This book provides an investor-friendly presentation of the premises and applications of the quantitative finance models governing investment in one asset class of publicly traded stocks, specifically real estate investment trusts (REITs). The models provide highly advanced analytics for REIT investment, including:

• portfolio optimization using both historic and predictive return estimation;
• model backtesting;
a complete spectrum of risk assessment and management tools with an emphasis on early warning systems, risk budgeting, estimating tail...

Envisioned as digital currency, cryptocurrencies morphed into a new risky asset class lacking a valid riskless-rate instrument. Building first the theory of riskless rates appropriate for crypto assets, this book develops and illustrates through empirical examples the theories behind portfolio optimization, risk management tools, and option pricing designed specifically for cryptos, under a framework consistent with dynamic asset pricing theory.