Vertical option spreads + website : a study of the 1.8 standard deviation inflection point / by Conrick, Charles John, Safari Books Online

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Quantitative Financial Risk Management. by Miller, Michael B., ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…; A Very Brief History of Risk Management; The Future of Risk Management; 2 Market Risk: Standard Deviation; Risk and Standard Deviation; Averages; Population and Sample Data; Discrete Random Variables.…”
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Policy uncertainty in Japan / by Arbatli, Elif C., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Impulse Responses to Unit Standard Deviation EPU Innovation, Monthly Data; 12. Impulse Responses to Unit Standard Deviation EPU Innovation, Quarterly Data; 13. …”
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Winning the institutional investing race : a guide for directors and executives / by Bunn, Michael, Campbell, Zack, SpringerLink (Online service)

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7: Outsourcing Investment Decision MakingChapter 8: How Gatekeepers Harm Information Flow; Part II: Investments; Chapter 9: Academia; Chapter 10: Investment Basics; Â = a + b + e; a; b; e; Getting Started; Chapter 11: The Role of Risk; Standard Deviation; Stochastic Dominance; Omega (Gamma); Simulation; Chapter 12: The Role of Money Managers; Chapter 13: Manager Search; Chapter 14: The Right Way to View Asset Allocation; Chapter 15: What Diversification Really Means; Chapter 16: Asset Allocation: The Process; Rethinking the process; Conclusion; Chapter 17: Portfolio Evaluation.…”
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Options math for traders : how to pick the best option strategies for your market outlook / by Nations, Scott, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…INVESTORS DEMAND A RISK PREMIUM, REDUCING THE PRICE OF RISKY ASSETSVOLATILITY IS THE STANDARD DEVIATION OF RETURNS; STANDARD DEVIATION TELLS US WHAT RANGE OF OUTCOMES TO EXPECT; STANDARD DEVIATION OF RETURNS IS VOLATILITY; TYPES OF VOLATILITY; Forecast Volatility; Future Volatility; CHAPTER 4 Option Pricing Models and Implied Volatility; IT'S AN OPTION PRICING MODEL, NOT AN EQUATION FOR OPTION VALUES; A BLACK-SCHOLES EXAMPLE; THE ASSUMPTIONS; INPUTS TO THE BLACK-SCHOLES OPTION PRICING MODEL; IMPLIED VOLATILITY; THE SENSITIVITY OF OPTION PRICES TO CHANGES IN THE INPUTS; Delta; Theta; Gamma.…”
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Sectoral Labor Mobility and Optimal Monetary Policy. by Cantelmo, Alessandro, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…A.2 Nondurables and ServicesA. 3 Data transformation for Bayesian estimation; B Symmetric equilibrium; C Steady state; List of Tables; 1 Calibrated parameters; 2 Prior and posterior distributions of estimated parameters; 3 Optimized monetary policy rule: Sticky vs Flexible Durables Prices; 4 Relative standard deviations of inflation, wages and output; 5 Optimized monetary policy rules: robustness to alternative calibrations; 6 Robustness to alternative optimized monetary policy rule; A.1 Data Sources; A.2 Data transformation -- Observables; List of Figures.…”
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Multivariate Filter Estimation of Potential Output for the United States / by Alichi, Ali, Bizimana, Olivier, Laxton, Douglas, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Comparison of Results; Table 2. Standard Deviation of Supply and Demand Shocks; Appendix Tables; Table A1. …”
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Project management. a common sense guide to the PMBOK / by Marion, James W., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…-- 4.1 Time: activities and deliverables -- 4.2 Putting things in order -- 4.3 From simple, to complex -- 4.4 Activity on arrow: a different type of network diagram -- 4.5 Analyzing project duration using a network diagram -- 4.6 The forward pass -- 4.7 Forward pass with merging activities -- 4.8 The backward pass -- 4.9 Activity slack -- 4.10 CPM and sensitivity -- 4.11 Building the estimated PERT schedule -- 4.12 The PERT network diagram -- 4.13 The weighted average and the project average -- 4.14 The normal curve and probability -- 4.15 Units of project time and probability -- 4.16 Measuring standard deviations -- 4.17 Using the Z table -- 4.18 Approximating probabilities -- 4.19 The "50 percent rule" -- 4.20 Converting schedule time units to standard deviations -- 4.21 The significance of the project mean -- 4.22 Determining the project standard deviation -- 4.23 Variance calculations -- 4.24 Practical use of PERT analysis -- 4.25 An additional number to remember -- 4.26 Recalling the PERT analysis sequence -- 4.27 PERT versus Monte Carlo analysis -- 4.28 The schedule duration and resource limitations -- 4.29 The critical chain -- 4.30 Further conflicts and additional delays -- 4.31 Impact of conflict resolution -- 4.32 Schedule optimization -- 4.33 Schedule precedence impact -- 4.34 Cost: what funding will be required to complete the project? …”
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A financial conditions index for South Africa / by Gumata, Nombulelo, Klein, Nir, Ndou, Eliphas, PALCI EBSCO books, International Monetary Fund. African Department

Table of Contents: “…The Estimated Financial Conditions Indices (FCIs) Scaled by the Sample's Standard Deviations; 4. Demeaned GDP Growth and the Alternative FCIs; 5. …”
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Debt Sustainability in Low-Income Countries : policies, institutions, or shocks? / by Bal-Gündüz, Yasemin, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Variables Used in the Probit RegressionsAppendix IV. Standard Deviations of Policy Variables in the MI Index; Appendix V. …”
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Stock markets, investments and corporate behavior : a conceptual framework of understanding / by Dempsey, Michael (Michael J.), PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Expected return; 6.10.2. Variance and standard deviation; 6.10.3. Covariance; 6.10.4. Variance of portfolio returns; 6.10.5. …”
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Handbook of market risk / by Szylar, Christian, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…2.3 Critics of Efficient Markets Theory2.4 Development of Behavioral Finance; 2.5 Beating the Market: Fundamental versus Technical; 2.5.1 Fundamental Methods; 2.5.2 Technical Analysis; Further Reading; Chapter Three: Return and Volatility Estimates; 3.1 Standard Deviation; 3.2 Standard Deviation with a Moving Observation Window; 3.3 Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA); 3.4 Double (Holt) Exponential Smoothing Model (DES); 3.5 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Models; 3.6 The VIX; 3.7 Geometric Brownian Motion Process; 3.8 GARCH; 3.9 Estimator Using the Highest and Lowest.…”
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Research on professional responsibility and ethics in accounting / by PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Transformational Leadership -- Idealized Influence -- Inspirational Motivation -- Intellectual Stimulation -- Individualized Consideration -- Moderating Influences of Follower Expectations -- Moderating Influences of Ethical Organizational Culture and Context -- Other Control Variables -- The Model -- Hypotheses -- The Study -- Purpose and Significance -- Study Variables -- Measures -- Dependent Variable -- Leader Effectiveness -- Independent Variable -- Ethical Leadership -- Moderating Variable -- Expectations and Preferences for Ethical Leadership -- Moderating Variable -- An Organization's Ethical Culture -- Control Variable -- Transformational Leadership -- Other Control Variables -- Demographics -- Data Collection Procedures -- Sample -- Online Questionnaire -- Participation Request -- Data Analysis Procedures -- Results -- Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations -- Correlation Analysis -- Hierarchical Regression Analysis -- Impact of Ethical Leadership -- Moderating Effects of a Subordinates' Preference for Ethical Leadership -- Moderating Effects of an Organization's Ethical Climate -- Summary of Results -- Ethical Leadership -- Transformational Leadership -- Ethical versus Transformational Leadership Development -- Moderating Impact of Subordinates' Preferences for Ethical Leadership -- Moderating Impact of Ethical Culture -- Accounting Profession Implications -- Strengths and Limitations of the Study -- Recommendations for Future Research -- Examining Additional Accounting Firms -- Examining Additional Industries -- Examination of Other Leadership Behaviors with an Ethical Foundation -- Exploring the Impact on Organizational Effectiveness -- Additional Situational Factors -- Developing Ethical Leadership Behaviors -- Congruency between Perceptions of the Leader and Leader and Leader Effectiveness Ratings -- Conclusion -- References.…”
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F♯ for quantitative finance : an introductory guide to utilizing F♯ for quantitative finance leveraging the .NET platform / by Astborg, Johan, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Floating-point numbersThe IEEE 754 floating-point standard; Learning about numerical types in F♯; Arithmetic operators; Learning about arithmetic comparisons; Math operators; Conversion functions; Introducing statistics; Aggregate statistics; Calculating the sum of a sequence; Calculating the average of a sequence; Calculating the minimum of a sequence; Calculating the maximum of a sequence; Calculating the variance and standard deviation of a sequence; Looking at an example application; Using the Math.NET library; Installing the Math.NET library; Introduction to random number generation.…”
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Mastering financial calculations : a step-by-step guide to the mathematics of financial market instruments / by Steiner, Bob, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Averages -- arithmetic & geometric means, weighted averages, median and mode -- Variance, standard deviation and volatility -- Correlation and covariance -- Histograms, probability density and the normal probability function -- Confidence levels and the normal probability table -- Exercises -- Part 2: Interest Rate Instruments -- The money market -- Overview -- Day/year conventions -- Money market instruments -- Money market calculations -- Discount instruments -- CDs paying more than one coupon -- Value dates -- Exercises -- Forward-forward interest rates and forward rate agreements (fras)…”
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QlikView for developers cookbook : discover the strategies needed to tackle the most challenging tasks facing the QlikView developer / by Redmond, Stephen, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…Creating a dynamic AGGR expression for a Group dimension using Dollar ExpansionUsing RangeMax to return only positive numbers; Creating a dynamic Part-to-Whole pie chart; Creating a colored treemap using colormix; Using RangeSum to calculate a rolling total in a multi-dimension table; Showing only the top 3 values in a pivot table; Creating a Statistical Control Chart using Standard Deviation; Creating a Moving Range chart; Creating a control chart using Moving Range; Chapter 5: Advanced Coding; Introduction; Extracting QlikView data to a Word report; Printing reports to PDF using PDFCreator.…”
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Pollution status, environmental protection, and renewable energy production in marine systems / by PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Marquardt's Percent Standard Deviation (MPSD) ; 3.5.6. The Sum of the Absolute Errors (EABS) ; 3.5.7. …”
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Defined benefit pension schemes in the United Kingdom : asset and liability management / by Marcaillou, Philippe-N, Oxford Scholarship Online

Table of Contents: “…; Asset Allocation: Current Portfolio and Comparison to Three Alternatives (see Table 2.5); 2.2.3.3 Historical Data Analysis: Comparison of the Performance of Portfolios; Introduction to Some Performance and Risk Metrics; ANNUALIZED RETURN; STANDARD DEVIATION; MAXIMUM DRAWDOWN; INTRODUCTION TO VALUE-AT-RISK (VaR); VaR: How does it work?…”
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Investing demystified : how to invest without speculation and sleepless nights / by Kroijer, Lars, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…; Expected returns: no promises, but expect 4â#x80;#x93;5% after inflation; Larsâ#x80;#x99;s predictions; In summary; Chapter 6: The risk of equity markets; Understanding the risk you take to get returns; The standard deviation; You can lose a lot!; Donâ#x80;#x99;t assume that markets always bounce back; Diversification and the false sense of security; Risk rethought; Chapter 7: Adding other government and corporate bonds…”
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Risk neutral pricing and financial mathematics : a primer / by Knopf, Peter M., Teall, John L., 1958-, Safari Books Online

Table of Contents: “…2.3.1 Physical and Risk-Neutral ProbabilitiesIllustration: Probability Space; 2.3.2 Random Variables; Illustration: Discrete Random Variables; 2.4 Statistics and Metrics; 2.4.1 Metrics in Discrete Spaces; 2.4.1.1 Expected Value, Variance, and Standard Deviation; Illustration; 2.4.1.2 Co-movement Statistics; 2.4.2 Metrics in Continuous Spaces; Illustration: Distributions in a Continuous Space; 2.4.2.1 Expected Value and Variance; 2.5 Conditional Probability; Illustration: Drawing a Spade; 2.5.1 Bayes Theorem; Illustration: Detecting Illegal Insider Trading; 2.5.2 Independent Random Variables.…”
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