Instructors Manual to Accompany Financial Derivatives - Softcover
Financial Derivatives procides a thorough introduction to finacial derivatives designed to supplement a wide range of university finance and economics courses.
The text has two principle goals. First, it offers a broad overview of the different types of financial derivatives futures, options, options on futures, and swaps - while focusing on the principles that determine market prices. Second, the text presents financial derivatives as tools for risk management in a corporate setting, rather than as instruments of speculation. This approach is consistent with tye emergence of financial institutions and corporations as dominant forces in markets for financial derivatives. A new chapter 6, Risk Management and Finacial Engineering reflects the maturation of financial engineering as a financial speciality and illustrates how financial engineers use derivatives to manage risk.
The text has two principle goals. First, it offers a broad overview of the different types of financial derivatives futures, options, options on futures, and swaps - while focusing on the principles that determine market prices. Second, the text presents financial derivatives as tools for risk management in a corporate setting, rather than as instruments of speculation. This approach is consistent with tye emergence of financial institutions and corporations as dominant forces in markets for financial derivatives. A new chapter 6, Risk Management and Finacial Engineering reflects the maturation of financial engineering as a financial speciality and illustrates how financial engineers use derivatives to manage risk.
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Financial derivatives-financial instruments whose value depends on other basic instruments, such as stocks or bonds-are one of the most important financial innovations of the last century. While they are unsurpassed as tools for speculation, financial derivatives have also emerged as important risk-management tools in the corporate world.
If you want to understand derivatives without getting bogged down by the mathematics surrounding their pricing and valuation, Financial Derivatives, Third Edition is the book for you. Through in-depth insights gleaned from years of financial experience, Robert Kolb and James Overdahl clearly explain what derivatives are and how you can prudently use them within the context of your underlying business activities.
Financial Derivatives, Third Edition will introduce you to the wide range of markets for financial derivatives. This invaluable guide offers a broad overview of the different types of derivatives-futures, options, and swaps-while focusing on the principles that determine market prices. This comprehensive resource also provides a thorough introduction to financial derivatives and their importance to risk management in a corporate setting. After each derivative is described and examined, Kolb and Overdahl address the practical applications of these instruments in the area of risk management.
Filled with helpful tables and charts, informative Q&A sections, and new chapters that reflect an increased emphasis on risk management, Financial Derivatives, Third Edition offers a wealth of knowledge on futures, options, swaps, financial engineering, and structured products. Through the process of financial engineering you will learn how to apply financial derivatives to numerous risk management scenarios.
As a financial professional, if you are looking to minimize risk and maximize profits, you must understand how to use derivatives. Fully updated and completely revised to reflect today's ever-changing economic environment, Financial Derivatives, Third Edition will help you unlock the incredible potential of financial derivatives.
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If you want to understand derivatives without getting bogged down by the mathematics surrounding their pricing and valuation, Financial Derivatives, Third Edition is the book for you. Through in-depth insights gleaned from years of financial experience, Robert Kolb and James Overdahl clearly explain what derivatives are and how you can prudently use them within the context of your underlying business activities.
Financial Derivatives, Third Edition will introduce you to the wide range of markets for financial derivatives. This invaluable guide offers a broad overview of the different types of derivatives-futures, options, and swaps-while focusing on the principles that determine market prices. This comprehensive resource also provides a thorough introduction to financial derivatives and their importance to risk management in a corporate setting. After each derivative is described and examined, Kolb and Overdahl address the practical applications of these instruments in the area of risk management.
Filled with helpful tables and charts, informative Q&A sections, and new chapters that reflect an increased emphasis on risk management, Financial Derivatives, Third Edition offers a wealth of knowledge on futures, options, swaps, financial engineering, and structured products. Through the process of financial engineering you will learn how to apply financial derivatives to numerous risk management scenarios.
As a financial professional, if you are looking to minimize risk and maximize profits, you must understand how to use derivatives. Fully updated and completely revised to reflect today's ever-changing economic environment, Financial Derivatives, Third Edition will help you unlock the incredible potential of financial derivatives.
Financial Derivatives- financial instruments whose value depends onm other basic instruments, such as stocks or bonds- have emerged as imporatnat risk-mangement tools in the corporate world. Financial Derivatives offers a broad overview of the different types of derivatives (futures, options on futures, and swaps), while focussing on the principles that determine market prices. This introduction presents financial derivatives as tools for managing risk in a corporate setting, rather than instruments of speculation. The approach reflects today's emergence of corporations and financial institutions as dominant forces in finacial derivative markets. A new chapter, Risk Management and Financial Engineering, reflects the maturation of financial engineering as a financial specialty and illustrates how financial engineers use derivatives to manage risk.
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- PublisherBlackwell Publishing, Incorporated
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1557869324
- ISBN 13 9781557869326
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages150
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