Special Features: · Timely topics and recent results include: Value at Risk (VaR); high-frequency financial data analysis; MCMC methods; derivative pricing using jump diffusion with closed-form formulas; VaR calculation using extreme value theory based on nonhomogeneous two-dimensional Poisson process; and multivariate volatility models with time-varying correlations.· New topics to this edition include: Finmetrics in S-plus; estimation of stochastic diffusion equations for derivative pricing; use of realized volatilities; state=space model; and Kalman filter.· The second edition also includes new developments in financial econometrics and more examples of applications in finance.· Emphasis is placed on empirical financial data.· Chapter exercises have been increased in an effort to further reinforce the methods and applications in the text.

About The Book: This book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to current financial econometric models and their applications to modeling and prediction of financial time series data. It utilizes real-world examples and real financial data throughout the book to apply the models and methods described. The author begins with basic characteristics of financial time series data before covering three main topics: analysis and application of univariate financial time series; the return series of multiple assets; and Bayesian inference in finance methods. The overall objective of the book is to provide some knowledge of financial time series, introduce some statistical tools useful for analyzing these series, and gain experience in financial applications of various econometric methods.