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by bompaholm
December 6th, 2005, 11:04 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: HHers in London?
Replies: 22
Views: 130661

HHers in London?

If one are newly finished from a top-tier academic school - What headhunders shall one contact? Any recommendations?Within Europe/London..
by bompaholm
March 1st, 2005, 9:51 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: MonteCarlo to price shareprices? Anyone do have Excel or Matlab code?
Replies: 4
Views: 158368

MonteCarlo to price shareprices? Anyone do have Excel or Matlab code?

MonteCarlo to price shareprices? Anyone do have Excel or Matlab code? Thank you in advance.
by bompaholm
November 21st, 2004, 11:34 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: P&G Assessment test.
Replies: 1
Views: 171637

P&G Assessment test.

What does Proctor and Gamblers Assessment test consist of that you receive via mail when you apply for a job? What should one think about.? Any ideas where to find more information?`
by bompaholm
October 24th, 2004, 12:08 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Backtesting VaR values from MC-simulation
Replies: 5
Views: 171963

Backtesting VaR values from MC-simulation

<t> Backtesting VaR values from MC-simulationHelloI am trying to backtest Value at risk values.I have the portfolio for each time in (Value format) xxx $ ... for each day.Now when I backtest it versus 2000 tradingdays of data.What shall I look for?Shall I take my portfoliovalues and deduct the initi...
by bompaholm
October 24th, 2004, 12:07 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Backtesting VaR values from MC-simulation
Replies: 0
Views: 171034

Backtesting VaR values from MC-simulation

<t>Backtesting VaR values from MC-simulationHelloI am trying to backtest Value at risk values. I have the portfolio for each time in (Value format) xxx $ ... for each day. Now when I backtest it versus 2000 tradingdays of data. What shall I look for? Shall I take my portfoliovalues and deduct the in...
by bompaholm
October 24th, 2004, 2:22 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Code for traditional monte carlo simulation in Matlab or Excel?
Replies: 1
Views: 171804

Code for traditional monte carlo simulation in Matlab or Excel?

Anyone have code to do MonteCarlo simulations avaible as a link or file for Matlab or excel? Thank you in advance Thomas
by bompaholm
October 24th, 2004, 2:20 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: MonteCarlo code for Excel or Matlab?
Replies: 2
Views: 171627

MonteCarlo code for Excel or Matlab?

Anyone have code to do MonteCarlo simulations avaible as a link or file for Matlab or excel? Thank you in advance Thomas
by bompaholm
October 24th, 2004, 2:18 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: REVALUE to calculate VaR?
Replies: 0
Views: 171037

REVALUE to calculate VaR?

<t>To whom may be so kind and answer my question. I am currently exploring the world of MC-simulations and matlab, which is very interesting. In this example/question I use the share price which I have logaritmically counted. And I coung with copula functions the distribution and get the answers [u,...
by bompaholm
October 24th, 2004, 2:17 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: REvalue portfolio to calculate VaR??
Replies: 0
Views: 170900

REvalue portfolio to calculate VaR??

<t>To whom may be so kind and answer my question. I am currently exploring the world of MC-simulations and matlab, which is very interesting. In this example/question I use the share price which I have logaritmically counted. And I coung with copula functions the distribution and get the answers [u,...
by bompaholm
October 22nd, 2004, 1:41 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: MONTE CARLO & VAR to calculate traditional montecarlo var...
Replies: 0
Views: 171052

MONTE CARLO & VAR to calculate traditional montecarlo var...

Hi! Does anyone have any code matlab or excel how to calculate traditional Monte Carlo to be used later for VaR purposes. Multivariate dimension would be prefered since it is two stocks that are combined to a portfolio.. Not looking for copula thou.. THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE!
by bompaholm
October 14th, 2004, 11:38 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Plot of Copula function
Replies: 0
Views: 171567

Plot of Copula function

Hi! I have a question how to do a plot of the copula function to show the density. What program do ou recommend? I would like to show the density and level curves of for ex. Gaussian copula functions. How do I do that? Thank you in advance /T
by bompaholm
September 9th, 2004, 11:47 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Practical usage of Copula?
Replies: 1
Views: 175833

Practical usage of Copula?

<t>Hello! I wonder if there is any practical usage of Copula when calculating things concerning share or share prices rather.. Since when counting copula for say share A and share B. You get a number x. What can you use that one for practically? Counting forwards, futures or similar? Thank you in ad...
by bompaholm
April 18th, 2004, 8:18 am
Forum: The Quantitative Finance FAQs Project
Topic: What are copulas and how are they used in quantitative finance?
Replies: 85
Views: 357357

What are copulas and how are they used in quantitative finance?

<t>Convert the Copula(u,v) = [0,1] to "price" for assets when calculating for VaR? Hello! Have a urgent matter which I doesn't understand how to solve. Many Copula articles use VaR to see how good and accurate the copula mesure is. No problem with that.. That gives us a value between [0,1]in return ...
by bompaholm
April 18th, 2004, 8:17 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Convert the Copula(u,v) = [0,1] to "price" for assets when calculating for VaR?
Replies: 0
Views: 189280

Convert the Copula(u,v) = [0,1] to "price" for assets when calculating for VaR?

<t>Convert the Copula(u,v) = [0,1] to "price" for assets when calculating for VaR? Hello! Have a urgent matter which I doesn't understand how to solve. Many Copula articles use VaR to see how good and accurate the copula mesure is. No problem with that.. That gives us a value between [0,1]in return ...
by bompaholm
March 22nd, 2004, 12:15 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Plot of Copula results?
Replies: 2
Views: 189636

Plot of Copula results?

<t>Hi all! I have managed to calculate my copula and get as final product u1 and u2. u1 is the random number and u2 is the "copula calculated number"... How should I now best plot this? Do I need the random number for anything in my thesis afterwards? What software should I use to best plot this iss...