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All about Derivatives Second Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780071743518)
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xEVERYTHING 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
Author: Michael Durbin
ISBN-10: 0071743510
ISBN-13: 9780071743518
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Language: English
Published: 12/07/2010
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.08w x 0.75d
By Michael Durbin
xMichael Durbin is a writer, educator, and financial technology consultant specializing in high-frequency trading 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 has helped numerous Wall Street firms develop derivative pricing and trading systems. Durbin lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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