The Mathematics of
Financial Modeling
and Investment
Management
SERGIO M. FOCARDI
FRANK J. FABOZZI
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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To Dominique, Leila, Guillaume, and Richard
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To my beautiful wife Donna and my children,
Francesco, Patricia, and Karly
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Commonly Used Symbols
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CHAPTER 1
From Art to Engineering in Finance
Investment Management Process
Step 1: Setting Investment Objectives
Step 2: Establishing an Investment Policy
Step 3: Selecting a Portfolio Strategy
Step 4: Selecting the Specific Assets
Step 5: Measuring and Evaluating Performance
Financial Engineering in Historical Perspective
The Role of Information Technology
Industry’s Evaluation of Modeling Tools
Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Information
Principles for Engineering a Suite of Models
Summary
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Overview of Financial Markets, Financial Assets, and Market Participants
Financial Assets
Financial Markets
Classification of Financial Markets
Economic Functions of Financial Markets
Secondary Markets
Overview of Market Participants
Role of Financial Intermediaries
Institutional Investors
Insurance Companies
Pension Funds
Investment Companies
Depository Institutions
Endowments and Foundations
Common Stock
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Trading Locations
Stock Market Indicators
Trading Arrangements
Bonds
Maturity
Par Value
Coupon Rate
Provisions for Paying off Bonds
Options Granted to Bondholders
Futures and Forward Contracts
Futures versus Forward Contracts
Risk and Return Characteristics of Futures Contracts
Pricing of Futures Contracts
The Role of Futures in Financial Markets
Options
Risk-Return for Options
The Option Price
Swaps
Caps and Floors
Summary
CHAPTER 3
Milestones in Financial Modeling and Investment Management
The Precursors: Pareto, Walras, and the Lausanne School
Price Diffusion: Bachelier
The Ruin Problem in Insurance: Lundberg
The Principles of Investment: Markowitz
Understanding Value: Modigliani and Miller
Modigliani-Miller Irrelevance Theorems and the
Absence of Arbitrage
Efficient Markets: Fama and Samuelson
Capital Asset Pricing Model: Sharpe, Lintner, and Mossin
The Multifactor CAPM: Merton
Arbitrage Pricing Theory: Ross
Arbitrage, Hedging, and Option Theory:
Black, Scholes, and Merton
Summary
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Principles of Calculus
Sets and Set Operations
Proper Subsets
Empty Sets
Union of Sets
Intersection of Sets
Elementary Properties of Sets
Distances and Quantities
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Density of Points
Functions
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Limits
Continuity
Total Variation
Differentiation
Commonly Used Rules for Computing Derivatives
Higher Order Derivatives
Application to Bond Analysis
Taylor Series Expansion
Application to Bond Analysis
Integration
Riemann Integrals
Properties of Riemann Integrals
Lebesque-Stieltjes Integrals
Indefinite and Improper Integrals
The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Integral Transforms
Laplace Transform
Fourier Transforms
Calculus in More than One Variable
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Matrix Algebra
Vectors and Matrices Defined
Vectors
Matrices
Square Matrices
Diagonals and Antidiagonals
Identity Matrix
Diagonal Matrix
Upper and Lower Triangular Matrix
Determinants
Systems of Linear Equations
Linear Independence and Rank
Hankel Matrix
Vector and Matrix Operations
Vector Operations
Matrix Operations
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Diagonalization and Similarity
Singular Value Decomposition
Summary
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Concepts of Probability
Representing Uncertainty with Mathematics
Probability in a Nutshell
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Outcomes and Events
Probability
Measure
Random Variables
Integrals
Distributions and Distribution Functions
Random Vectors
Stochastic Processes
Probabilistic Representation of Financial Markets
Information Structures
Filtration
Conditional Probability and Conditional Expectation
Moments and Correlation
Copula Functions
Sequences of Random Variables
Independent and Identically Distributed Sequences
Sum of Variables
Gaussian Variables
The Regression Function
Linear Regression
Summary
CHAPTER 7
Optimization
Maxima and Minima
Lagrange Multipliers
Numerical Algorithms
Linear Programming
Quadratic Programming
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory
Stochastic Programming
Summary
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Stochastic Integrals
The Intuition Behind Stochastic Integrals
Brownian Motion Defined
Properties of Brownian Motion
Stochastic Integrals Defined
Some Properties of Itô Stochastic Integrals
Summary
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Differential Equations and Difference Equations
Differential Equations Defined
Ordinary Differential Equations
Order and Degree of an ODE
Solution to an ODE
Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations
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Closed-Form Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations
Linear Differential Equation
Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations
The Finite Difference Method
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Fractals
Partial Differential Equations
Diffusion Equation
Solution of the Diffusion Equation
Numerical Solution of PDEs
Summary
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Stochastic Differential Equations
The Intuition Behind Stochastic Differential Equations
Itô Processes
The 1-Dimensional Itô Formula
Stochastic Differential Equations
Generalization to Several Dimensions
Solution of Stochastic Differential Equations
The Arithmetic Brownian Motion
The Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process
The Geometric Brownian Motion
Summary
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Financial Econometrics: Time Series Concepts, Representations, and Models
Concepts of Time Series
Stylized Facts of Financial Time Series
Infinite Moving-Average and Autoregressive
Representation of Time Series
Univariate Stationary Series
The Lag Operator L
Stationary Univariate Moving Average
Multivariate Stationary Series
Nonstationary Series
ARMA Representations
Stationary Univariate ARMA Models
Nonstationary Univariate ARMA Models
Stationary Multivariate ARMA Models
Nonstationary Multivariate ARMA Models
Markov Coefficients and ARMA Models
Hankel Matrices and ARMA Models
State-Space Representation
Equivalence of State-Space and ARMA Representations
Integrated Series and Trends
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CHAPTER 12
Financial Econometrics: Model Selection, Estimation, and Testing
Model Selection
Learning and Model Complexity
Maximum Likelihood Estimate
Linear Models of Financial Time Series
Random Walk Models
Correlation
Random Matrices
Multifactor Models
CAPM
Asset Pricing Theory (APT) Models
PCA and Factor Models
Vector Autoregressive Models
Cointegration
State-Space Modeling and Cointegration
Empirical Evidence of Cointegration in Equity Prices
Nonstationary Models of Financial Time Series
The ARCH/GARCH Family of Models
Markov Switching Models
Summary
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Fat Tails, Scaling, and Stable Laws
Scaling, Stable Laws, and Fat Tails
Fat Tails
The Class L of Fat-Tailed Distributions
The Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem
Stable Distributions
Extreme Value Theory for IID Processes
Maxima
Max-Stable Distributions
Generalized Extreme Value Distributions
Order Statistics
Point Process of Exceedances or Peaks over Threshold
Estimation
Eliminating the Assumption of IID Sequences
Heavy-Tailed ARMA Processes
ARCH/GARCH Processes
Subordinated Processes
Markov Switching Models
Estimation
Scaling and Self-Similarity
Evidence of Fat Tails in Financial Variables
On the Applicability of Extreme Value Theory in Finance
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Arbitrage Pricing: Finite-State Models
The Arbitrage Principle
Arbitrage Pricing in a One-Period Setting
State Prices
Risk-Neutral Probabilities
Complete Markets
Arbitrage Pricing in a Multiperiod Finite-State Setting
Propagation of Information
Trading Strategies
State-Price Deflator
Pricing Relationships
Equivalent Martingale Measures
Risk-Neutral Probabilities
Path Dependence and Markov Models
The Binomial Model
Risk-Neutral Probabilities for the Binomial Model
Valuation of European Simple Derivatives
Valuation of American Options
Arbitrage Pricing in a Discrete-Time, Continuous-State Setting
APT Models
Testing APT
Summary
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Arbitrage Pricing: Continuous-State, Continuous-Time Models
The Arbitrage Principle in Continuous Time
Trading Strategies and Trading Gains
Arbitrage Pricing in Continuous-State, Continuous-Time
Option Pricing
Stock Price Processes
Hedging
The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Formula
Generalizing the Pricing of European Options
State-Price Deflators
Equivalent Martingale Measures
Equivalent Martingale Measures and Girsanov’s Theorem
The Diffusion Invariance Principle
Application of Girsanov’s Theorem to Black-Scholes
Option Pricing Formula
Equivalent Martingale Measures and Complete Markets
Equivalent Martingale Measures and State Prices
Arbitrage Pricing with a Payoff Rate
Implications of the Absence of Arbitrage
Working with Equivalent Martingale Measures
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CHAPTER 16
Portfolio Selection Using Mean-Variance Analysis
Diversification as a Central Theme in Finance
Markowitz’s Mean-Variance Analysis
Capital Market Line
Deriving the Capital Market Line
What is Portfolio M?
Risk Premium in the CML
The CML and the Optimal Portfolio
Utility Functions and Indifference Curves
Selection of the Optimal Portfolio
Extension of the Markowitz Mean-Variance Model to
Inequality Constraints
A Second Look at Portfolio Choice
The Return Forecast
The Utility Function
Optimizers
A Global Probabilistic Framework for Portfolio Selection
Relaxing the Assumption of Normality
Multiperiod Stochastic Optimization
Application to the Asset Allocation Decision
The Inputs
Portfolio Selection: An Example
Inclusion of More Asset Classes
Extensions of the Basic Asset Allocation Model
Summary
CHAPTER 17
Capital Asset Pricing Model
CAPM Assumptions
Systematic and Nonsystematic Risk
Security Market Line
Estimating the Characteristic Line
Testing The CAPM
Deriving the Empirical Analogue of the CML
Empricial Implications
General Findings of Empirical Tests of the CAPM
A Critique of Tests of the CAPM
Merton and Black Modifications of the CAPM
CAPM and Random Matrices
The Conditional CAPM
Beta, Beta Everywhere
The Role of the CAPM in Investment Management Applications
Summary
CHAPTER 18
Multifactor Models and Common Trends for Common Stocks
Multifactor Models
Determination of Factors
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Dynamic Market Models of Returns
Estimation of State-Space Models
Dynamic Models for Prices
Estimation and Testing of Cointegrated Systems
Cointegration and Financial Time Series
Nonlinear Dynamic Models for Prices and Returns
Summary
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Equity Portfolio Management
Integrating the Equity Portfolio Management Process
Active versus Passive Portfolio Management
Tracking Error
Backward-Looking versus Forward-Looking Tracking Error
The Impact of Portfolio Size, Benchmark Volatility, and
Portfolio Beta on Tracking Error
Equity Style Management
Types of Equity Styles
Style Classification Systems
Passive Strategies
Constructing an Indexed Portfolio
Index Tracking and Cointegration
Active Investing
Top-Down Approaches to Active Investing
Bottom-Up Approaches to Active Investing
Fundamental Law of Active Management
Strategies Based on Technical Analysis
Nonlinear Dynamic Models and Chaos
Technical Analysis and Statistical Nonlinear
Pattern Recognition
Market-Neutral Strategies and Statistical Arbitrage
Application of Multifactor Risk Models
Risk Decomposition
Portfolio Construction and Risk Control
Assessing the Exposure of a Portfolio
Risk Control Against a Stock Market Index
Tilting a Portfolio
Summary
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Term Structure Modeling and Valuation of Bonds and Bond Options
Basic Principles of Valuation of Debt Instruments
Yield-to-Maturity Measure
Premium Par Yield
Reinvestment of Cash Flow and Yield
The Term Structure of the Interest Rates and the Yield Curve
Limitations of Using the Yield to Value a Bond
Valuing a Bond as a Package of Cash Flows
Obtaining Spot Rates from the Treasury Yield Curve
Using Spot Rates to the Arbitrage-Free Value of a Bond
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The Discount Function
Forward Rates
Swap Curve
Classical Economic Theories About the Determinants of the
Shape of the Term Structure
Expectations Theories
Market Segmentation Theory
Bond Valuation Formulas in Continuous Time
The Term Structure of Interest Rates in Continuous Time
Spot Rates: Continuous Case
Forward Rates: Continuous Case
Relationships for Bond and Option Valuation
The Feynman-Kac Formula
Multifactor Term Structure Model
Arbitrage-Free Models versus Equilibrium Models
Examples of One-Factor Term Structure Models
Two-Factor Models
Pricing of Interest-Rate Derivatives
The Heath-Jarrow-Morton Model of the Term Structure
The Brace-Gatarek-Musiela Model
Discretization of Itô Processes
Summary
CHAPTER 21
Bond Portfolio Management
Management versus a Bond Market Index
Tracking Error and Bond Portfolio Strategies
Risk Factors and Portfolio Management Strategies
Determinants of Tracking Error
Illustration of the Multifactor Risk Model
Liability-Funding Strategies
Cash Flow Matching
Portfolio Immunization
Scenario Optimization
Stochastic Programming
Summary
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Credit Risk Modeling and Credit Default Swaps
Credit Default Swaps
Single-Name Credit Default Swaps
Basket Default Swaps
Legal Documentation
Credit Risk Modeling: Structural Models
The Black-Scholes-Merton Model
Geske Compound Option Model
Barrier Structural Models
Advantages and Drawbacks of Structural Models
Credit Risk Modeling: Reduced Form Models
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The Poisson Process
The Jarrow-Turnbull Model
Transition Matrix
The Duffie-Singleton Model
General Observations on Reduced Form Models
Pricing Single-Name Credit Default Swaps
General Framework
Survival Probability and Forward Default Probability:
A Recap
Credit Default Swap Value
No Need For Stochastic Hazard Rate or Interest Rate
Delivery Option in Default Swaps
Default Swaps with Counterparty Risk
Valuing Basket Default Swaps
The Pricing Model
How to Model Correlated Default Processes
Summary
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Risk Management
Market Completeness
The Mathematics of Market Completeness
The Economics of Market Completeness
Why Manage Risk?
Risk Models
Market Risk
Credit Risk
Operational Risk
Risk Measures
Risk Management in Asset and Portfolio Management
Factors Driving Risk Management
Risk Measurement in Practice
Getting Down to the Lowest Level
Regulatory Implications of Risk Measurement
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Preface
Since the pioneering work of Harry Markowitz in the 1950s, sophisticated statistical and mathematical techniques have increasingly made
their way into finance and investment management. One might question
whether all this mathematics is justified, given the present state of economics as a science. However, a number of laws of economics and finance
theory with a bearing on investment management can be considered
empirically well established and scientifically sound. This knowledge can
be expressed only in the language of statistics and mathematics. As a
result, practitioners must now be familiar with a vast body of statistical
and mathematical techniques.
Different areas of finance call for different mathematics. Investment
management is primarily concerned with understanding hard facts about
financial processes. Ultimately the performance of investment management is linked to an understanding of risk and return. This implies the
ability to extract information from time series that are highly noisy and
appear nearly random. Mathematical models must be simple, but with a
deep economic meaning.
In other areas, the complexity of instruments is the key driver behind
the growing use of sophisticated mathematics in finance. There is the need
to understand how relatively simple assumptions on the probabilistic behavior of basic quantities translate into the potentially very complex probabilistic behavior of financial products. Derivatives are the typical example.
This book is designed to be a working tool for the investment management practitioner, student, and researcher. We cover the process of
financial decision-making and its economic foundations. We present
financial models and theories, including CAPM, APT, factor models,
models of the term structure of interest rates, and optimization methodologies. Special emphasis is put on the new mathematical tools that
allow a deeper understanding of financial econometrics and financial
economics. For example, tools for estimating and representing the tails
of the distributions, the analysis of correlation phenomena, and dimensionality reduction through factor analysis and cointegration are recent
advances in financial economics that we discuss in depth.
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Special emphasis has been put on describing concepts and mathematical techniques, leaving aside lengthy demonstrations, which, while
the substance of mathematics, are of limited interest to the practitioner
and student of financial economics. From the practitioner’s point of
view, what is important is to have a firm grasp of the concepts and techniques, which will allow one to interpret the results of simulations and
analyses that are now an integral part of finance.
There is no prerequisite mathematical knowledge for reading this
book: all mathematical concepts used in the book are explained, starting
from ordinary calculus and matrix algebra. It is, however, a demanding
book given the breadth and depth of concepts covered. Mathematical
concepts are in bolded type when they appear for the first time in the
book, economic and finance concepts are italicized when they appear for
the first time.
In writing this book, special attention was given to bridging the gap
between the intuition of the practitioner and academic mathematical
analysis. Often there are simple compelling reasons for adopting sophisticated concepts and techniques that are obscured by mathematical details;
whenever possible, we tried to give the reader an understanding of the
reasoning behind these concepts. The book has many examples of how
quantitative analysis is used in practice. These examples help the reader
appreciate the connection between quantitative analysis and financial
decision-making. A distinctive feature of this book is the integration of
notions deeply rooted in the practice of investment management with
methods based on finance theory and statistical analysis.
Sergio M. Focardi
Frank J. Fabozzi
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to Professor Ren-Raw Chen of Rutgers University for coauthoring Chapter 22 (“Credit Risk Modeling and Credit Default Swaps”).
The application of mean-variance analysis to asset allocation in
Chapter 16 is from the coauthored work of Frank Fabozzi with Harry
Markowitz and Francis Gupta. The discussion of tracking error and risk
decomposition in Chapter 18 draws from the coauthored work of Frank
Fabozzi with Frank Jones and Raman Vardharaj.
In writing a book that covers a wide range of technical topics in
mathematics and finance, we were fortunate enough to receive assistance
from the following individuals:
■ Caroline Jonas of The Intertek Group read and commented on most
chapters in the book.
■ Dr. Petter Kolm of Goldman Sachs Asset Management reviewed Chap-
ters 4, 6, 7, 9, and 20.
■ Dr. Bernd Hanke of Goldman Sachs Asset Management reviewed
Chapters 14, 15, and 16.
■ Dr. Lisa Goldberg of Barra reviewed Chapter 13.
■ Professor Martijn Cremers of Yale University reviewed the first draft of
the financial econometrics material.
■ Hafize Gaye Erkan, a Post-General Ph.D. Candidate in the Department
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of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University, reviewed the chapters on stochastic calculus (Chapters 8 and 10).
Professor Antti Petajisto of Yale University reviewed Chapter 14.
Dr. Christopher Maloney of Citigroup reviewed Chapter 5.
Dr. Marco Raberto of the University of Genoa reviewed Chapter 13
and provided helpful support for the preparation of illustrations.
Dr. Mehmet Gokcedag of the Istanbul Bilgi University reviewed Chapter
22 and provided helpful comments on the organization and structure of
the book.
Professor Silvano Cincotti of the University of Genoa provided insightful comments on a range of topics.
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■ Dr. Lev Dynkin and members of the Fixed Income Research Group at
Lehman Brothers reviewed Chapter 21.
■ Dr. Srichander Ramaswamy of the Bank for International Settlement
prepared the illustration in Chapter 13 to show the importance of fattailed processes in credit risk management based on his book Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios: A Practitioner’s Guide.
■ Hemant Bhangale of Morgan Stanley reviewed Chapter 23.
Finally, Megan Orem typeset the book and provided editorial assistance. We appreciate her patience and understanding in working through
several revisions of the chapters and several reorganizations of the table
of contents.
About the Authors
Sergio Focardi is a founding partner of the Paris-based consulting firm The
Intertek Group. Sergio lectures at CINEF (Center for Interdisciplinary
Research in Economics and Finance) at the University of Genoa and is a
member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Portfolio Management. He
has published numerous articles on econophysics and coauthored two
books, Modeling the Markets: New Theories and Techniques and Risk Management: Framework, Methods and Practice. His research interests include
modeling the interaction between multiple heterogeneous agents and the
econometrics of large equity portfolios based on cointegration and dynamic
factor analysis. Sergio holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the
University of Genoa and a postgraduate degree in Communications from
the Galileo Ferraris Electrotechnical Institute (Turin).
Frank J. Fabozzi, Ph.D., CFA, CPA is the Frederick Frank Adjunct Professor of Finance in the School of Management at Yale University. Prior to
joining the Yale faculty, he was a Visiting Professor of Finance in the Sloan
School of Management at MIT. Frank is a Fellow of the International Center for Finance at Yale University, the editor of the Journal of Portfolio
Management, a member of Princeton University’s Advisory Council for the
Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, and a
trustee of the BlackRock complex of closed-end funds and Guardian Life
sponsored open-end mutual funds. He has authored several books in
investment management and in 2002 was inducted into the Fixed Income
Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame. Frank earned a doctorate in economics
from the City University of New York in 1972.
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Commonly Used Symbols
A(L)
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k-vector [β1...βk]′
difference operator
error, usually white noise
vector scalar product x ⋅ y also written xy
sum of vector or matrices A + B
transpose of a vector or matrix AT
adjoint of a matrix
determinant of a matrix
Borel σ-algebra
Filtration
regularly varying functions of index α
union of sets
intersection of sets
belongs to
does not belong to
tends to
summation with implicit range
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Φ(x)
Ω
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cdf of the standardized normal
sample space
expectation
conditional expectation
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