An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets: 303 (The Wiley Finance Series) - Hardcover

Dubil, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470853328 ISBN 13: 9780470853320

Publisher: Wiley, 2004

Synopsis

"An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets" is the first book to explicitly show the linkages of markets for equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities. Using a unique structural approach, it dissects all markets the same way: into spot, forward and contingent dimensions, bringing out the simplicity and the commonalities of all markets. The book shuns stochastic calculus in favor of cash flow details of arbitrage trades. All math is simple, but there is lots of it. The book reflects the relative value mentality of an institutional trader seeking profit from misalignments of various market segments. The book is aimed at entrants into investment banking and dealing businesses, existing personnel in non-trading jobs, and people outside of the financial services industry trying to gain a view into what drives dealers in today's highly integrated marketplace. A committed reader is guaranteed to leave with a deep understanding of all current issues.'This is an excellent introduction to the financial markets by an author with a strong academic approach and practical insights from trading experience. At a time when the proliferation of financial instruments and the increased use of sophisticated mathematics in their analysis, makes an introduction to financial markets intimidating to most, this book is very useful. It provides an insight into the core concepts across markets and uses mathematics at an accessible level. It equips readers to understand the fundamentals of markets, valuation and trading. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to understand the essentials of successfully trading, structuring or using the entire range of financial instruments available today' -Varun Gosain, Principal, Constellation Capital Management, New York.'Robert Dubil, drawing from his extensive prior trading experience, has made a significant contribution by writing an easy to understand book about the complex world of today's financial markets, using basic mathematical concepts. The book is filled with insights and real life examples about how traders approach the market and is required reading for anyone with an interest in understanding markets or a career in trading' - George Handjinicolaou, Partner, Etolian Capital, New York. 'This book provides an excellent guide to the current state of the financial markets. It combines academic rigour with the author's practical experience of the financial sector, giving both students and practitioners an insight into the arbitrage pricing mechanism' - Zenji Nakamura, Managing Director, Europe Fixed Income Division, Nomura International plc, London.

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT DUBIL is a former Director of Risk Analytics in the Corporate Risk Management Group at Merrill Lynch (1999-2001), head of Exotic Fixed Income Derivatives Trading at UBS (1996-99) and Chase Manhattan (1994-95), an equity and debt derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch (1992-94), and a quantitative researcher at Nomura (1990-92) and JP Morgan (1989-90). He worked in New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney. He holds a PhD and MBA from University of Connecticut, and an MA from Wharton. His recent articles covering liquidity risks and banking regulation can be found in the Journal of Applied Finance, Financial Services Review, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures, Journal of Wealth Management and the Journal of Investing. He is currently Associate Professor of Finance at San Jose State University in California.

From the Inside Flap:

"This is an excellent introduction to the financial markets by an author with a strong academic approach and practical insights from trading expereince. At a time when the proliferation of financial instruments and the increased use of sophisticated mathematics in their analysis, makes an introduction to financial market intimidating to most, this book is very useful. It provides an insight into the core concepts across markets and uses mathematics at an accessible level. It equips readers to understand the fundamentals of markets, valuation and trading. I would lighly recommend it to anyone looking to understand the essentials of successfully trading, structuring or using the entire range of financial instruments available today."
--Varun Gosain, Principal, Constellation Capital Management, New York

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0470853328
• ISBN 13: 9780470853320
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344