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A Note on Hedging and the Put Option
A Note on Hedging and the Put Option This note develops the optimality of the put option as a hedging ... against the downside risk of the stock price. In this short note, we ask two questions with the hedge strategy ...- Authors: Xiaochuan Wang
- Date: Jan 1995
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Derivatives; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments
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Multiple Currency Option Selection Using Stochastic Constraints
Constraints This paper examines the problem of hedging foreign exchange risk across multiple countries using ... options. The profit target requirement is formulated as a stochastic constraint in the context of a binomial ...- Authors: David C Thurston, Kelly T Au, Joel R Barber
- Date: Jan 1996
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Derivatives; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments
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Actuarial Approach to Option Pricing
Approach to Option Pricing In this paper we study the pricing of financial options and contingent claims. We ... time-honored concepts in actuarial science - the Esscher transform and the adjustment coefficient - are efficient ...- Authors: Hans U Gerber, Elias Shiu
- Date: Jan 1995
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Derivatives; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
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Valuation of a Catastrophe Insurance Futures Contract Using Compound Poisson Claim Assumptions
Valuation of a Catastrophe Insurance Futures Contract Using Compound Poisson Claim Assumptions In 1993 ... 1993, the Chicago Board of Trade introduced a futures contract on a financial index that reflects the insurance ...- Authors: Jacques F Carriere, Kevin Andrew Buhr
- Date: Jan 1995
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Derivatives; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments
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An Alternative Option Pricing Model
similar to the Black-Scholes equation [1] is derived. Like the Black-Scholes equation, the model is based ... based upon an assumption of a lognormal distribution of the price of a risky, non-dividend-paying security ...- Authors: Joseph D Marsden
- Date: Jan 1996
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Derivatives; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
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Stochastic Optimization Techniques for Pricing Callable Bonds: Continuous Time Approach
time models.. The methodology uses stochastic optimization tcchniques where an issuer of a bond is ItTing ... minimize the price of a callable bond in a game against the bondholder. Some flexibility to the model ...- Authors: Mark Saksonov
- Date: Jan 1996
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Derivatives; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models