Market neutral volatility: a different approach to the S&P 500 options market efficiency

Under the efficient market hypothesis, an options price’s implied volatility should be the best possible forecast of the future realized volatility of the underlying asset. In spite of this theoretical proposition, a vast number of studies in the financial literature found that implied volatility is...

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Main Author: Ruas, João Pedro Bento (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/2523
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/2523