“…An easy way to start is with the U.S. major market indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the barometer for the U.S. equity markets, is monitored by investors worldwide. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.2 The Meaning of the Title of This Book -- 1.3 The Continuing Challenge in Financial Engineering -- 1.4 "Financial Engineering 101": Modern Portfolio Theory -- 1.5 Asset Class Assumptions Modeling -- 1.6 Some Typical Examples of Proprietary Investment Funds -- 1.7 The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and Inflation -- 1.8 Some Less Commendable Stock Investment Approaches -- 1.9 Developing Tools for Financial Engineering Analysis -- Review Questions -- Chapter 2: Probabilistic Calculus for Modeling Financial Engineering -- 2.1 Introduction to Financial Engineering -- 2.2 Mathematical Modeling in Financial Engineering -- 2.3 Building an Effective Financial Model from GBM via Probabilistic Calculus -- 2.4 A Continuous Financial Model Using Probabilistic Calculus: Stochastic Calculus, Ito Calculus -- 2.5 A Numerical Study of the Geometric Brownian Motion (GBM) Model and the Random Walk Model Using R -- Review Questions and Exercises -- Chapter 3: Classical Mathematical Models in Financial Engineering and Modern Portfolio Theory -- 3.1 An Introduction to the Cost of Money in the Financial Market -- 3.2 Modern Theories of Portfolio Optimization -- 3.3 The Black-Litterman Model -- 3.4 The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- 3.5 The Black-Litterman Model -- 3.6 The Black-Litterman Model -- 3.7 The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- 3.8 Some Worked Examples -- Review Questions and Exercises -- Solutions to Exercise 3: The Black-Scholes Equation -- Chapter 4: Data Analysis Using R Programming -- 4.1 Data and Data Processing -- Review Questions for Section 4.1 -- 4.2 Beginning R -- Review Questions for Section 4.2 -- 4.3 R as a Calculator…”