Asset Price Dynamics, Volatility, and Prediction by Stephen J Taylor

Asset Price Dynamics, Volatility, and Prediction by Stephen J Taylor

This book shows how current and recent market prices convey information about the probability distributions that govern future prices. Moving beyond purely theoretical models, Stephen Taylor applies methods supported by empirical research of equity and foreign exchange markets to show how daily and more frequent asset prices, and the prices of option contracts, can be used to construct and assess predictions about future prices, their volatility, and their probability distributions. Stephen Taylor provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic behavior of asset prices, relying on finance theory and statistical evidence. He uses stochastic processes to define mathematical models for price dynamics, but with less mathematics than in alternative texts. The key topics covered include random walk tests, trading rules, ARCH models, stochastic volatility models, high-frequency datasets, and the information that option prices imply about volatility and distributions. Asset Price Dynamics, Volatility, and Prediction is ideal for students of economics, finance, and mathematics who are studying financial econometrics, and will enable researchers to identify and apply appropriate models and methods. It will likewise be a valuable resource for quantitative analysts, fund managers, risk managers, and investors who seek realistic expectations about future asset prices and the risks to which they are exposed.

Winner of the 2005 BestBook Award, Riskbookcom "This book provides thorough, well-presented and concise coverage of asset price dynamics and manages to combine new developments, established issues, theory and application in a practical and refreshing manner. It is well illustrated with time series graphs and tables and has a good balance between theoretical concepts and their practical applications with a mathematical treatment that is not too specialized."--Anthony F. Gyles, RSS

Stephen J. Taylor is Professor of Finance at Lancaster University, England. He is the author of "Modelling Financial Time Series" and many influential articles about applications of financial econometrics.

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ISBN 13	9780691134796
ISBN 10	0691134790
Title	Asset Price Dynamics, Volatility, and Prediction
Author	Stephen J Taylor
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2007-09-02
Number of pages	544
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