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Pages
272
Year
2010
Language
English

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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

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