A guide to understanding the complex derivatives market, by the acclaimed author of After the Trade is Made
In today’s highly charged and rapidly changing financial climate, derivatives are dominating global headlines. It is essential for financial professionals to have a strong grasp of the products, practices, and regulatory..
The complete guide to derivatives, from experts working with CFA Institute
Derivatives is the definitive guide to derivatives and derivative markets. Written by experts working with CFA Institute, this book is an authoritative reference for students and investment professionals interested in the role of derivatives within..
Three experts provide an authoritative guide to the theory and practice of derivatives
Derivatives: Theory and Practice and its companion website explore the practical uses of derivatives and offer a guide to the key results on pricing, hedging and speculation using derivative securities. The book links the theoretical and..
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In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels..
The aim of this book is to explain OTC FX derivatives mainly for out-of-dealing room, out-of-treasury users who somehow has to deal with them in their professional life.
This book can be useful for those who does not have the time to get over all the related financial mathematical concepts and to read hundreds of theoretical pages on derivatives...
This book presents 20 peer-reviewed chapters on current aspects of derivatives markets and derivative pricing. The contributions, written by leading researchers in the field as well as experienced authors from the financial industry, present the state of the art in:
• Modeling counterparty credit risk: credit valuation adjustment, debit..
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DERIVATIVES
All About Derivatives, Second Edition, presents the complex subject of financial derivatives with a clarity and coherence you won’t find in other books. Using real-world examples and simple language, it lucidly illustrates what derivatives are and why they are so powerful. This second..
The quick introductory primer on derivatives for every investor and financial professional.
Derivatives markets dwarf other markets: The best estimate of their size is $300 trillion. For comparison, the value of all NYSE-listed U.S. equities is about $16 trillion. Because derivatives introduce massive leverage into the financial system, and..
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A guide to using the VIX to forecast and trade markets
Known as the fear index, the VIX provides a snapshot of expectations about future stock market volatility and generally moves inversely to the overall stock market. Trading VIX Derivatives will show you how to use the Chicago Board Options Exchange's S&P 500 volatility index..
A compelling narrative on what went wrong with our financial system—and who’s to blame.
From an award-winning journalist who has been covering the industry for more than a decade, The Devil’s Derivatives charts the untold story of modern financial innovation—how investment banks invented new financial products, how investors across..
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Derivatives are everywhere in the modern world and it is important for everyone in banking, investment and finance to have a good understanding of the subject. Derivatives Demystified provides a step-by-step guide to the subject, enabling the reader to have a solid, working understanding of key derivative products.
Adopting a highly accessible..
From award-winning Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, who enraged Wall Street leaders with her news-breaking warnings of a crisis more than a year ahead of the curve, Fool’s Gold tells the astonishing unknown story at the heart of the 2008 meltdown.
Drawing on exclusive access to J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and..
Through the eyes of an inventor of new markets, Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation tells the story of how financial innovation – a concept that is misunderstood and under attack - has been a positive force in the last four decades. If properly designed and regulated, these “good derivatives” can open vast..
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With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known..
What increasingly affects all of us, whether professional planners or individuals preparing for a better future, is not the tangibles of life—bottom-line numbers, for instance—but the intangibles: our hopes and fears, our beliefs and dreams. Only stories—scenarios—and our ability to visualize different kinds of futures adequately capture these..
For courses in business,economics, and financial engineering andmathematics.
The definitive guide toderivativesmarkets, updated with contemporary examples and discussions
Known as “the bible” to business andeconomicsinstructors and a consistent best-seller in the university and collegemarketplace, Options,Futures,..
A concise yet comprehensive guidebook that addresses the practical aspects of investing in derivatives.
Written for the professional market but accessible enough for individual investors, The Investor’s Guidebook to Derivatives includes all the information needed to succeed in today’s complex derivatives market, including:
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Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson and Martin Gardner has long been the most popular calculus primer.
This major revision of the classic math text makes the subject at hand still more comprehensible to readers of all levels. With a new introduction, three new chapters, modernized language and methods throughout, and..
