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by flower2222
January 4th, 2007, 10:15 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: interesting question
Replies: 6
Views: 83946

interesting question

<t>Your favorite baseball team is playing against your uncle's favorite team in theWorld Series. At the beginning of each game, you and your uncle bet on the game's outcome.Your uncle, being wealthy and carefree, always lets you choose the amount of the bet. Ifyou bet b dollars and your team wins th...
by flower2222
August 10th, 2006, 12:58 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Citigroup Research
Replies: 60
Views: 107824

Citigroup Research

by flower2222
August 10th, 2006, 11:24 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Help: vol of zero coupon bond price in hull white model
Replies: 0
Views: 95450

Help: vol of zero coupon bond price in hull white model

<t>we know the vol of ZCB in hull white model is sigma*(1-exp(-a*M))/awhere a is mean reversion parameter, it should be near to 0, like 1% or 2%, and M is maturity of ZCB.so if M is long, say 20 years, this vol is quite high, why is happen? can we use this model to work out long term vol of ZCB?feel...
by flower2222
August 10th, 2006, 11:24 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Help: vol of zero coupon bond price in hull white model
Replies: 0
Views: 95395

Help: vol of zero coupon bond price in hull white model

<t>we know the vol of ZCB in hull white model is sigma*(1-exp(-a*M))/awhere a is mean reversion parameter, it should be near to 0, like 1% or 2%, and M is maturity of ZCB.so if M is long, say 20 years, this vol is quite high, why is happen? can we use this model to work out long term vol of ZCB?feel...
by flower2222
August 10th, 2006, 11:24 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Help: vol of zero coupon bond price in hull white model
Replies: 0
Views: 95498

Help: vol of zero coupon bond price in hull white model

<t>we know the vol of ZCB in hull white model is sigma*(1-exp(-a*M))/awhere a is mean reversion parameter, it should be near to 0, like 1% or 2%, and M is maturity of ZCB.so if M is long, say 20 years, this vol is quite high, why is happen? can we use this model to work out long term vol of ZCB?feel...
by flower2222
August 2nd, 2006, 2:53 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Estimate mean reversion parameter in hull white model??
Replies: 1
Views: 96928

Estimate mean reversion parameter in hull white model??

dr=(mu-a*r)dt+sigma*dwhow to calibrate a in real market? dose anyone have any idea?
by flower2222
August 2nd, 2006, 12:53 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Implied vols for zero coupon bond
Replies: 3
Views: 96888

Implied vols for zero coupon bond

but i can't get the price of the option on ZCB from market. could you give me?
by flower2222
August 2nd, 2006, 12:04 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Implied vols for zero coupon bond
Replies: 3
Views: 96888

Implied vols for zero coupon bond

I need implied vols to test my program, but i can't find in market. could anyone give me some suggest about this?feel free to comment this. thanks