Derivatives Demystified
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Derivatives Demystified

A Step-by-Step Guide to Forwards, Futures, Swaps and Options

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eBook - ePub

Derivatives Demystified

A Step-by-Step Guide to Forwards, Futures, Swaps and Options

About this book

Derivatives are everywhere in the modern world and it is important for everyone in banking, investment and finance to have a good understanding of the subject. Derivatives Demystified provides a step-by-step guide to the subject, enabling the reader to have a solid, working understanding of key derivative products.

Adopting a highly accessible approach, the author explains derivative products in straightforward terms and without the complex mathematics that underlie the subject, focusing on practical applications, case studies and examples of how the products are used to solve real-world problems. Derivatives Demystified follows a sequence that is designed to show that, although there are many applications of derivatives, there are only a small number of basic building blocks, namely forwards and futures, swaps and options. The book shows how each building block is applied to different markets and to the solution of various risk management and trading problems.

This new edition will be fully revised to reflect the many changes the derivatives markets have seen over the last three years.  New material will include a comprehensive history of derivatives, leading up to their use and abuse in the current credit crisis.  It will also feature new chapters on regulation and control of derivatives, commodity derivatives, credit derivatives and structured products and new derivative markets including inflation linked and insurance linked products. 

Derivatives Demystified is essential reading for everyone who operates in the financial markets or within the corporate environment who requires a good understanding of these important financial instruments.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780470749371
eBook ISBN
9780470971543
Edition
2
Subtopic
Finance

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Chapter 1 - The Origins and Growth of the Market
  7. Chapter 2 - Equity and Currency Forwards
  8. Chapter 3 - Forward Rate Agreements
  9. Chapter 4 - Commodity and Bond Futures
  10. Chapter 5 - Interest Rate and Equity Futures
  11. Chapter 6 - Interest Rate Swaps
  12. Chapter 7 - Equity and Credit Default Swaps
  13. Chapter 8 - Fundamentals of Options
  14. Chapter 9 - Hedging with Options
  15. Chapter 10 - Exchange-Traded Equity Options
  16. Chapter 11 - Currency or FX Options
  17. Chapter 12 - Interest Rate Options
  18. Chapter 13 - Option Valuation Concepts (1)
  19. Chapter 14 - Option Valuation Concepts (2)
  20. Chapter 15 - Option Sensitivities: The ‘Greeks’
  21. Chapter 16 - Option Trading Strategies (1)
  22. Chapter 17 - Option Trading Strategies (2)
  23. Chapter 18 - Convertible and Exchangeable Bonds
  24. Chapter 19 - Structured Securities
  25. Chapter 20 - Clearing, Settlement and Operational Risk
  26. Appendix A - Financial Calculations
  27. Appendix B - Exotic Options
  28. Appendix C - Glossary of Terms
  29. Index