Financial models are studied where each asset may potentially lose value relative to any other. To this end, the paradigm of a pre-determined num\'eraire is abandoned in favour of a symmetrical point of view where all assets have equal priority. This approach yields novel versions of the Fundamental Theorems of Asset Pricing, which clarify and extend non-classical pricing formulas used in the financial community. Furthermore, conditioning on non-devaluation, each asset can serve as proper num\'eraire and a classical no-arbitrage condition can be formulated. It is shown when and how these local conditions can be aggregated to a global no-arbitrage condition .
Financial models are studied where each asset may potentially lose value relative to any other. Conditioning on non-devaluation, each asset can serve as proper num\'eraire and classical valuation rules can be formulated. It is shown when and how these local valuation rules can be aggregated to obtain global arbitrage-free valuation formulas .
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To this end, the paradigm of a pre-determined num\'eraire is abandoned in favour of a symmetrical point of view where all assets have equal priority. This approach yields novel versions of the Fundamental Theorems of Asset Pricing, which clarify and extend non-classical pricing formulas used in the financial community. Furthermore, conditioning
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a classical no-arbitrage condition
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a global no-arbitrage condition
obtain global arbitrage-free valuation formulas