Quantitative finance for dummies

By:

Bell, Steve

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Wiley India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi 2017Description: xii, 386 pISBN:

9788126567942

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DDC classification:

332.015118 BEL

Summary: Description Quantitative finance is the application of mathematics to investing decisions. Aimed at investors and finance students alike, Quantitative Finance For Dummies is an accessible yet thorough introduction to this complex world. It provides you with a solid understanding of futures, options and risk, and explains the most popular equations, methods, formulas and models (such as the Black-Scholes model) that are applied in quantitative finance.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Finance & Accounting	332.015118 BEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	11/06/2024	001883

Introduction

Part 1: Getting Started with Quantitative Finance

Chapter 1: Quantitative Finance Unveiled

Chapter 2: Understanding Probability and Statistics

Chapter 3: Taking a Look at Random Behaviours

Part 2: Tackling Financial Instruments

Chapter 4: Sizing Up Interest Rates, Shares and Bonds

Chapter 5: Exploring Options

Chapter 6: Trading Risk with Futures

Part 3: Investigating and Describing Market Behaviour

Chapter 7: Reading the Market's Mood: Volatility

Chapter 8: Analysing All the Data

Chapter 9: Analysing Data Matrices: Principal Components

Part 4: Option Pricing

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

Part 5: Risk and Portfolio Management

Chapter 13: Managing Market Risk

Chapter 14: Comprehending Portfolio Theory

Chapter 15: Measuring Potential Losses: Value at Risk (VaR)

Part 6: Market Trading and Strategy

Chapter 16: Forecasting Markets

Chapter 17: Fitting Models to Data

Chapter 18: Markets in Practice

Part 7: The Part of Tens

Chapter 19: Ten Key Ideas of Quantitative Finance

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Ace Your Career in Quantitative Finance

Glossary

Index

Description
Quantitative finance is the application of mathematics to investing decisions. Aimed at investors and finance students alike, Quantitative Finance For Dummies is an accessible yet thorough introduction to this complex world. It provides you with a solid understanding of futures, options and risk, and explains the most popular equations, methods, formulas and models (such as the Black-Scholes model) that are applied in quantitative finance.

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