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2 Momets distributio Samplig Testig Correlatio & Regressio Estimatio Simulatio Modellig EduPristie FRM I \ Quatitative Aalysis 2

3 Momets distributio Samplig Testig Correlatio & Regressio Estimatio Simulatio Modelig Mea Variace Skewess Kurtosis Mea: X i 1 i Mode: Value that occurs most frequetly Media: Midpoit of data arraged i ascedig/ descedig order s Avg. of squared deviatios from mea Sample variace 2 i 1 (X - X ( -1) mea Populatio variace N 2 i 1 Stadard deviatio = Variace Var(ax+by)=a 2 Var(x)+ b 2 Var(y)+2abCov(x,y) i N ) 2 (X - ) i 2 Positively: mea> media> mode Negatively: mea< media< mode Skewess of Normal = 0 σ 2 of retur of stock P= σ 2 of retur of stock Q=225.0 Cov (P,Q) =53.2 Curret Holdig $1 m i P. New Holdig: shiftig $ 1 millio i Q ad keepig USD 3 millio i stock P. What %age of risk (σ), is reduced? σ P = *w 2 σ A2 + (1-w) 2 σ B2 +2w(1-w)Cov(A,B)] w= 0.75 c 2 = 100*(0.75) *(0.25) 2 +2*0.25*0.75*53.2 σ P = 9.5 old σ = 100 = 10 Reductio = 5% Leptokurtic: More peaked tha ormal (fat tails); kurtosis>3 Platykurtic: Flatter tha a ormal; kurtosis<3 Kurtosis of Normal = 3 Excess Kurtosis = Kurtosis - 3 If distributios of returs from fiacial istrumets are leptokurtotic. How does it compare with a ormal distributio of the same mea ad variace? Leptokurtic refers to a distributio with fatter tails tha the ormal, which implies greater kurtosis EduPristie FRM I \ Quatitative Aalysis 3

4 Momets distributio Samplig Testig Correlatio & Regressio Estimatio Simulatio Modelig Properties P(A) = # of fav. Evets/ # of Total Evets 0 < P(A) <1, P(A c )=1-P(A) P(AUB)=P(A)+P(B)-P(A B) =P(A)+P(B) If A,B mutually exclusive P(A B)= P(A B)/P(B) P(A B)=P(A B)P(B) P(A B)=P(A)*P(B)If A,B idepedet Coutig priciples No. of ways to select r out of objects: C r =!/[r!* (-r)!] No. of ways to arrage r objects i places: P r =!/(-r)! ABC was ic. o Ja 1, Its expected aual default rate of 10%. Assume a costat quarterly default rate. What is the probability that ABC will ot have defaulted by April 1, 2004? P(No Default Year) = P(No default i all Quarters) = (1-PDQ1)*(1-PDQ2)*(1-PDQ3)*(1-PDQ4) PDQ1=PDQ2=PDQ3=PDQ4=PDQ P(No Def Year) = (1-PDQ) 4 P(No Def Quarter) = (0.9) 4 = 97.4% Sum rule ad Bayes' Theorem P( B) A B) A c B) c c P( B) B / A)* P( A) B / A )* P( A ) P(A/B)*P(B) P(B/A) c c P(A/B)*P(B) A/B )*P(B ) The subsidiary will default if the paret defaults, but the paret will ot ecessarily default if the subsidiary defaults. Calculate of a subsidiary & paret both defaultig. Paret has a PD =.5% subsidiary has PD of.9% P(P S) = P(S/P)*P(P) = 1*0.5 = 0.5% Biomial Oly 2 possible outcomes: failure or success. P(x)= C x *p x *(1-p) -x Biomial Radom Variable E(X)=*p Var(X)=*p*(1-p)=*p*q Discrete A portfolio cosists of 17 ucorrelated bods. The 1-year margial default prob. of each bod is 5.93%. If spread of default prob. is eve over the year, Calculate prob. of exactly 2 bods defaultig i first moth? 1-moth default rate =1- ( )1/12 = Ways to select 2 bods out of 17 = 17 C 2 = 17*16/2 P(Exactly 2 defaults) = (17*16/2)*( )2*( )15 = 0.325% Poisso Fix the expectatio λ=p. P(x)=λ x e -λ /x! if x>=0 P(x)=0 otherwise Cotiuous AB The umber of false fire alarms i a suburb of Housto averages 2.1 per day. What is the (apprximate) probability that there would be 4 false alarms o 1 day? P(X=x) = (λ x e -x )/x! X= 2.1, x = 4 P(2.1) = 0.1 EduPristie FRM I \ Quatitative Aalysis 4

5 Momets distributio Samplig Testig Correlatio & Regressio Estimatio Simulatio Modelig Discrete Cotiuous AB Cotiuous uiform distributio Normal Distributio (ND) Outcome oly betwee [a, b] P(outside a & b) = 0 Cumulative desity fuctio (cdf) for Uiform distributio: F(x)=0 For x <=a F(x)=(x-a)/(b-a) For a<x<b F(x)=1 For x >=b The R.V. X with desity fuctio f(x) = 1 / (b - a) for a < x < b, ad 0 otherwise, is said to have a uiform distributio over (a, b). Calculate its mea. a Sice the distributio is uiform, the mea is the ceter of the distributio, which is the average of a ad b = (a+b)/2 68% of Data 95% of Data 99.7% of Data If Z is a stadard ormal R.V. A evet X is defied to happe if either -1< Z < 1 or Z > 1.5. What is the prob. of evet X happeig if N (1) =0.8413, N (0.5) = ad N (-1.5) = , where N is the CDF of a stadard ormal variable The sum of areas show i two figures Area 1 = 1-2*(1- N(1)) = 1-2*(0.1587) Area 2 = , Total Area = Stadardized RV is ormalized mea = 0, σ = 1 Z-score: # of σ a give observatio is from populatio mea. Z=(x-µ)/σ At a particular time, the market value of assets of the firm is $100 M ad the market value of debt is $80 M. The stadard deviatio of assets is $ 10 M. What is the distace to default? z = (A-K)/σ A = (100-80)/10 = 2 EduPristie FRM I \ Quatitative Aalysis 5

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