Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives: International Edition - Softcover

Hull, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130158224 ISBN 13: 9780130158222

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Options and Futures, Financial Engineering and Risk Management, typically found in business, finance, economics and mathematics departments. Also suitable for practitioners who want to acquire a working knowledge of how derivatives can be analyzed.

This best seller represents how academia and real-world practice have come together with a common respect and focus of theory and practice. It provides a unifying approach to the valuation of all derivatives―not just futures and options. It assumes that the reader has taken an introductory course in finance and an introductory course in probability and statistics. No prior knowledge of options, futures contracts, swaps, and so on is assumed.

About this title

From the Back Cover

One of the exciting developments in finance over the last 20 years has been the growth of derivatives markets. In many situations, both hedgers and speculators find it more attractive to trade a derivative on an asset than to trade the asset itself. Some derivatives are traded on exchanges. Others are traded by financial institutions, fund managers, and corporations in the over-the-counter market, or added to new issues of debt and equity securities. Much of this book is concerned with the valuation of derivatives. The aim is to present a unifying framework within all derivatives-not just options or futures-can be valued.

About the Author

John Hull lectures at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management from the University of Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0130158224
• ISBN 13: 9780130158222
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 720