| Principal-component formalism      662 Principal-component options      209
 Principal-component path integrals      629
 Principal-component risk measures      210
 Principal-component simulation      657
 Principal-component stressed correlations      313
 Principal-component VAR      342
 Programming difficulties      434
 Prony analysis      763
 Proprietary models      423
 Proprietary trading      769
 Prototyping      416 435
 Pruning the tree      606
 Put spread      162
 Put-call parity      54 139
 Quadratic plain-vanilla VAR      344
 Quant-group managers      16
 Quantitative analysis groups      4
 Quanto options      50
 Quants      xix 15 421
 Quasi-equilibrium yield curve path      642 654 683
 Quasi-European approximation      619
 Quasi-random correlation slope      332
 Quasi-random trends      755
 Random correlation matrices      313
 Random macro slope      722
 Random trends      767
 Rapaport, G.      437
 Rate conventions      81
 Rate interpolation      83
 Rate-dependent volatility models      586
 Realized volatilities      130
 rebates      48 243 262 263
 Rebates at touch      263
 Recovery rate uncertainty      401
 REER      746
 Reggeon field theory      631
 Reinhart, C.      746
 Reload option exercise      215
 Reload options      214
 Renormalization      326
 Renormalization group      634
 Replicating portfolio      58
 Repo      95 134 236
 Repo rate      222
 reporting      20 399
 Reserves      344
 Reset rates      272
 Resettable options      226
 Restrictions on sale      216
 RFT      631
 RFT application to finance      637
 RFT in physics      632
 Rho      40
 Rich-cheap analysis      164
 Rigor      32 132 508
 Risk aggregation      96 150
 Risk classification      479
 RISK conference      410 460 715 730
 Risk limits      489
 Risk reversals      43
 Risk-free rate      510
 Rodriguez, M.      311 320 323
 Rogers, C.      574
 Rosen, D.      410
 Ross, S.      506
 Ross, S.A.      561
 Rubenstein, M.      243
 Rubin, L.      27
 Rudd, A.      618
 Rules of thumb      63
 S&P ratings      111
 Salomon Smith Barney      4 85
 Sample documentation      424
 Sampling error      461
 Sanity checks      51 229
 Savit, R.      632
 Scenario simulator      157
 Scenarios      10 33 90 153 155 167 178 204 205 238 307 344 726
 Schickele, P.      764
 Schwartz distributions      518
 Schwartz, T.      481
 Schwinger formalism      546
 Science and finance      7
 Seigel, L.      xix 642 745
 Selvaggio, B.      410
 Semi group      247 515 547
 Separating market and credit risk      407
 Serial correlation      290
 Shapiro, H.      441
 Sharpe ratios      484
 Sheffield, R.      749
 Short positions      401
 Simple harmonic oscillator      277
 Singular value decomposition      326
 Skew      53 546
 Skew-implied probability      63
 Sliding down the forward curve      157
 Sliding down the yield curve      76
 Slighton, E.      717
 Smith Barney      4 85
 SMRG model      682 692
 Sociology      188 236 614
 Software development problems      440
 Sparks, N.      410
 Speed      40
 Spherical representation      303
 SPREAD      120
 Spread uncertainty      401
 Spreads between adjacent maturities      661
 Stand-alone risks      389
 Static replication      58
 Statistical measures      478
 Statistical scenario      10
 Statistical tests      651 691
 Sticky delta      68
 Sticky moneyness      68
 Sticky strike      68
 Stochastic equations      591 607 626 659 695
 
 | Stochastic equations and path integrals      579 Stochastic transition/default matrices      398
 Stochastic volatility      60 358
 Story      113 128 214 284 421 424 438 439 441 524 598
 Stratanovich prescription (not used)      512
 Strategy      360
 Stress testing      477
 Stressed correlations      325 359
 Stressed transition/default matrices      396
 Stressed VAR      358
 Strong mean reversion      689 733
 Stuckey, R.      393
 Surface terms      277 571
 SVD      325 346
 Swaplets      88
 Swaps      79 85
 Swaption deal      146
 Swaptions      32 137
 Swaptions and risk management      144
 Synthetic convertibles      183
 Systems solution      440
 Systems topics      11
 Systems traps      432
 Taleb, N.      56
 Tech. index (definition)      3
 Technical analysis      749
 Technology, strategy and change      446
 Term sheet      92
 Term-structure constraints      591 744
 The Bloomberg      119
 Theta      40 150
 Third-order correlation function      685 687 688
 Three principal component example      665
 Three strikes rule      491
 Three-fives systems criteria      431
 Three-point correlation analysis      765
 Tilt delta      210
 Tilt gamma      210
 Time scales      416 485 641
 Time step      721
 Time thresholds      756
 tips      219 735
 Toolkit functions      757
 Total return      204
 Toy, W.      560
 Tracy, T.      410
 Trader on a stick      124
 Traders      xix 27 292 330 356 400 421
 Traders and risk management      13
 Traders in the closet      720
 Trading      769
 Traditional measures of capital      487
 Transition probabilities      605
 Transition/default probability matrices      394
 Transition/default probability uncertainties      400
 Treasuries      75
 Treasury-bond option models      222
 Trivariate integral      173
 Turetsky, J.      265
 Turnbull, S.      278 410
 Tutorial      3
 Tutorial (CIFEr)      734
 Two-country paradox      48
 Two-dimensional options      265
 Uncertainties      8 197
 Unified credit + market risk      410
 Unitarity      529
 UNITS      74 178 377 484
 Unused limit economic capital      497
 Unused-limit risk      489
 Useful integrals      251 268 274 515
 VAR aggregation      388
 VAR and subadditivity      365
 VAR calculations      343
 VAR scaling-factors      358
 VAR synopsis      381
 VAR uncertainty      357
 Variable strike      193
 Vasicek, O.      690
 VCR option      161
 Vectorization      445
 Vega      40 131 140 150
 Vega ladders      129
 Vega paradox      140
 Velocity      546
 Vendor systems      436
 Vol of vol      60
 Volatility      139 510
 Volatility estimate      462
 Volatility regimes      68 69
 Volatility surface      55
 Wakeman, L.M.      278
 Warrant      164
 Watson, E.      95
 Wavelets      763
 Weights      322
 What-if scenario (WIS)      10
 Whipsaw analysis      207
 White, A.      60 559
 window size      454
 Windows      290 454
 WIS and entropy      478
 WIS numerical      477
 Wishart distribution      464
 Wishart generating function      470
 Wishart theorem      461
 Wishart — Fourier transform      468
 WKB approximation      467 508 646
 Workstation networks      444
 workstations      441
 World scientific      xix
 Yield      118
 Yield conventions      118
 Yield-curve correlations      654
 Yield-curve kinks      642 655 691
 Yield-curve shape options      209
 Zero correlations      329
 Zero-coupon bond      112 560 567
 Zhu, Y.      344
 
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