Contents:
Measuring risks -- 4. Synopsis of risk measures -- 4. Portfolio risk concepts -- References -- 5. Modern portfolio theory -- 5. Markowitz portfolios -- 5. Empirical mean-variance portfolios -- References -- pt. Suitable distributions for returns -- 6. The generalized hyperbolic distribution -- 6. The generalized lambda distribution -- 6. Synopsis of R packages for the GHD -- 6.
The package fBasics -- 6. The package GeneralizedHyperbolic -- 6. The package ghyp -- 6.
The package QRM -- 6. The package SkewHyperbolic -- 6. The package VarianceGamma -- 6. Synopsis of R packages for GLD -- 6. The package Davies -- 6. The package gld -- 6.
The package lmomco -- 6. Applications of the GHD to risk modelling -- 6. Fitting stock returns to the GHD -- 6.
Risk assessment with the GHD -- 6. Stylized facts revisited -- 6. Applications of the GLD to risk modelling and data analysis -- 6. VaR for a single stock -- 6. Extreme value theory -- 7. Extreme value methods and models -- 7. The block maxima approach -- 7. The peaks-over-threshold approach -- 7.
Synopsis of R packages -- 7. The package evd -- 7. The package evdbayes -- 7. The package evir -- 7. The package fExtremes -- 7. The packages ismev and extRemes -- 7. The package POT -- 7. The package QRM -- 7. The package Renext -- 7. Empirical applications of EVT -- 7.
Introduces the latest techniques advocated for measuring financial market risk and portfolio optimization, and provides a plethora of R code examples that. Hence, the need for a knowledge base of statistical techniques and portfolio optimization approaches for addressing financial market risk appropriately has not.
Section outline -- 7. Block maxima model for Siemens -- 7. POT method for Boeing -- References -- 8. Modelling volatility -- 8.
The class of ARCH models -- 8. Synopsis of R packages -- 8. The package ccgarch -- 8. The package fGarch -- 8. The package gogarch -- 8. The packages rugarch and rmgarch -- 8.
The package tseries -- 8. Empirical application of volatility models -- References -- 9. Modelling dependence -- 9. Correlation, dependence and distributions -- 9. Correlations and dependence revisited -- 9. Classification of copulae -- 9. Synopsis of R packages -- 9. The packages copula and nacopula -- 9. The package fCopulae -- 9. The package gumbel -- 9. The package QRM -- 9.
Empirical applications of copulae -- 9. GARCH-copula model -- 9. Mixed copula approaches -- References -- pt. Robust portfolio optimization -- Robust statistics -- Selected robust estimators -- Robust optimization -- Uncertainty sets and problem formulation -- Synopsis of R packages -- The package covRobust -- The package fPortfolio -- The package MASS -- The package robustbase -- The package robust -- The package rrcov -- The package Rsocp -- Empirical applications -- Robust versus classical statistics -- Robust optimization -- References -- Diversification reconsidered -- Most diversified portfolio -- Risk contribution constrained portfolios -- Optimal tail-dependent portfolios -- The package PortfolioAnalytics -- Comparison of approaches -- Optimal tail-dependent portfolio against benchmark -- Limiting contributions to expected shortfall -- References -- Risk-optimal portfolios -- Mean-VaR portfolios -- Optimal CVaR portfolios -- Optimal draw-down portfolios -- Packages for linear programming -- The package PerformanceAnalytics -- Yield Curve Modeling and Forecasting.
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