covar of lognormal variables

Assume X ~ N(µx,σx), Y ~ N(µy,σy), corre(X,Y) = ρ

then 

1) E(eXeY) = exp{µx +1/2σ2x  +µY +1/2σY2+ρσxσy}

2) cov(eX, eY) = exp{µx +1/2σ2x  +µY +1/2σY2}(exp{ρσxσy}-1)

posted @ 2013-10-28 22:42  LevyFan  阅读(177)  评论(0)    收藏  举报