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.
This unique book will be an essential purchase for market practitioners, quantitative analysts, and derivatives traders..
A full glossary of probabilistic and Financial terms is provided.
Practicalities are stressed, including examples from stock, currency and interest rate markets, all accompanied by graphical illustrations with realistic data.
Starting from discrete-time hedging on binary trees, continuous-time stock models (including Black-Scholes) are developed.
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.
Here now is the first rigorous and accessible account of the mathematics behind the pricing, construction and hedging of derivative securities.
At the same time, individuals are paid huge sums to use their mathematical skills to make well-judged investment decisions.
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
