All About Derivatives: The Easy Way To Get Started - Couverture souple

Durbin, Michael

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ISBN 10 : 0071451471 ISBN 13 : 9780071451475

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Durbin Michael

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 edition of All About Derivatives provides a rock-solid foundation on:

• The most common contracts available to you in today's market
• Key concepts such as cost of carry, settlement, valuation, and payoff
• Proven methods for establishing fair value
• How leverage can work for you--and against you
• The various derivative contracts traded today, including forwards, futures, swaps, and options
• Pricing methods and mathematics for determining fair value
• Hedging strategies for managing and reducing different types of risk

INCLUDES A BRAND-NEW CHAPTER ON THE ROLEDERIVATIVES PLAYED IN THE 2008 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

Biographie de l'auteur :

Michael Durbin is a writer, educator, and financial technology consultant specializing in high-frequencytrading of financial derivatives. He has taught at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School and hashelped numerous Wall Street firms develop derivative pricing and trading systems. Durbin lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071451471
• ISBN 13: 9780071451475
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240