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Author Bell, Steve, 1962- author.

Title Quantitative finance for dummies / by Steve Bell.

Publication Info. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2016]
©2016
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  332.092 BEL    DUE 05-10-24
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Description xii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series --For dummies.
Note "Learning made easy"--Cover.
Includes index.
Contents Getting started with quantitative finance. Quantitative finance unveiled ; Understanding probability and statistics ; Taking a look at random beheviours -- Tackling financial instruments. Sizing up interest rates, shares and bonds ; Exploring options ; Trading risk with futures -- Investigating and describing market behaviour. Reading the market's mood: volatility ; Analysing all the data ; Analysing data matrices: principal components -- Option pricing. Examining the binomial and Black-Scholes pricing models ; Using the Greeks in the Black-Scholes model ; Gauging interest-rate derivatives -- Risk and portfolio management. Managing market risk ; Comprehending portfolio theory ; Measuring potential losses: value at risk (VaR) -- Market trading and strategy. Forecasting markets ; Fitting models to data ; Markets in practice -- The part of tens: Ten key ideas of quantitative finance ; Ten ways to ace your career in quantitative finance.
Subject Finance -- Mathematical models.
Options (Finance) -- Mathematical models.
ISBN 1118769465 (paperback)
9781118769461 (paperback)
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