In this paper, we introduce two classes of indices which can be used to measure the market perception concerning the degree of dependency that exists between a set of random variables, representing different stock prices at a fixed future date. The construction of these measures is based on the...

This paper contains an overview and an extension of the theory on comonotonicity-based model-free upper bounds and super-replicating strategies for stock index options, as presented in Hobson et al. (2005) and Chen et al. (2008). Whereas these authors only consider index call options, here a uni...

A general class of fair valuations which are both market-consistent (mark-to-market for any hedgeable part of a claim) and actuarial (mark-to-model for any claim that is independent of financial market evolutions) was introduced in Dhaene et al. in a single period framework. In particular, the...

In this paper, we introduce two classes of indices which can be used to measure the market perception concerning the degree of dependency that exists between a set of random variables, representing different stock prices at a fixed future date. The construction of these measures is based on the...