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Introduction to Computational Finance and Financial Econometrics

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Topics covered include:
  • Computing asset returns
  • Univariate random variables and distributions
    • Characteristics of distributions, the normal distribution, linear function of random variables, quantiles of a distribution, Value-at-Risk
  • Bivariate distributions
    • Covariance, correlation, autocorrelation, linear combinations of random variables
  • Time Series concepts
    • Covariance stationarity, autocorrelations, MA(1) and AR(1) models
  • Matrix algebra
  • Descriptive statistics
    • histograms, sample means, variances, covariances and autocorrelations
  • The constant expected return model
    • Monte Carlo simulation, standard errors of estimates, confidence intervals, bootstrapping standard errors and confidence intervals, hypothesis testing , Maximum likelihood estimation, review of unconstrained optimization methods
  • Introduction to portfolio theory
  • Portfolio theory with matrix algebra
    • Review of constrained optimization methods, Markowitz algorithm, Markowitz Algorithm using the solver and matrix algebra
  • Statistical Analysis of Efficient Portfolios
  • Risk budgeting
    • Euler’s theorem, asset contributions to volatility, beta as a measure of portfolio risk
  • The Single Index Model
    • Estimation  using simple linear regression