Markets: A Rigorous Course

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M02 Statistics of returns 16

  1. P1 Return arithmetic on election week ★ Check
  2. P2 The portfolio log-return gap ★★ Check
  3. P3 Leveraged index funds and the drag ★★ Check
  4. P4 Mean versus median ★ Check
  5. P5 AM–GM on a fund's track record ★★ Check
  6. P6 (Variance ratio of an MA(1)) ★★★ Check
  7. P7 How precisely can you estimate volatility? ★★ Check
  8. P8 Judging a track record ★★ Check
  9. P9 Hermite polynomials and Jarque–Bera ★★ Check
  10. P10 The Hill estimator by hand ★★★ Check
  11. P11 Regimes make fat tails ★★ Check
  12. P12 VaR for a ₹1 crore Nifty portfolio ★★ Check
  13. P13 Is correlation really rising? ★★ Check
  14. P14 Case analysis: pricing 4 June 2024 ★★★ Check
  15. P15 Black Monday under fatter models ★★ Check
  16. P16 Variance ratio from autocorrelations ★★ Check

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