We review the basic properties of American options and the difficulties of applying Monte Carlo valuation to American options. Recent progress on the Least Squares Monte Carlo (LS...
Abstract. We show how computations such as those involved in American or European-style option price valuations with the explicit finite difference method can be performed in par...
Variable annuities are very appealing to the investor. For example, in United States, sales volume on variable annuities grew to a record 184 billion in calendar year 2006. Howeve...
Numerical methods are developed for pricing European and American options under Kou's jump-diffusion model which assumes the price of the underlying asset to behave like a ge...