Fixed Income Finance: A Quantitative Approach

Wise, Mark; Bhansali, Vineer

ISBN 10: 0071621202 / ISBN 13: 9780071621205

Edité par McGraw Hill, 2010

N° de réf. du vendeur 0071621202-3-33555947

Synopsis :

A complete guide forprofessionals with advancedmathematical skills but little orno financial knowledge . . .

You’re smart. Logical. Mathematicallyadept. One of those people who canmake quick work of long, difficult equations.But when it comes to managing a financialportfolio and managing risk, you wonder ifyou’re missing out.

Fixed Income Finance is the book for you.It’s the perfect introduction to the concepts,formulas, applications, and methodology,all derived from first principles, that youneed to succeed in the world of quantitativefinance―with a special emphasis on fixedincomes. Written by two of the sharpest analyticalminds in their fields, this instructiveguide takes you through the basics of fixedincome finance, including many new andoriginal results, to help you understand:

• Treasury Bonds and the Yield Curve
• The Macroeconomics behind TermStructure Models
• Structural Models for CorporateBonds and Portfolio Diversification
• Options
• Fixed Income Derivatives
• Numerical Techniques

Filled with step-by-step equations, clearand concise concepts, and ready-to-useformulas, this essential workbook bridges thegap between basic beginners’ primers andmore advanced surveys to provide hands-on tools you can begin to use immediately. It’s allyou need to put your math skills to work―and make the money work for you.

Brilliantly researched, impeccably detailed,and thoroughly comprehensive, Fixed IncomeFinance is applied mathematics at its best andmost useful.

À propos de l?auteur:

Mark Wise is the John A. McCone Professor of High Energy Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He is the winner of the 2001 J.J. Sakurai Prize of the American Physical Society and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences. He is also the coauthor of Heavy Quark Physics.
Vineer Bhansali is an executive vice president, portfolio manager, firm-wide head of analytics for portfolio management, and a senior member of PIMCO’s portfolio management team. He is the author of Pricing and Managing Exotic and Hybrid Options and currently serves as an associate editor for the International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Fixed Income Finance: A Quantitative Approach
Éditeur : McGraw Hill
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : hardcover
Etat : Good