is a statistical computing language that's ideal for answering quantitative finance questions. This book gives you both theory and practice, all in clear language with stacks of real-world examples. Ideal for R beginners or expert alike

Gergely Daróczi, Michael Puhle, Edina Berlinger (EURO), Daniel Daniel Havran, Kata Váradi, Agnes Vidovics-Dancs, Agnes Vidovics Dancs, Michael Phule, Zsolt Tulassay, Peter Csoka, Marton Michaletzky, Edina Berlinger (EURO), Varadi Kata

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Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance will show you how to solve real-world quantitative fi nance problems using the statistical computing language R. The book covers diverse topics ranging from time series analysis to fi nancial networks. Each chapter briefl y presents the theory behind specific concepts and deals with solving a diverse range of problems using R with the help of practical examples.This book will be your guide on how to use and master R in order to solve quantitative finance problems. This book covers the essentials of quantitative finance, taking you through a number of clear and practical examples in R that will not only help you to understand the theory, but how to effectively deal with your own real-life problems.Starting with time series analysis, you will also learn how to optimize portfolios and how asset pricing models work. The book then covers fixed income securities and derivatives such as credit risk management.
  • Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance
    • Credits
    • About the Authors
    • About the Reviewers
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    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • What you need for this book
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
      • Downloading the example code
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Time Series Analysis
      • Working with time series data
      • Linear time series modeling and forecasting
        • Modeling and forecasting UK house prices
          • Model identification and estimation
          • Model diagnostic checking
          • Forecasting
      • Cointegration
        • Cross hedging jet fuel
      • Modeling volatility
        • Volatility forecasting for risk management
          • Testing for ARCH effects
          • GARCH model specification
          • GARCH model estimation
          • Backtesting the risk model
          • Forecasting
      • Summary
    • 2. Portfolio Optimization
      • Mean-Variance model
      • Solution concepts
        • Theorem (Lagrange)
      • Working with real data
      • Tangency portfolio and Capital Market Line
      • Noise in the covariance matrix
      • When variance is not enough
      • Summary
    • 3. Asset Pricing Models
      • Capital Asset Pricing Model
      • Arbitrage Pricing Theory
      • Beta estimation
        • Data selection
        • Simple beta estimation
        • Beta estimation from linear regression
      • Model testing
        • Data collection
        • Modeling the SCL
        • Testing the explanatory power of the individual variance
      • Summary
    • 4. Fixed Income Securities
      • Measuring market risk of fixed income securities
        • Example implementation in R
      • Immunization of fixed income portfolios
        • Net worth immunization
        • Target date immunization
        • Dedication
      • Pricing a convertible bond
      • Summary
    • 5. Estimating the Term Structure of Interest Rates
      • The term structure of interest rates and related functions
      • The estimation problem
      • Estimation of the term structure by linear regression
      • Cubic spline regression
      • Applied R functions
      • Summary
    • 6. Derivatives Pricing
      • The Black-Scholes model
      • The Cox-Ross-Rubinstein model
      • Connection between the two models
      • Greeks
      • Implied volatility
      • Summary
    • 7. Credit Risk Management
      • Credit default models
        • Structural models
        • Intensity models
      • Correlated defaults the portfolio approach
      • Migration matrices
      • Getting started with credit scoring in R
      • Summary
    • 8. Extreme Value Theory
      • Theoretical overview
      • Application modeling insurance claims
        • Exploratory data analysis
        • Tail behavior of claims
        • Determining the threshold
        • Fitting a GPD distribution to the tails
        • Quantile estimation using the fitted GPD model
        • Calculation of expected loss using the fitted GPD model
      • Summary
    • 9. Financial Networks
      • Representation, simulation, and visualization of financial networks
      • Analysis of networks structure and detection of topology changes
      • Contribution to systemic risk identification of SIFIs
      • Summary
    • A. References
      • Time series analysis
      • Portfolio optimization
      • Asset pricing
      • Fixed income securities
      • Estimating the term structure of interest rates
      • Derivatives Pricing
      • Credit risk management
      • Extreme value theory
      • Financial networks
    • Index
  • Title: Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance. R is a statistical computing language that's ideal for answering quantitative finance questions. This book gives you both theory and practice, all in clear language with stacks of real-world examples. Ideal for R beginners or expert alike
  • Author: Gergely Daróczi, Michael Puhle, Edina Berlinger (EURO), Daniel Daniel Havran, Kata Váradi, Agnes Vidovics-Dancs, Agnes Vidovics Dancs, Michael Phule, Zsolt Tulassay, Peter Csoka, Marton Michaletzky, Edina Berlinger (EURO), Varadi Kata
  • Original title: Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance. R is a statistical computing language that's ideal for answering quantitative finance questions. This book gives you both theory and practice, all in clear language with stacks of real-world examples. Ideal for R beginners or expert alike.
  • ISBN: 9781783280940, 9781783280940
  • Date of issue: 2013-11-22
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_3bc6
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing