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Monte Carlo simulation is a statistical technique used to model and understand the impact of risk and uncertainty in prediction and decision-making processes. It relies on repeated random sampling to ...

In the previous notes, I have prepared 1) the expected return and volatility of investment targets and 2) two mutually correlated random numbers following a standard normal distribution, which are ...

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