New York (Sept. 3, 2004) -- Accounting standards-setters backed away from favoring one method for valuing stock options and settled a major issue related to a controversial plan to mandate stock ...

I propose a model in which the price of an option is partly determined by macro-finance variables. In an application using an index of current business conditions, the new model outperforms existing ...

On the latest Market Mashup, Patrick is back with author, analyst, and options trader extraordinaire Don Fishback to discuss his work on options valuation and probability over the years. Don shares ...

Option pricing is calculated using the Black-Scholes model, which takes four influential factors into account: the price of an underlying stock (assuming constant drift and volatility), an option’s ...

American options, which allow early exercise at any point prior to expiry, present a unique challenge in quantitative finance. Their valuation gives rise to free-boundary problems that are typically ...

Option pricing and risk management constitute fundamental areas in modern financial theory and practice. Their interdisciplinary nature bridges advanced mathematical modelling, statistical analysis, ...

Investing using options is very different from constructing a classic long-term buy-and-hold portfolio. In this segment from Motley Fool Live that first aired June 7, Motley Fool Canada analyst Jim ...

Option Care Health (OPCH) just caught a meaningful wave of analyst optimism after management doubled down on its long term growth goals, helping push the stock higher and putting its infusion focused ...