Hedge funds

Carry in favour?

Long popular among hedge funds, the financial crisis battered the carry trade towards the end of 2008. But despite massive losses stemming from the trade, there is evidence market participants are putting it on again. By Mark Pengelly

Pricing options on film revenue

This article illustrates two models for cumulative revenues from films, a time-changed gamma process and a compound Poisson process, and how these models can be used to price options. Don Chance, Eric Hillebrand and Jimmy Hilliard find that while both…

Commodities

Commodities participants are used to volatility. But the price moves that have taken place during the past year are almost unprecedented and have made life extremely tricky for many market participants.

Pricing options on film revenue

This article illustrates two models for cumulative revenues from films, a time-changed gamma process and a compound Poisson process, and how these models can be used to price options. Don Chance, Eric Hillebrand and Jimmy Hilliard find that while both…

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