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ISBN 10: 1118769465
ISBN 13: 978-1118769461
Author: Steve Bell
Does the complex world of quantitative finance make you quiver? You’re not alone! It’s a tough subject for even high-level financial gurus to grasp, but Quantitative Finance For Dummies offers plain-English guidance on making sense of applying mathematics to investing decisions. With this complete guide, you’ll gain a solid understanding of futures, options and risk, and get up-to-speed on the most popular equations, methods, formulas and models (such as the Black-Scholes model) that are applied in quantitative finance.
Also known as mathematical finance, quantitative finance is the field of mathematics applied to financial markets. It’s a highly technical discipline—but almost all investment companies and hedge funds use quantitative methods. This fun and friendly guide breaks the subject of quantitative finance down to easily digestible parts, making it approachable for personal investors and finance students alike. With the help of Quantitative Finance For Dummies, you’ll learn the mathematical skills necessary for success with quantitative finance, the most up-to-date portfolio and risk management applications and everything you need to know about basic derivatives pricing.
- Covers the core models, formulas and methods used in quantitative finance
- Includes examples and brief exercises to help augment your understanding of QF
- Provides an easy-to-follow introduction to the complex world of quantitative finance
- Explains how QF methods are used to define the current market value of a derivative security
Whether you’re an aspiring quant or a top-tier personal investor, Quantitative Finance For Dummies is your go-to guide for coming to grips with QF/risk management.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Quantitative Finance Unveiled
Chapter 2: Understanding Probability and Statistics
Chapter 3: Taking a Look at Random Behaviours
Chapter 4: Sizing Up Interest Rates, Shares and Bonds
Chapter 5: Exploring Options
Chapter 6: Trading Risk with Futures
Chapter 7: Reading the Market’s Mood: Volatility
Chapter 8: Analysing All the Data
Chapter 9: Analysing Data Matrices: Principal Components
Chapter 10: Examining the Binomial and Black-Scholes Pricing Models
Chapter 11: Using the Greeks in the Black-Scholes Model
Chapter 12: Gauging Interest-Rate Derivatives
Chapter 13: Managing Market Risk
Chapter 14: Comprehending Portfolio Theory
Chapter 15: Measuring Potential Losses: Value at Risk (VaR)
Chapter 16: Forecasting Markets
Chapter 17: Fitting Models to Data
Chapter 18: Markets in Practice
Chapter 19: Ten Key Ideas of Quantitative Finance
Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Ace Your Career in Quantitative Finance
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