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by RS26
March 15th, 2006, 2:03 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Inflation-Linked Bonds Asset Swaps
Replies: 0
Views: 114912

Inflation-Linked Bonds Asset Swaps

<t>Hello,For an asset swap on a inflation-linked bond, is/should the time decay (theta effect) on the swap be cancelled by the theta effect (carry) on the bond? If there are differences between the two, which is the reason? Could it be the mismatch between the value date (J+3) on a bond trade and th...
by RS26
April 8th, 2005, 12:07 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Matlab problem in creating function handles
Replies: 1
Views: 153372

Matlab problem in creating function handles

<t>Hello,I would be grateful for some help with the following problem: I'm trying to create an elementary function handle in Matlab>> fhandle=@(x) x.^2; and I keep getting the following error message??? fhandle=@(x) x.^2; |Error: Missing operator, comma, or semicolon.I'm really confused as it is exa...
by RS26
August 28th, 2004, 8:05 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: VBA code for pricing Amercian Option by using Monte Carlo LSM
Replies: 18
Views: 198740

VBA code for pricing Amercian Option by using Monte Carlo LSM

<t>Hi, Gary,I'm also working on the LS article, but for Bermuda IR swaptionsI managed to get LinEst function working on Excel, but I have dimensionality problems - i.e. my regression uses 9 variables and the code is working only for 5 variables.Would you happen to know how many coefficients the OLS ...
by RS26
August 28th, 2004, 7:28 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: VBA implementation of Longstaff & Schwartz LSM method
Replies: 0
Views: 176885

VBA implementation of Longstaff & Schwartz LSM method

<t>Hi,I'm trying to do a linear regression in VBA on 9 variables (trying to implement Longstaff&Schwartz LSM method for bemuda swaptions) with the following piece of code on some 400 pathsPrivate Function olsResult(nb As Integer) As VariantReDim ols(10) As Variant Set Y = Range(Cells(8, 12), Cel...
by RS26
August 28th, 2004, 7:26 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: VBA problem with LinEst Function
Replies: 1
Views: 177954

VBA problem with LinEst Function

<t>Hi,I'm trying to do a linear regression in VBA on 9 variables (trying to implement Longstaff& Schwartz LSM method for swaptions). with the following piece of code on 400 observationsPrivate Function olsResult(nb As Integer) As VariantReDim ols(10) As Variant Set Y = Range(Cells(8, 12), Cells(...
by RS26
August 23rd, 2004, 12:38 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Career advice needed
Replies: 1
Views: 177651

Career advice needed