Financial Stochastic Analysis

3 Credits

Basic mathematical concepts behind pricing of derivative securities. Hedging and pricing by arbitrage in the setting of binary trees and Black-Scholes model. Application of Stochastic Calculus to the pricing of a variety of financial instruments: multiple stock models, American and exotic options, and foreign currency interest rate. Heath-Jarrow-Morton model for the term structure of interest rates and short rate models. Applications of the theory to a variety of interest rates contracts including swaps, caps, floors, swap options. Prerequisites: MATH 467