Monte Carlo methods have been used for decades in physics, engineering, statistics, and other fields. Monte Carlo Simulation and Finance explains the nuts and bolts of this essential technique used to value derivatives and other securities. Author and educator Don McLeish examines this fundamental process, and discusses important issues, including specialized problems in finance that Monte Carlo and Quasi- Monte Carlo methods can help solve and the different ways Monte Carlo methods can be improved upon. ÍNDICE: Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Some Basic Theory of Finance. Chapter 3. Basic Monte Carlo Methods. Chapter 4. Variance Reduction Techniques. Chapter 5. Simulating the value of Options. Chapter 6. Quasi- Monte Carlo Multiple Integration. Chapter 7. Estimation and Calibration. Chapter 8. Sensitivity Analysis, Estimating Derivatives and the Greeks. Chapter 9. Other Directions and Conclusions.