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vbprogrammer
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vega of a stock

June 6th, 2008, 10:23 pm

Is there a vega of a stock?The first def that comes to my mind is the plot between realized volatility and return. But that is not the defn. Of vega? Any thoughts?
 
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vega of a stock

June 7th, 2008, 8:37 am

do you mean vega of s_T, thats a distribution not a specific value.
 
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pleoni
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vega of a stock

June 12th, 2008, 6:13 pm

To me the vega of a stock is zero since it is a linear instrument, it does not share the richness of the derivatives and the greeks