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Explain standard model is the lognormal model

For equities the standard model is the lognormal model, if there are many more ‘standard’ models within fixed income. Does it matter?

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No, not when you are solving the equations numerically, only when you are trying to get a closed-form solution wherein case the simpler the coefficients the more probable you are to get a closed-form solution.

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