All About Derivatives Second Edition

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 wont 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

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Michael Durbin is a writer, educator, and software engineer specializing in high-frequency trading of financial derivatives. He is an adjunct professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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