Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

KEY BENEFIT Updated and revised to reflect the most current information, this introduction to futures and options markets is ideal for those with a limited background in ... more

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Posted: Nov-26-2008

Best book on the subject

This is by far the best book on the subject., September 20, 1996 By A Customer (A. Jaramillo)I have read most of the books on derivatives and mathematical finance. I have also read the most important papers on the subject, and no book covers the subject so extensively and so carefully. The...

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Posted: Nov-06-2008

The gold standard (although you may not need to upgrade to the seventh edition)

This is the definitive introduction to derivatives. As evidence of its relevance, the following chapters are assigned to Financial Risk Manager (FRM) candidates: Hedging Strategies using Futures (Chapter 3), Determination of Forward and Futures Prices (5), Interest Rate Futures (6), Swaps (7),...

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Posted: Oct-01-2008

Awesome!

That's a fantastic book. For people who wants to learn about derivatives and finantial markets it helps a lot. Because the book has a lot of maths I do not recommend it for people who does not have a good math support. Still, I think it is a good buy. If you have any doubt concerning this topic...

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Posted: Sep-15-2008

classical book

I was planning to buy this book for a few years.This is a classical book on Derivatives. A must have for anyone that is interested in learning how derivatives work and how to price them.It provides good reasoning and intuitive ideas on risk-neutral pricing. I tried learning that from other books...

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Posted: Sep-14-2008

Easy for complex

Even the subject cover by the book. The author masters in explaning it a lot of examples, comprehensive language and a lot of exercises.I enjoyed the book and started to use it as a course book.

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Posted: Sep-02-2008

No solutions to chapter problems

For a book this expensive, you would think there would be solutions to the chapter problems but, beware, there are NOT. You must shell out another $40 to get the solutions manual. The chapters are well-written but how about the poor students?

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Posted: Apr-25-2008

Great intro

I started not knowing a "put" from a "call," but I needed to know a fair bit about how financial engineers (coming from a family of PEs, I'm still not used to that term) use math. This has been the introduction I wanted - not the advanced stuff, but enough to help me understand that...

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Posted: Mar-30-2008

Excellent book for beginners in financial engineering

I started a course in Financial Engineering last year and this book has given me all the grounding I need.Pros:* Very in-depth treatment of derivative basics, e.g. call, puts, swaps, forwards, futures.* Many, many examples to complement the material.* Many good practice problems to help further...

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Posted: Feb-21-2008

Not (quite) a place to start

If you are a total beginner, like I was 6 months ago, then you might want to tear your hair out when reading this book. I found the description of interest rates quite confusing. I would suggest you start with The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook (The Wall Street Journal...

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