Giorgio S. Questa - Böcker

This comprehensive new book explains and clarifies the essential building blocks underlying the pricing and risk analysis of fixed-income securities and derivatives - using mathematics lightly, to make things easier, not harder. The emphasis throughout is on how-to-do, on building operational knowledge from the ground up. There are more than 300 examples and exhibits based on current market data. You will find essential information on:* The global money market* Foreign exchange transaction and foreign exchange derivatives* Bonds and zero coupon bonds - including a risk management-driven discussion of duration and convexity* Interest rate swaps, currency swaps, and exchange-traded futures* Stochastic models and option pricing* Stochastic models of the yield curve