"The Oxford Guide to Financial Modeling, and its companion volume, Securities Valuation, are invaluable tools for understanding and developing financial models to solve real business problems. They blend cutting-edge financial theory with practical examples that are immediately useful. This approach enables the student and practitioner to develop the thinking processes needed to formulate and solve a broad range of contemporary financialproblems. The Guide has been exceedingly useful in my own work." --Dr. Robert Carow, Director of Corporate Compensation, AIG"This book showcases Dr. Ho's tireless journey into the frontier of finance over the years. It clearly demonstrates how various rigorous financial models can be practically incorporated into companies' strategic decision making and enterprise risk management. The book challenges our conventional thinking in capital structure theory, interest rate behavior and default risk pricing. It should provoke debate for many years to come."--Tony Kao, Managing Director ofGlobal Fixed Income, General Motors Asset Management"Securities Valuation provides a hands-on, yet highly analytic, approach to the valuation of securities, ranging from equities to options to fixed income securities. Ho and Lee have written a superb textbook that combines academic rigor and real-world applicability. The book is well-suited for derivatives and fixed income courses."--Hans R. Stoll, The Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Professor of Finance, Owen Graduate School of Management,Vanderbilt University"The Oxford Guide to Financial Modeling, and its companion volume, Securities Valuation, are invaluable tools for understanding and developing financial models to solve real business problems. They blend cutting-edge financial theory with practical examples that are immediately useful. This approach enables the student and practitioner to develop the thinking processes needed to formulate and solve a broad range of contemporary financialproblems. The Guide has been exceedingly useful in my own work." --Dr. Robert Carow, Director of Corporate Compensation, AIG"This book showcases Dr. Ho's tireless journey into the frontier of finance over the years. It clearly demonstrates how various rigorous financial models can be practically incorporated into companies' strategic decision making and enterprise risk management. The book challenges our conventional thinking in capital structure theory, interest rate behavior and default risk pricing. It should provoke debate for many years to come."--Tony Kao, Managing Director ofGlobal Fixed Income, General Motors Asset Management"Securities Valuation provides a hands-on, yet highly analytic, approach to the valuation of securities, ranging from equities to options to fixed income securities. Ho and Lee have written a superb textbook that combines academic rigor and real-world applicability. The book is well-suited for derivatives and fixed income courses."--Hans R. Stoll, The Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Professor of Finance, Owen Graduate School of Management,Vanderbilt University
