A new edition of the comprehensive, hands-on guide to financialtime series, now featuring S-Plus® and R software
Time Series: Applications to Finance with R and S-Plus®,Second Edition is designed to present an in-depth introduction tothe conceptual underpinnings and modern ideas of time seriesanalysis. Utilizing interesting, real-world applications and thelatest software packages, this book successfully helps readersgrasp the technical and conceptual manner of the topic in order togain a deeper understanding of the ever-changing dynamics of thefinancial world.
With balanced coverage of both theory and applications, thisSecond Edition includes new content to accurately reflect thecurrent state-of-the-art nature of financial time series analysis.A new chapter on Markov Chain Monte Carlo presents Bayesian methodsfor time series with coverage of Metropolis-Hastings algorithm,Gibbs sampling, and a case study that explores the relevance ofthese techniques for understanding activity in the Dow JonesIndustrial Average. The author also supplies a new presentation ofstatistical arbitrage that includes discussion of pairs trading andcointegration. In addition to standard topics such as forecastingand spectral analysis, real-world financial examples are used toillustrate recent developments in nonstandard techniques,including:
* Nonstationarity
* Heteroscedasticity
* Multivariate time series
* State space modeling and stochastic volatility
* Multivariate GARCH
* Cointegration and common trends
The book's succinct and focused organization allows readers tograsp the important ideas of time series. All examples aresystematically illustrated with S-Plus® and R software,highlighting the relevance of time series in financialapplications. End-of-chapter exercises and selected solutions allowreaders to test their comprehension of the presented material, anda related Web site features additional data sets.
Time Series: Applications to Finance with R and S-Plus® isan excellent book for courses on financial time series at theupper-undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. It also servesas an indispensible resource for practitioners working withfinancial data in the fields of statistics, economics, business,and risk management.