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What is Derivatives

Handbook of Research on Engineering, Business, and Healthcare Applications of Data Science and Analytics
Derivatives are the agreement between the two gatherings in which one gathering consents to purchase and another gathering consents to offer the basic resource at a characterized cost at a future date.
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Comparison of European Option Pricing Models at Multiple Periods
Amir Ahmad Dar (B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, India), N. Anuradha (B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, India), and Ziadi Nihel (High Business School of Manouba, Tunisia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3053-5.ch008
Abstract
The point of this chapter is to think about the correlation of two well-known European option pricing models – Black Scholes Model and Binomial Option Pricing Model. The above two models not statistically significant at one period. In this examination, it is shown how the above two European models are statistically significant when the time period increases. The independent paired t-test is utilized with the end goal to demonstrate that they are statistically significant to vary from one another at higher time period and the Anderson Darling test being used for the normality test. The Minitab and Excel programming has been utilized for graphical representation and the hypothesis testing.
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The Rise of Credit Default Swaps and Its Implications on Financial Stability
Are financial instruments whose value is determined depending upon the underlying assets like stocks, bonds, currencies and market indexes. It may consist of one or more underlying assets. Futures, options, credit default swaps are examples of derivatives.
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The Role of Financial Innovation and the Derivatives Market in the World and Turkey in the Context of the Global Crisis of 2008
Financial products, of which prices are determined in accordance with some other assets, are called derivatives.
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