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Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance

You're reading from   Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance R is a statistical computing language that's ideal for answering quantitative finance questions. This book gives you both theory and practice, all in clear language with stacks of real-world examples. Ideal for R beginners or expert alike.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783280933
Length 164 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Introduction to R for Quantitative Finance
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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Preface
1. Time Series Analysis 2. Portfolio Optimization FREE CHAPTER 3. Asset Pricing Models 4. Fixed Income Securities 5. Estimating the Term Structure of Interest Rates 6. Derivatives Pricing 7. Credit Risk Management 8. Extreme Value Theory 9. Financial Networks References Index

Summary


In this chapter, we have used R to measure a fixed income portfolio's interest rate risk. We have covered selected functions of the GUIDE package, and applied the convertible bond pricing function of the RQuantLib package. In the next chapter, you'll learn how you can use R for estimating the spot yield curve.

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