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Lecture

Arbitrage in Multiperiod Models

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FIN-404: Derivatives

This course provides a detailed presentation of the standard models for the valuation and hedging of derivatives products such as European options, American options, forward contracts, futures contract and exotic options. ...

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This lecture covers the concept of arbitrage in multiperiod models, focusing on dynamic trading, absence of arbitrage, and the use of filtrations to represent information availability. It discusses trading strategies, discounted prices, value processes, martingales, and the Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing. Examples illustrate the application of these concepts in financial modeling.

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Instructor

Julien Hugonnier

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Economics

Microeconomics: Financial economics

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In finance, arbitrage pricing theory (APT) is a multi-factor model for asset pricing which relates various macro-economic (systematic) risk variables to the pricing of financial assets. Proposed by economist Stephen Ross in 1976, it is widely believed to be an improved alternative to its predecessor, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). APT is founded upon the law of one price, which suggests that within an equilibrium market, rational investors will implement arbitrage such that the equilibrium price is eventually realised.

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