Quantitative finance for dummies /
Bell, Steve.
Quantitative finance for dummies / Steve Bell. - Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2016. - xii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - For dummies a Wiley brand .
Cover page: "Learn the tools for investment success, Use portfolio and risk management applications, Sharpen your skills with useful exercises"
Includes glossary and index.
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)
English
9781118769461 [reproduction]
2016939606
Options (Finance)--Mathematical models.
Finance--Mathematical models.
332.015195 B41 2016
Quantitative finance for dummies / Steve Bell. - Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2016. - xii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - For dummies a Wiley brand .
Cover page: "Learn the tools for investment success, Use portfolio and risk management applications, Sharpen your skills with useful exercises"
Includes glossary and index.
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)
English
9781118769461 [reproduction]
2016939606
Options (Finance)--Mathematical models.
Finance--Mathematical models.
332.015195 B41 2016