Heston’s Stochastic Volatility Model Implementation‚ Calibration and Some Extensions Sergei Mikhailov‚ Ulrich Nögel Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics‚ Kaiserslautern‚ Germany‚ Mikhailov@itwm.fhg.de; Noegel@itwm.fhg.de 1 Introduction The paper discusses theoretical properties‚ shows the performance and presents some extensions of Heston’s (1993) stochastic volatility model. The model proposed by Heston extends the Black and Scholes (1993) model and includes it as a special case
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Organisational Design and Analysis - Models comparison There are many ways to analyse and design an organization. Among the famous models created in the last few decades we can mention the Porter’s Value Chain Analysis‚ the McKinsey 7s Framework‚ Galbraith’s Star Method and the Mintzberg Organisational Configurations. These models attempt to represent the companies as systems‚ with different elements and relations between them and provide tools to improve the firm performance and help it reach
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Outline: I. Introduction II. Finance statement analysis 1. Common-size 1.1 Balance sheet 1.2 Income statement 2. Financial ratio analysis 2.1 Liquidity ratio 2.2 Efficiency ratio 2.3 Leverage ratio 2.4 Profitability ratio 3. DuPont analysis 4. Cash flow analysis III. Conclusion IV. References I. INTRODUCTION Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino‚ California that designs‚ develops‚ and sells consumer electronics
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Bonds Microsoft’s long-term debt is composed of eight long-term bonds. It also has two short-term bonds that mature this year and early next year. These bonds were neglected in this report. In this report the required return was calculated by using the coupon rates‚ market values‚ time until maturity‚ and tax rate. These values were all found on Microsoft’s 2012 financial statement. The weighted average cost of debt was then found through the multiplication of each bond’s required return and their
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| Microsoft & Free Open Source Software (FOSS) | | | | In 2006‚ Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) was facing some dire consequences for allegedly violating 235 of Microsoft’s patents. Since then FOSS has done moderately well overall. Free software has become a well-liked alternative for many businesses as opposed to proprietary software. This is true‚ not just here in the USA but all over the world. In 2010‚ Global Graphics‚ a free software provider‚ took a
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Regression Analysis and Forecasting Models A forecast is merely a prediction about the future values of data. However‚ most extrapolative model forecasts assume that the past is a proxy for the future. That is‚ the economic data for the 2012–2020 period will be driven by the same variables as was the case for the 2000–2011 period‚ or the 2007–2011 period. There are many traditional models for forecasting: exponential smoothing‚ regression‚ time series‚ and composite model forecasts‚ often involving
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Corporate Governance Analysis Microsoft The CEO: Steven Anthony Ballmer has been the CEO of Microsoft since January 2000. He graduated from Detroit Country Day School‚ Michigan. He later joined Harvard University‚ where he studied Math and Economics. During that time‚ he lived down the hall from Bill Gates‚ Microsoft’s founder and Chairman of the Board. Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11‚ 1980 as the first business manager and the 30th employee. His first salary was $50‚000 including 8% of
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Strategic Analysis of Microsoft Xbox 360 Unit as a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) in the UK Market Student Name: University College Course Title: Instructor Details Date of Submission Executive Summary Strategic position has been identified as an important element of strategic management in both literature and practice. An understanding of a firm’s strategic position helps in not only identifying the influence of an organization’s macro-environment and strategic capability on its strategy but also
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C. Takaful Operating Models • The Mudaraba Model The mudaraba is a kind of partnership in which one party that affords supplies funds while the other offers its expertise and management. It is based on classic profit sharing principles‚ for example a partnership in which two parties involved‚ one is fund provider which is called the participant‚ while the other person or party is called the operator who provides expertise and management of the fund. Both share the profits of the joint venture
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