Interest Rates and Coupon Bonds in Quantum Finance

by Belal E. Baaquie

Overview

The economic crisis of 2008 has shown that the capital markets need new theoretical and mathematical concepts to describe and price financial instruments. Focusing almost exclusively on interest rates and coupon bonds, this book does not employ stochastic calculus – the bedrock of the present day mathematical finance – for any of the derivations. Instead, it analyzes interest rates and coupon bonds using quantum finance. The Heath-Jarrow-Morton and the Libor Market Model are generalized by realizing the forward and Libor interest rates as an imperfectly correlated quantum field. Theoretical models have been calibrated and tested using bond and interest rates market data. Building on the principles formulated in the author’s previous book (Quantum Finance, Cambridge University Press, 2004) this ground-breaking book brings together a diverse collection of theoretical and mathematical interest rate models. It will interest physicists and mathematicians researching in finance, and professionals working in the finance industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521889285
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/17/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	508
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Belal E. Baaquie is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at the National University of Singapore. He obtained his BS from Caltech and PhD from Cornell University. His specialization is in quantum field theory, and he has spent the last ten years applying quantum mathematics, and quantum field theory in particular, to quantitative finance. Professor Baaquie is an affiliated researcher with the Risk Management Institute, Singapore, and is a founding Editor of the International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance. His pioneering book Quantum Finance has created a new branch of research in theoretical and applied finance.

Table of Contents

1. Synopsis; 2. Interest rates and coupon bonds; 3. Options and option theory; 4. Interest rate and coupon bond options; 5. Quantum field theory of bond forward interest rates; 6. Libor Market Model of interest rates; 7. Empirical analysis of forward interest rates; 8. Libor Market Model of interest rate options; 9. Numeraires for bond forward interest rates; 10. Empirical analysis of interest rate caps; 11. Coupon bond European and Asian options; 12. Empirical analysis of interest rate swaptions; 13. Correlation of coupon bond options; 14. Hedging interest rate options; 15. Interest rate Hamiltonian and option theory; 16. American options for coupon bonds and interest rates; 17. Hamiltonian derivation of coupon bond options; Appendixes; Glossaries; List of symbols; Reference; Index.