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The rewards and dangers of speculating in the modern financial markets have come to the fore in recent times with the collapse of banks and bankruptcies of public corporations as a direct result of ill-judged investment. At the same time, individuals are paid huge sums to use their mathematical skills to make well-judged investment decisions. Here now is the first rigorous and accessible account of the mathematics behind the pricing, construction and hedging of derivative securities. Key concepts such as martingales, change of measure, and the Heath-Jarrow-Morton model are described with mathematical precision in a style tailored for market practitioners. Starting from discrete-time hedging on binary trees, continuous-time stock models (including Black-Scholes) are developed. Practicalities are stressed, including examples from stock, currency and interest rate markets, all accompanied by graphical illustrations with realistic data. A full glossary of probabilistic and financial terms is provided. This unique, modern and up-to-date book will be an essential purchase for market practitioners, quantitative analysts, and derivatives traders, whether existing or trainees, in investment banks in the major financial centres throughout the world.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521552899
eBay Product ID (ePID)86605090
Product Key Features
Number of Pages244 Pages
Publication NameFinancial Calculus: an Introduction to Derivative Pricing
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFinance, Mathematics
Publication Year1996
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrew Rennie, Martin Baxter
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height239 mm
Item Weight565 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAndrew Rennie, Martin Baxter