Futures, Options and Swaps: Instructor's Manual - Softcover

Kolb, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577180852 ISBN 13: 9781577180852

Publisher: Blackwell Publishers, 1997

Synopsis

An instructor's manual to a full treatment of the three main types of financial derivatives - futures, options and swaps - which are linked by a common pricing framework, the proposition that rational prices preclude arbitrage profits. (FREE to adopters of the main text only.)

About this title

Book Description

Widely regarded as the most comprehensive and most accessible text on derivatives markets, the 5th edition of Futures, Options, and Swaps now features an even more applied perspective than previous editions. Renowned for providing an excellent balance between introductory and advanced topics, this extenstively updated text addresses changes in the always-developing field of derivatives including areas such as electronic exchanges, exotic options, predictive markets, hedge funds, corporate abuse and government regulation.

From the Back Cover

Written in an accessible, non-technical style, Futures, Options, and Swaps is the most comprehensive text on derivatives markets available. As the only book to utilize such a reader-friendly, instructive approach, students will find the material readily comprehensible without a professor’s guidance, thereby freeing instructors to cover only the vital topics, or to teach a more technical course.

This fifth edition has been extensively revised to address the most recent developments in this rapidly evolving field. New and updated information reflects current conditions in a variety of areas, including electronic trading platforms, globalization of markets, hedge funds, financial scandals involving derivatives, and government regulation. Also new to this edition are text boxes containing anecdotes or vignettes related to topics discussed more formally in the text, and product profiles to describe some of the more successful contracts around the world and to highlight innovative or unusual features of traded contracts. The treatment in this text emphasizes financial derivatives, but it does not neglect traditional commodity futures.

An accompanying website can be found online at www.blackwellpublishing.com/kolb, containing the OPTION! program that allows the user to compute virtually every option and swap value discussed in this book, as well as many of the relationships among different option prices. The website also includes more than 80 exercises designed to enhance the understanding of option pricing principles and applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1577180852
• ISBN 13: 9781577180852
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 72