Monatsarchiv für January 2009

 
 

FYI: Dashboard using SAS/Graph

see, http://support.sas.com/kb/26/134.html

You would also like, Santa’s Dashboard:
http://jiangtanghu.blogspot.com/2008/12/santa-and-sas-again-santa-dashboard.html

R or SAS: Quick Links to the Recent Debates


Original post, 7 Jan, 2009

Key Point
The popularity of R at universities could threaten SAS Institute.

A Controversial Review by Anee Milley from SAS
We have customers who build engines for aircraft. I am happy they are not using freeware when I get on a jet.

7 Jan, 2009,
SAS-L
Discussion in SAS-L, the most popular SAS mailing list. Most voices call for the incorporate both R and SAS.

7 Jan, 2009,
R-help
Cheer for the victory of R.

8 Jan, 2009,
Ashlee Vance‘s blog
R You Ready for R, with lots of comments

9 Jan, 2009,
SAS Consulting

9 Jan, 2009, Anee Milley
This Post Is Rated R, stating the viewpoints from SAS about open source software: support and participant.
For more, see Google Blog Search.

Options Pricing Using SAS

There are some new financial functions in SAS9.2 Base, including 8 options pricing functions(formerly in SAS Risk Dimension). These functions can compute the price of both call and put options on different underlying assets (stock, futures, currency, and exchange asset), using the following models respectively:

Model Underlying Call Put
Black model Futures BLACKCLPRC BLACKPTPRC
Black-Scholes model Stock BLKSHCLPRC BLKSHPTPRC
Garman-Kohlhagen model Currency GARKHCLPRC GARKHPTPRC
Margrabe model Exchange MARGRCLPRC MARGRPTPRC
  • BLACKCLPRC: calculates the call price for European options on futures, based on the Black model.
  • BLACKPTPRC: calculates the put price for European options on futures, based on the Black model.
  • BLKSHCLPRT: calculates the call price for European options, based on the Black-Scholes model.
  • BLKSHPTPRT: calculates the put price for European options, based on the Black-Scholes model.
  • GARKHCLPRC: calculates the call price for European options on currencies, based on the Garman-Kohlhagen model.
  • GARKHPTPRC: calculates the put price for European options on currencies, based on the Garman-Kohlhagen model.
  • MARGRCLPRC: calculates the call price for European options on exchange assets, based on the Margrabe model.
  • MARGRPTPRC: calculates the put price for European options on exchange assets, based on the Margrabe model.

For more,see SAS9.2 online help,Functions and CALL Routines by Category: Financial
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/59540/HTML/default/a000245860.htm

Note: A good web site for options pricing with different models, http://www.montegodata.co.uk/

Happy New Year

新年快乐 ( Xin Nian Kuai Le),

Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr,
Bonne Année,
Nav varsh ki shubh kamnayey,
Felice Anno Nuovo,
Feliz Año Nuevo,
Feliz Ano Novo,
明けましておめでとうございます (Akemashite Omedetô),
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar,
Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku,
Καλή Χρονιά (Kalí Chroniá),
Seh Heh Bok Mani Bat Uh Seyo,
חג חנוכה שמח (Hag Hanukkah Sameah),
Cчастливого Нового Года,

Happy New Year,