{"product_id":"futures-options-and-swaps-hardcover","title":"Futures, Options, and Swaps - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRob Quail\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames A. Overdahl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new and updated edition of the most readable, comprehensive text available on derivatives markets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUtilizes an even more applied approach than previous editions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an excellent balance between introductory and advanced topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensively updated to incorporate and explicate development in the field including the areas of electronic trading platforms, globalization of markets, hedge funds, financial scandals involving derivatives, and government regulation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevised to include over 50 text boxes with applied vignettes on topical issues, product profiles, and historical anecdotes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in an accessible, non-technical style, \u003ci\u003eFutures, Options, and Swaps\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive text on derivatives markets available. As the only book to utilize such a reader-friendly, instructive approach, students will find the material readily comprehensible without a professor's guidance, thereby freeing instructors to cover only the vital topics, or to teach a more technical course.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fifth edition has been extensively revised to address the most recent developments in this rapidly evolving field. New and updated information reflects current conditions in a variety of areas, including electronic trading platforms, globalization of markets, hedge funds, financial scandals involving derivatives, and government regulation. Also new to this edition are text boxes containing anecdotes or vignettes related to topics discussed more formally in the text, and product profiles to describe some of the more successful contracts around the world and to highlight innovative or unusual features of traded contracts. The treatment in this text emphasizes financial derivatives, but it does not neglect traditional commodity futures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn accompanying website can be found online at www.blackwellpublishing.com\/kolb, containing the OPTION! program that allows the user to compute virtually every option and swap value discussed in this book, as well as many of the relationships among different option prices. The website also includes more than 80 exercises designed to enhance the understanding of option pricing principles and applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert W. Kolb\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Frank W. Considine Chair in Applied Ethics at Loyola University Chicago. He was formerly Assistant Dean for Business and Society (2003-2006) at the University of Colorado, and John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Finance at the University of Miami. He is author and co-author of numerous texts in finance, including \u003ci\u003eFutures, Options, and Swaps, 5e\u003c\/i\u003e (with James A. Overdahl, Blackwell, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Futures Markets, 6e\u003c\/i\u003e (with James A. Overdahl, Blackwell, 2006\u003ci\u003e).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames A. Overdahl\u003c\/b\u003e is Chief Economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, D.C., and has held senior positions at the Risk Analysis Division at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and at the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has been an adjunct professor of finance at Georgetown University, the University of Maryland, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 848\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.74 x 9.77 x 7.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47202625945849,"sku":"9781405150491","price":158.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RlhkN1Q0SXc0dTdZUXJ3Qkk0UVhPZz09.webp?v=1767997122","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/futures-options-and-swaps-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}