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Haas Business School
Master in Financial Engineering
Matlab Workshop
   

 

INSTRUCTORS
Stefano Corradin and Peng Liu
 
 
DESCRIPTION
The main objective of this course is to provide a review of the standard tools on Matlab environment useful for economic and financial analysis
 
 
SYLLABUS
Lecture 1 - Peng - Introduction to Matlab

Lecture 1 .pdf and Matlab Files

1.1 Introduction Matlab environment
1.2 Basic syntax
1.3 Vectors, matrices and linear algebra
1.4 Graphics
1.5 Relational and logical operations
1.6 Condition constructs: the if statement
1.7 Loop constructs: for and while loops
1.8 Executable files and subroutines: *.m files
1.9 Examples: Newton Method and CRR-Binomial Model
 
Lecture 2 - Stefano - Statistical Analysis

Lecture 2 .pdf and Matlab Files

2.1 Descriptive statistics
2.2 Probability distributions
2.3 Loading and saving data
2.4 Multiple linear regression
2.5 Stochastic processes
 
Lecture 3 - Stefano - Applications in Finance I

Lecture 3 .pdf and Matlab Files

3.1 Monte Carlo simulation of known results
3.2 Monte Carlo simulation: generating sample paths
3.3 Monte Carlo simulation: pricing exotic options
 
Lecture 4 - Stefano - Applications in Finance II

Lecture 4 .pdf and Matlab Files

4.1 Markovitz portfolio
4.2 Risk Management analysis (Value at Risk)
 
Lecture 5 - Stefano - Applications in Finance III

Lecture 5 .pdf and Matlab Files

5.1 Binomial Tree Valuation:
  • European and American Option
  • Sensitivities: Delta and Gamma
  • Exotic Options: American Down-Out Call and Spread Call Option
5.2 Trinomial Tree Valuation:
  • European and American Option



   
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