Stat 240: Financial Data Analysis

This web page is a repository for handouts and related material for Stat 240. This course exposes students to statistical methods in finance contexts, with an emphasis on handling real data.
This course is over. The class did quite well. I've removed the data, but the problem sets might still be of interest. -Art Owen, March 2000
This is a new and somewhat experimental course. There is no syllabus. We will work with triples consisting of a statistical method, a financial motivation and a data set. Students can suggest problems of interest to them.
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Course Announcement: ps , pdf

Vanguard Index 500 returns

Problem set 1 ps , pdf

Problem set 1 data prices names dates

Problem set 2 ps , pdf

Problem set 2 data interest rates sp500 index and volume

Problem set 3 ps , pdf

Problem set 3 data interest rate dates interest rate names interest rate maturities interest rate values forex dates forex names forex values

Problem set 4 part 1 ps , pdf

Problem set 4 part 2 ps , pdf

Problem set 4 data credit documentation credit data