Questions tagged [finance]

Finance describes the management, creation and study of money, banking, credit, investments, assets and liabilities that make up financial systems, as well as the study of those financial instruments.

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What type of dividends are there [closed]

Then came Meredith Whitney, with news. Whitney was an obscure analyst of financial firms for an obscure financial firm, Oppenheimer and Co., who, on October 31,2007, ceased to be obscure. On that day ...
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Can I test Granger causality in cyclical components?

I want to test Granger causality test in cyclical components of GDP and private credit, obtained with Christiano-Fitzgerald filter in annual growth rates of quarterly data. The main purpose is to find ...
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How to interpret the Alpha in a multi-factor model?

For the CAP-M, the alpha can be interpreted as the excess returns of a benchmark index. However, how should we interpret the alpha in a multi-factor model, like Carhart's 4-factor model? Does it still ...
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Is there any reference for labour finance?

Is there any recent reference for labour finance, in which labour finance relating to financial statements? And what are the alternative name for "labour finance"?
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How do I calculate the price and risk of a senior tranche?

Say I grant two risky X years loans P(default)=0.1 of 1000 USD. For simplicity let us assume that the interest rate is 0. I want to sell a X years Senior tranche of 1000 USD and a Junior tranche of ...
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risk aversion and convexity of indifference curve

This is a question from the CFA exam. With respect to utility theory, the most risk-averse investor will have an indifference curve with : (a) greatest slope coefficient (b) most convexity The answer ...
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How to understand: interest income is a moving average of past interest rates

I encounter this question in the paper by DRECHSLER et al. (2021) (Banking on deposit). How to understand that "interest income is close to a moving average of past interest rates, consistent ...
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calculation of the real domestic return of a foreign stock

I would like to calculate the real domestic return of a foreign stock What I know Real price is $$P_{Real, t} = \frac{P_{Nominal, t}}{CPI_t}$$ where CPI is consumer price index. And I know that the ...
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Is the fundamental analysis also a self-fulfilling prophecy?

John J. Murphy in the first chapter of his book "TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS" says that concerns regarding fundamental analysis being a self-fulfilling prophecy are seldomly ...
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Shouldn't corporate tax be calculated based on EBIT instead of EBT?

When I was studying Corporate Finance in university, I was surprised to learn that it is more advantageous for corporations to take more debt (even if they don't need to) because it creates tax shield ...
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Is there a financial hypertrophy ? Could you make a case for finance?

I've the impression that finance is in hypertrophy. But I'm not an expert on it, so I'd like those who are more knowledgeable than I am to do a [steelman][1] of it. The things that make me thinking ...
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How can anyone possibly predict how the price of anything (stocks, Bitcoin, fiat, etc.) will change without “insider knowledge”? [closed]

Other than the fact that all centralized (and thus "quick") exchanges require KYC/AML nonsense, making it impossible for me to have an account there, I've never dared to even try once to &...
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I do not understand the notion risk premium. Let us suppose that John goes to the city by car, but he is thinking about not paying for the parking. If he is caught in the act he must pay the fine. How ...
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Can banks 'create' money on their own or do they need help from other banks?

My current understanding of the banking money multiplication process goes as follows: Alice comes along and deposits 100 cash into Bank A. Bank A gains 100 in vault cash (reserves) as an asset and 100 ...
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Finance vs. financial economics (terminology)

What is the difference between finance and financial economics? E.g. we have tags for both* and I wonder when to use which, but not only. *And one more on financial markets – see this thread on Meta ...
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Is “normal distribution” a good choice for modeling future inflation rates?

I have a financial model that generates future values for a present sum of money based on its growth by investment minus inflation adjusted expenditure. Rather than use fixed rates for growth and ...
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What is the intuition for the potential loss of market makers on LS-LSMR?

What risk do liquidity providers take on when they provide liquidity to an LS-LSMR automated market maker pool? How much can they lose?
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overnight index swaps OIS

I'm writing a paper where I am using expected federal funds rates at different horizons and wanted to use the OIS as a proxy for what the market expects the FFR to be post FOMC-meetings. However, I ...
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Slope vs elasticity of demand function - Is it the same thing?

Do the slope of a linear demand function and the elastisicy of demand coincide when we use specific preferences for pricing. As a paradigm, if we consider the case of CARA normal preferences, by ...
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why federal fund rate vs treasury bond yield generally move in the same direction?

My own thought is, if the fed lowred federal fund rate, peoole should look for investment with greater return, like treasury bond. More demand=decline in yields but why do they generally move in the ...
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How do you differentiate between a business expense and an investment for the purpose of profit reporting?

As I understand it, in a company, profit will be invested, either into capital assets or into projects. How do you distinguish between an expense, and reinvesting profits back into company projects? ...
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Elasticity of demand functions

I have some question about the elasticity of the demand functions of two different traders/consumers. Suppose that $x_1$ and $x_2$ are the elasticities of the demand functions of these agents. ...
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Difference between yield curve and term structure of interest rate

Can somebody please explain me the difference between yield curve and term structure of interest rate? Thanks
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Bothersome Mean/Variance Analysis

I'm currently writing my thesis in which I compare a series of ESG General Equilibrium models. I fell over this proof in Pastor, Stambaugh, Taylor Sustainable Investing in Equilibrium (2019) page 42. ...
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HARA preferences details

I am searching for some exntensive details about HARA preferences. Where could I find some extensive details for HARA preferences? Something like a textbook or notes
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Nash in demand functions!

I am searching for some types of games that are played in linear demand functions. Altough I hear that there is a vast literatrure for games that are played in the intercept or the slope of the demand ...
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What are the pros and cons of a “long stock, short call” position compared to a “short put”?

The profit-loss diagram for the "long stock, short call" position and the "short put" position are almost exactly the same, except that for the former, you may be able to profit ...
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Has anybody seen anything this expression before?

Suppose that $z(\cdot)$ is the demand function of an individual (consumer/investor) and $p$ is the price of the commodity/asset demanded. Does anybody know what is the intuition behind the following ...
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Calculation of term structure

I am supposed to calculate term structure of interest rate. I got the table including several bonds with price of the bond, face value and number of years till maturity. I calculated yield of each ...
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Why is basis point defined as “1/100 of a percent”?

Shouldn't it be defined as "1/100 of a percentage point"? If you take "1/100 of a percent" verbatim, it could mean the following : If 1% increases to 1.01%, that is a 1% increase, ...
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What are some interesting papers using Machine Learning in economics/finance?

I'm about to write my Master's thesis, and I'm really interested in Machine Learning. Do you know any interesting applications of Machine Learning in economics? And preferably, in Finance? Doing my ...
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Resources to learn about banking and financial services industry [closed]

Can you recommend resources to learn about how the banks and modern financial system work?
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Where to learn financial modelling concepts and skills?

I'm looking to learn more about the financial analysis of a business. Things like unit economics calculation, income statement, free cash flow analysis, a valuation calculation, etc. Can you recommend ...
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Are there historical cases of country A printing the currency of country B for the main purpose of economic warfare?

I recently read in a news article that a large amount of Libyan banknotes printed in Russia were seized in Malta following an order coming from the USA. Both Russia and the USA have geostrategic ...
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Are no arbitrage models and equilibrium models equivalent?

This YouTube video from WHU (starting from 3:50) claims that no-arbitrage models (such as Black-Scholes and HJM) are equivalent to equilibrium models (such as CAPM or C-CAPM). He uses the Euler ...
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Cashflow Risk vs Discount Risk

I'm studying financial economics/asset pricing and I often hear the terms cashflow risk and discount risk but I'm not sure what they mean? The Campbell/Shiller (1988) decomposition includes cashflows (...