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All about Derivatives Second Edition Fully Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Durbin, Michael (Author)
ISBN: 0071743510     ISBN-13: 9780071743518
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
OUR PRICE:   $27.55  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Investments & Securities - General
- Business & Economics | Finance - General
Dewey: 332.645
LCCN: 2010029969
Series: All About... (McGraw-Hill)
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.08" W x 8.96" (0.82 lbs) 288 pages
 
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EVERYTHING 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 ROLE DERIVATIVES PLAYED IN THE 2008 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

Contributor Bio(s): Durbin, Michael: - Michael 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.