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Derivatives and Hedge Funds

Derivatives and Internal Models: Modern Risk Management (Finance and Capital Markets Series)

Now in its fifth edition, Derivatives and Internal Models provides a comprehensive and thorough introduction to derivative pricing, risk management and portfolio optimization, covering all relevant topics with enough hands-on, depth of detail to enable readers to develop their own pricing and risk tools. The book provides insight into modern market risk quantification methods such as variance-covariance, historical simulation, Monte Carlo, hedge ratios, etc., including time series analysis and statistical concepts such as GARCH Models or Chi-Square-distributions. It shows how optimal trading decisions can be deduced once risk has been quantified by introducing risk-adjusted performance measures and a complete presentation of modern quantitative portfolio optimization. Furthermore, all the important modern derivatives and their pricing methods are presented; from basic discounted cash flow methods to Black-Scholes, binomial trees, differential equations, finite difference schemes, Monte Carlo methods, Martingales and Numeraires, terms structure models, etc. The fifth edition of this classic finance book has been comprehensively reviewed. New chapters/content cover multicurve bootstrapping, the valuation and hedging of credit default risk that is inherently incorporated in every derivative—both of which are direct and permanent consequences of the financial crises with a large impact on our understanding of modern derivative valuation. The book will be accompanied by downloadable Excel spread sheets, which demonstrate how the theoretical concepts explained in the book can be turned into valuable algorithms and applications and will serve as an excellent starting point for the reader’s own bespoke solutions for valuation and risk management systems.

Derivatives and the Wealth of Societies

Derivatives were responsible for one of the worst financial meltdowns in history, one from which we have not yet fully recovered. However, they are likewise capable of generating some of the most incredible wealth we have ever seen. This book asks how we might ensure the latter while avoiding the former. Looking past the usual arguments for the regulation or abolition of derivative finance, it asks a more probing question: what kinds of social institutions and policies would we need to put in place to both avail ourselves of the derivative's wealth production and make sure that production benefits all of us? To answer that question, the contributors to this book draw upon their deep backgrounds in finance, social science, art, and the humanities to create a new way of understanding derivative finance that does justice to its social and cultural dimensions. They offer a two-pronged analysis. First, they develop a social understanding of the derivative that casts it in the light of anthropological concepts such as the gift, ritual, play, dividuality, and performativity. Second, they develop a derivative understanding of the social, using financial concepts such as risk, hedging, optionality, and arbitrage to uncover new dimensions of contemporary social reality. In doing so, they construct a necessary, renewed vision of derivative finance as a deeply embedded aspect not just of our economics but our culture.

Derivatives: A Guide to Alternative Investments

A guide to understanding the complex derivatives market, by the acclaimed author of After the Trade is Made In today's highly charged and rapidly changing financial climate, derivatives are dominating global headlines. It is essential for financial professionals to have a strong grasp of the products, practices, and regulatory agencies associated with the complex derivatives market in order to keep up. In this book, financial expert David Weiss introduces readers to the basic concept of a derivative and offers a thorough examination of the many derivative products. Breaking down a complex market into its basic parts, he systematically explains the structure, usage, and value aspect of all the products constituting the derivatives universe, including: Credit Default Swaps (CDS) Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) Exchange-Traded Funds Currency Rates Swaps Options Futures Forwards For each of these types of derivatives, Weiss introduces the players in the market, outlines the mechanics of trading, and explains the role of regulation and oversight in the process. Written for portfolio managers, brokers, financial planners, and institutional investors, this book is an indispensable tool for today's investor and will leave readers better equipped to understand one of finance's most complex arenas.

Derivatives: Models on Models (The Wiley Finance Series)

Derivatives Models on Models takes a theoretical and practical look at some of the latest and most important ideas behind derivatives pricing models. In each chapter the author highlights the latest thinking and trends in the area. A wide range of topics are covered, including valuation methods on stocks paying discrete dividend, Asian options, American barrier options, Complex barrier options, reset options, and electricity derivatives. The book also discusses the latest ideas surrounding finance like the robustness of dynamic delta hedging, option hedging, negative probabilities and space-time finance. The accompanying CD-ROM with additional Excel sheets includes the mathematical models covered in the book. The book also includes interviews with some of the world’s top names in the industry, and an insight into the history behind some of the greatest discoveries in quantitative finance. Interviewees include: Clive Granger, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2003, on Cointegration Nassim Taleb on Black Swans Stephen Ross on Arbitrage Pricing Theory Emanuel Derman the Wall Street Quant Edward Thorp on Gambling and Trading Peter Carr the Wall Street Wizard of Option Symmetry and Volatility Aaron Brown on Gambling, Poker and Trading David Bates on Crash and Jumps Andrei Khrennikov on Negative Probabilities Elie Ayache on Option Trading and Modeling Peter Jaeckel on Monte Carlo Simulation Alan Lewis on Stochastic Volatility and Jumps Paul Wilmott on Paul Wilmott Knut Aase on Catastrophes and Financial Economics Eduardo Schwartz the Yoga Master of Quantitative Finance Bruno Dupire on Local and Stochastic Volatility Models

Derivatives: Options and Futures (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)

This textbook rethinks derivatives in a structured manner. This is done from the perspective of financial modeling, whereby the central issues from the financial economy are holistically mapped and resolved with the help of Microsoft Excel. The guideline of the book is an integrated case study, which is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the basics and the valuation of options and futures. In the second part, the individual option strategies are examined step by step in separate course units. The analysis ends – figuratively speaking – in a cockpit of sorts, where the reader controls the possible strategies in Excel. The book is aimed at students of business administration with a focus on finance.

Derivatives: Theory and Practice

Three experts provide an authoritative guide to the theory and practice of derivatives Derivatives: Theory and Practice and its companion website explore the practical uses of derivatives and offer a guide to the key results on pricing, hedging and speculation using derivative securities. The book links the theoretical and practical aspects of derivatives in one volume whilst keeping mathematics and statistics to a minimum. Throughout the book, the authors put the focus on explanations and applications. Designed as an engaging resource, the book contains commentaries that make serious points in a lighthearted manner. The authors examine the real world of derivatives finance and include discussions on a wide range of topics such as the use of derivatives by hedge funds and the application of strip and stack hedges by corporates, while providing an analysis of how risky the stock market can be for long-term investors, and more. To enhance learning, each chapter contains learning objectives, worked examples, details of relevant finance blogs technical appendices and exercises.

Derivatives: Theory and Practice of Trading, Valuation, and Risk Management (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)

This book helps students, researchers and quantitative finance practitioners to understand both basic and advanced topics in the valuation and modeling of financial and commodity derivatives, their institutional framework and risk management. It provides an overview of the new regulatory requirements such as Basel III, the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), Interest Rate Risk of the Banking Book (IRRBB), or the Internal Capital Assessment Process (ICAAP). The reader will also find a detailed treatment of counterparty credit risk, stochastic volatility estimation methods such as MCMC and Particle Filters, and the concepts of model-free volatility, VIX index definition and the related volatility trading. The book can also be used as a teaching material for university derivatives and financial engineering courses.

DermaCare: Zapping Zits Directly

DermaCare has developed an innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek angel financing. The Silicon Valley Band of Angels has agreed to finance the company and has submitted a proposed term sheet. Recently, however, a venture capital (VC) group has submitted a competing term sheet. The company must decide whether to accept financing from the Angels or the VC group.

Derrida and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics: The Half-Lives of Responsibility

This book argues for the necessity of a re-evaluation of our thinking about responsibly relating to future generations in the context of environmental philosophy. Using long-term nuclear waste disposal as its paradigmatic case, this book makes the case that the predominant mode of thinking the future in terms of continuity and repetition of the present requires a critique informed by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in order to think responsibility adequately. The book begins by surveying contemporary accounts of intergenerational responsibility before outlining the specifics of nuclear waste disposal policy. With these stakes established, the contributions of Jacques Derrida to future-oriented ethics are introduced. These include discussions of communication across contexts, the relationship between inheritance and responsibility, and the political imperatives that result from this critique. This book concludes by arguing for an intergenerational environmental policy that rejects policy and infrastructural projects that depend on the present reproducing itself indefinitely.

Des Canadiens à l'épreuve: Histoires d'échecs qui ont mené à la réussite

Avec des chapitres rédigés par : Robert Thirsk, astronaute Erica Wiebe, championne de lutte olympique Tom Jenkins, président de la société OpenText et du Conseil national de recherches du Canada Andy Nulman, cofondateur du Festival Juste pour rire … ainsi que d’autres Canadiens au sommet de leur secteur d’activité. Que signifie « échouer »? Pour certains Canadiens ayant brillamment réussi, il s’agit d’un rite de passage, d’un tremplin vers de plus grandes réalisations, voire une belle source d’inspiration. Le parcours de ces Canadiens qui ont obtenu la médaille d’or olympique, bâti des entreprises florissantes, fait avancer la médecine est jalonné de faux pas, de nombreuses tentatives infructueuses et parfois d’échecs. Des Canadiens à l’épreuve réunit le récit de dix experts issus des secteurs privé, public, à but non lucratif et universitaire qui, tout au long de leur vie, ont vécu des échecs et lutté pour réussir. Dans cet ouvrage, ils font valoir l’argument de poids suivant : la clé de la réussite pour le Canada et les Canadiens réside dans les leçons tirées d’échecs.

Des Händlers Erstes Buch Über Commodities: ALLES, WAS SIE ÜBER FUTURES UND OPTIONEN WISSEN MÜSSEN (Financial Investments #3)

In ihrem Bestreben, gewinnbringend mit Rohstoffen zu handeln, verbringen angehende Händler viel Zeit mit dem Studium der Markttheorie, verschiedenen Arten der Marktanalyse und dem Papierhandel an den Futures- und Optionsmärkten. Dennoch versäumen es fast alle von ihnen, die notwendigen Schritte zu unternehmen, um sicherzustellen, dass ihr Handelsumfeld für die angestrebten Gewinne förderlich ist. A Trader's First Book on Commodities soll die Lücke in der Handelsliteratur schließen, in der übersehen wird, wie wichtig es ist, die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen, bevor man überhaupt einen Rohstoffhandel platziert. Dazu gehören ein umfassendes Verständnis der Marktmechanik und -logistik, die Wahl einer geeigneten Handelsplattform, das Verständnis der Auftragsarten, die Kenntnis der Marktdatengebühren und -richtlinien, die Kursstellung und die Berechnung von Gewinn oder Verlust in jedem der Rohstoffmärkte, die Vorbereitung auf Nachschussforderungen und die einzige Magie im Handel - die Bescheidenheit. A Trader's First Book on Commodities verkürzt garantiert die Lernkurve für angehende Händler und bietet erfahrenen Händlern eine neue Perspektive auf vertraute Themen. Es gibt mehr als computergenerierte Oszillatoren und Trendlinien; die Wahl der falschen Handelsplattform, des falschen Brokers oder der falschen Orderart kann einem Handelskonto mehr Schaden zufügen als die Wahl des falschen technischen Indikators.

Des Teufels Wörterbuch der Finanzwelt: Von A wie AAA bis Z wie Zombie Fonds

Dieses etwas andere Worterbuch dreht alle Plutokraten und Burokraten am Spie?, die verantwortlich sind fur explodierende Hypotheken, abgefahrene Risiken und Banken, die "too big to fail" sind. In diesem Buch vereinen sich die Komplexitaten, Absurditaten und Prahlereien der Wall Street. Es liefert unterhaltsame, leicht verstandliche Definitionen und Einblicke - scharfsinnig und spitz, wie der Stachel eines Skorpions. Es durchbricht das Dunkel und die Vortauschungen der Wall Street und bereitet Investoren einen klaren Pfad zwischen Euphorie und Verzweiflung. Von A wie AAA bis Z wie Zombie Fonds - ein unentbehrlicher Survival-Guide fur die feindliche Wildnis der Finanzmarkte. Dem finanziellen Purgatorium zu entkommen, war niemals so lustig.

Desalination and Water Security (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)

Desalination is to the water industry what renewables are to the electricity sector. However, unlike renewables, the former is being deployed in a quiet revolution away from public glare. This book provides a holistic view of desalination, highlighting the important role this technology can play in providing safe access to water across the globe. It describes the context for this technology to flourish in the coming decades. It discusses the pressures on freshwater resources and the key role the desalination industry plays as it moves from a good-to-have provider today to a must-have mainstream water solution in the future. The book explores the vital elements of the desalination industry, including the winning technologies and how further technological developments will reduce costs and increase deployment into new areas. It also addresses the energy used and the key environmental issues of carbon dioxide emissions and brine waste production. Using a series of country case studies, the book illustrates how desalination can supplement natural water resources in different environments and for different purposes, and how it is supporting domestic and economic activity. Providing a forward-thinking assessment, the book considers developments over the next 30 years as climate change impacts become even more apparent. This book will be of great interest to those working to alleviate water scarcity and improve water security. It will also be of interest to those in water resource management, water policy and regulation, water science, and environmental engineering.

Desarrolla una mentalidad ganadora: 60 citas para estimular tu mente

Esta obra pretende ante todo ser divertida, informativa y motivadora. Como un compendio, este pequeño libro contiene citas de personas famosas y empresarios exitosos para ser leídas diariamente con el fin de mantenerse motivado y proactivo. El hecho de que se le consulte con la mayor frecuencia posible varias veces al día, te permite mantenerte centrado en tus objetivos y alimentar el pensamiento positivo. Consúltalo durante tus fases de pérdida de motivación para reanimarte y volver a ponerte en modo conquistador. La caja de herramientas al final del libro te ayudará a alcanzar tus objetivos y a planificar tus tareas.

Desarrolle el líder que está en usted

Explore y mejore las destrezas de liderazgo dentro de usted.En este renovado éxito de librerías, John Maxwell examinalas diferencias entre los estilos de liderazgo y bosqueja los principios paramotivar e influir en los demás. Estos principios pueden usarse en cualquierorganización para fomentar la integridad y autodisciplina y producir un cambiopositivo.Desarrolle el líder que está en usted también permite que los lectores examinen cómo ser efectivos en sullamado supremo al liderazgo entendiendo las cinco características que separana los "gerentes líderes" de los "gerentes comunes y corrientes". En esta obra clásica, Maxwell muestra a loslectores cómo desarrollar la visión, los valores, la influencia y la motivaciónnecesarios para ser líderes exitosos.

Desarrolle el líder que está en usted

Explore y mejore las destrezas de liderazgo dentro de usted.En este renovado éxito de librerías, John Maxwell examina las diferencias entre los estilos de liderazgo y bosqueja los principios para motivar e influir en los demás. Estos principios pueden usarse en cualquier organización para fomentar la integridad y autodisciplina y producir un cambio positivo.Desarrolle el líder que está en usted también permite que los lectores examinen cómo ser efectivos en su llamado supremo al liderazgo entendiendo las cinco características que separan a los "gerentes líderes" de los "gerentes comunes y corrientes". En esta obra clásica, Maxwell muestra a los lectores cómo desarrollar la visión, los valores, la influencia y la motivación necesarios para ser líderes exitosos.

Desarrolle el líder que está en usted 2.0

En esta edición de 25 aniversario revisada y actualizada, John C. Maxwell revela cómo desarrollar la visión, el valor, la influencia y la motivación necesarias para ser líderes exitosos.Hace veinticinco años, John Maxwell publicó el libro que transformó para siempre nuestra forma de pensar ver el liderazgo. Desarrolle el líder que está en usted revolucionó la manera en que se forman los líderes y en el proceso vendió más de un millón de ejemplares en inglés.Ahora, John Maxwell regresa a su obra clásica para incluir ideas de liderazgo y prácticas que ha aprendido en las décadas subsecuentes a la publicación original de su libro. Revisado y con dos capítulos totalmente nuevos, esta nueva edición actualiza los principios fundamentales para el liderazgo transformador que Maxwell ha empleado como líder por más de 40 años.No importa cual es tu entorno, familia, iglesia, empresa, organización sin fines de lucro, los principios que Maxwell comparte influirán positivamente en tu vida y la de quienes te rodean.

Desarrolle el líder que está en usted: Como Ayudar A Otros A Alcanzar Su Potencial Pleno

Explore y mejore las destrezas de liderazgo dentro de usted.En este renovado éxito de librerías, John Maxwell examinalas diferencias entre los estilos de liderazgo y bosqueja los principios paramotivar e influir en los demás. Estos principios pueden usarse en cualquierorganización para fomentar la integridad y autodisciplina y producir un cambiopositivo. <P><P>Desarrolle el líder que está en usted también permite que los lectores examinen cómo ser efectivos en sullamado supremo al liderazgo entendiendo las cinco características que separana los "gerentes líderes" de los "gerentes comunes y corrientes". En esta obra clásica, Maxwell muestra a loslectores cómo desarrollar la visión, los valores, la influencia y la motivaciónnecesarios para ser líderes exitosos.

Desarrolle los líderes que están alrededor de usted

La mayor inversión en el mundo actual no es la más reciente y más grande compañía de la lista de Fortune 500, es la gente. Su sendero para lograr el éxito, al igual que el de su equipo, será determinado por la medida de eficacia en que esas personas son capacitadas y desarrolladas como líderes. Con Desarrolle los líderes que están alrededor de usted, John C. Maxwell le ayudará a identificar los líderes en potencia, a capacitarlos y a convertirse en su mentor. Si usted tiene personas alrededor suyo que desea desarrollar para que sean líderes o si usted ya dirige un grupo de líderes, esta capacitación es algo que usted no puede perderse. John le ayudará a: Identificar, capacitar y ser mentor de líderes dentro y fuera de su organización Comprender por qué la reproducción de liderazgo es esencial para el éxitoAprender a destacar las cualidades de liderazgo en los que están a su alrededor Dominar el proceso de cinco pasos para convertir productores en reproductores Crear una cultura de liderazgo en su organización que apoye el crecimiento Unificar la mezcla correcta de líderes en su equipo Discernir e incrementar los niveles de influencia ¡Y mucho más!

Desarrolle mujeres líderes: Esquive los obstáculos y libere el potencial de las mujeres en su iglesia.

Cómo aprovechar más eficazmente los dones y las capacidades de liderazgo de las mujeres en tu iglesia¿Cómo sería tu iglesia en el futuro si maximizaras los dones latentes de las mujeres que Dios ha puesto allí? En Desarrolle mujeres líderes, Kadi Cole, veterana de treinta años en liderazgo y desarrollo de personas, ofrece una estrategia práctica para ayudar a los líderes de iglesias y organizaciones a crear culturas que faciliten el desarrollo de mujeres como voluntarias y líderes del personal.Mediante el uso de entrevistas y encuestas de más de mil mujeres en roles clave de la iglesia y la organización, combinadas con investigación actual, la autora ha creado ocho «prácticas óptimas» fáciles de implementar que ayudan a acelerar la contribución organizacional de una mujer.Los apéndices y referencias amplias agregan aún más orientación para establecer visión, hitos y metas. Desarrolle mujeres líderes es un recurso único en su género para identificar lo que carece hoy en su iglesia para ayudarla a prosperar en el futuro.

Desarrollo de las Habilidades de Liderazgo

Desarrollo de las Habilidades de Liderazgo Este texto apoya a los estudiantes en el desarrollo de las habilidades de liderazgo y la aplicación efectiva del manejo de las funciones de liderazgo en los negocios y en su vida. De esta manera se entrega a los aprendices un claro recorrido a travez del desarrollo de las habilidades de liderazgo y enseñanzas para ver cual es actualmente su posición y forma para planificar el desarrollo de fortalezas en grandes habilidades de liderazgo. Este libro muestra un cultivo eficaz de las habilidades de liderazgo y ayuda a mejorar ls puntos de funciones de liderazgo, asi como debes ser para transformarte en un líder. .

Desarrollo: Una visión innovadora

¿Por qué el desarrollo es el futuro de América Latina? Porque supone pasar de la pobreza a la generación de riqueza, de la informalidad a la formalidad y de una realidad de desempleo a una de creación de trabajo. Gerónimo Frigerio explica cómo en un libro realista y esperanzador. La ambición de este libro es servir de inspiración a hombres y mujeres de América Latina para que nos convirtamos en actores del desarrollo y, por lo tanto, en protagonistas de un futuro mejor en nuestros países y en la región. El proceso de desarrollo no solo implica pasar del estancamiento al crecimiento, de la pobreza a la generación de riqueza, de la informalidad a la formalidad, o de una realidad de desempleo a una de creación de trabajo; supone también convertir las trabas en oportunidades, la parálisis en acción, el desánimo en esperanza. Con la claridad y contundencia con que lo hizo en Simple. Una idea para transformar el futuro de América Latina, Gerónimo Frigerio combina visión individual, nacional y regional en un marco de reflexión realista, práctico y constructivo, y presenta un mensaje optimista: América Latina puede dejar de ser un conjunto de países sin rumbo para transformarse en un conjunto de sociedades que planifican su futuro.

Descending Into Greatness

In a society where "upward mobility" is the highest goal, Bill Hybels asks a tough question: Do Christians place God's desires first-or their own? In Descending into Greatness, Hybels and writer Rob Wilkins take the example of Christ's downward journey as it was meant to be; the radical and essential answer for every Christian. In fourteen powerful chapters, the authors explore such topics as How Jesus managed power. The intentional decisions necessary to move down. The uplifting nature of true humility. Abundant life through dying to self. The ambush of joy. Moving down is never an easy matter that can be reduced to a formula. It involves a life committed to discipleship. Descending into Greatness introduces you to the touching stories of modern men and women committed to advancing the kingdom of God: from the pro football player, to the medical missionary, to a businessman wrestling with the priorities in the world of finance. Descending into Greatness asks tough questions and gives hopeful answers. Now, this powerful, urgent message also includes a discussion guide so that you can follow through, too. "Like Christ, we must descend-into self-abandonment, unconditional giving, sacrifice, and death to self. And, like Christ, we will then ascend-into fulfillment, blessing, joy, and purpose."

Deschooling L�earning

Deschooling L'earning explores how recent reforms to young adults' senior secondary schooling have given rise to capital friendly learning-and-earning (l'earning) webs, reporting how leaders committed to deschooling have mobilised capability brokers to create l'earning networks. Illich's ideas are used to explain disenchantment with disengaging schooling, and neo-Weberian conceptions of the new spirit of capitalism are employed to deepen understanding of these reforms. Singh and Harreveld's analysis uses the idea of deschooling l'earning to ask whether these reforms build young adults' commitment to twenty-first-century modes of capital accumulation? Deschooling L'earning also gives insights into questions teacher education might ask about securing the future life/work trajectories of young adults, reassuring them that these reforms can serve the common good. These conceptual resources provide tools for corrective and transformative critiques that test government policies and practices for their adverse effects.