Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets (4th Edition)

This introduction to futures and options markets is ideal for those with limited background in mathematics. Based on Hull's Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, one of the best-selling books on Wall Street and in the college market, this text offers an accessible presentation of the topic without the use of calculus. Offers accessible, detailed analysis of futures and forward markets, interest-rate markets, swaps, options markets, binomial trees, stock indices and currencies, volatility smiles, with new coverage of exotic options and other non-standard instruments, insurance, weather, energy, and credit derivatives and derivatives disasters. For risk managers, options traders, options analysts, accountants, corporate treasurers and investment bankers.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the Fourth Edition includes:

• Three new chapters:
• Exotic Options and Other Non-Standard Products
• Credit, Weather, Energy, and Insurance Derivatives
• Derivative Mishaps and What We Can Learn from Them
• Important new material on interest rate markets, volatility smiles, and value at risk.
• Many new problems reinforcing key concepts.
• A Solutions Manual containing worked-out answers for end-of-chapter questions and problems can now be purchased (ISBN 0-13-060603-0).
• New Excel-based software, DerivaGem, has been carefully designed to complement the material in the text.