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On CAPM and Black-Scholes, differing risk-return strategies

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  • McCauley, Joseph L.
  • Gunaratne, Gemunu H.

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In their path-finding 1973 paper Black and Scholes presented two separate derivations of their famous option pricing partial differential equation (pde). The second derivation was from the standpoint that was Black’s original motivation, namely, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). We show here, in contrast, that the option valuation is not uniquely determined; in particular, strategies based on the delta-hedge and CAPM provide different valuations of an option although both hedges are instantaneouly riskfree. Second, we show explicitly that CAPM is not, as economists claim, an equilibrium theory.

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  • McCauley, Joseph L. & Gunaratne, Gemunu H., 2003. "On CAPM and Black-Scholes, differing risk-return strategies," MPRA Paper 2162, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:2162
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    1. B. Rosenow & V. Plerou & P. Gopikrishnan & H. E. Stanley, 2001. "Portfolio Optimization and the Random Magnet Problem," Papers cond-mat/0111537, arXiv.org.
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    1. Chargoy-Corona, Jesús & Ibarra-Valdez, Carlos, 2006. "A note on Black–Scholes implied volatility," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 370(2), pages 681-688.

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    Keywords

    Capital asset pricing model (CAPM); nonequilibrium; financial markets; Black-Scholes; option pricing strategies;
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    JEL classification:

    • C0 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General
    • D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
    • C65 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Miscellaneous Mathematical Tools

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