Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data

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Further Reading


As for the preceding chapters on the DX derivatives analytics library, Glasserman (2004) is


a comprehensive resource for Monte Carlo simulation in the context of financial


engineering and applications. Hilpisch (2015) also provides Python-based


implementations of the most important Monte Carlo algorithms:


Glasserman, Paul (2004): Monte Carlo Methods in Financial Engineering. Springer,


New York.


Hilpisch, Yves (2015): Derivatives Analytics with Python. Wiley Finance, Chichester,


England. http://derivatives-analytics-with-python.com.


However, there is hardly any research available when it comes to the valuation of


(complex) portfolios of derivatives in a consistent, nonredundant fashion by Monte Carlo


simulation. A notable exception, at least from a conceptual point of view, is the brief


article by Albanese, Gimonet, and White (2010a). A bit more detailed is the white paper


by the same team of authors:


Albanese, Claudio, Guillaume Gimonet, and Steve White (2010a): “Towards a


Global Valuation Model.” Risk Magazine, May issue. http://bit.ly/risk_may_2010.


Albanese, Claudio, Guillaume Gimonet, and Steve White (2010b): “Global Valuation


and Dynamic Risk Management.”


http://www.albanese.co.uk/Global_Valuation_and_Dynamic_Risk_Management.pdf.


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In practice, the approach we choose here is sometimes called global valuation instead of instrument-specific

valuation. Cf. the article by Albanese, Gimonet, and White (2010a) in Risk Magazine.
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