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Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance

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Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance

Overview of this book

Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance will show you how to solve real-world quantitative fi nance problems using the statistical computing language R. The book covers diverse topics ranging from time series analysis to fi nancial networks. Each chapter briefl y presents the theory behind specific concepts and deals with solving a diverse range of problems using R with the help of practical examples.This book will be your guide on how to use and master R in order to solve quantitative finance problems. This book covers the essentials of quantitative finance, taking you through a number of clear and practical examples in R that will not only help you to understand the theory, but how to effectively deal with your own real-life problems.Starting with time series analysis, you will also learn how to optimize portfolios and how asset pricing models work. The book then covers fixed income securities and derivatives such as credit risk management.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Estimation of the term structure by linear regression


Suppose that the discount function can be expressed as the linear combination of the functions that are twice continuously differentiable functions as

where

We can estimate the weights by generalized least squares. We will discuss the choice of the functions later. The estimated discount function is the function of the estimated weights .

Let D denote an matrix whose elements are , and be the vector that contains the weights . Thus and

which is a linear regression model under the constraint that , which can be expressed as follows:

where .

The GLS estimation for the weights of equation (2) under the constraint of equation (3) is

where