Analytics of Finance

Translation from the real world to the bootstrap world.

Bootstrap, discussed in Lecture 9, is a re-sampling method which can be used to evaluate properties of statistical estimators. This course covers Bootstrap and other methods used in financial analysis. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)

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15.450

As Taught In

Fall 2010

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

This course covers the key quantitative methods of finance: financial econometrics and statistical inference for financial applications; dynamic optimization; Monte Carlo simulation; stochastic (Itô) calculus. These techniques, along with their computer implementation, are covered in depth. Application areas include portfolio management, risk management, derivatives, and proprietary trading.

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Leonid Kogan. 15.450 Analytics of Finance. Fall 2010. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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