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This book is great for people who are interested in improving their business decision making. It starts with the absolute basics--the time value of money, and builds upon that to develop models for bond valuation, interest rate forwards and swaps, futures, repurchases (repos), on up to foreign exchange and options pricing models.
If you are a fundamentalist, much of this won´t be new to you. If you are technical analyst who develops quantitative trading models, this is essential information to have, as you will know what information fundamentalists consider important, and how it may impact the market you trade.
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FT Press claimed The new rebranded and updated edition of the bestselling hands-on practitioner¿s guide to the maths behind every key financial instrument and technique. Part of the renowned and hugely successful Mastering series. This is the definitive guide to exploring today’s financial markets in a clear and comprehensive manner. Written by Robert Steiner, one of the UK’s leading trainers for some of the world’s largest financial institutions. The book includes essential course material and practice exercises for ACI qualifications This book has practicality-not theory-at its heart and is packed with real-world cases, worked examples and calculations. AUDIENCE: Practitioners are the primary market: traders, fund managers, corporate treasurers, programmers, accountants, and risk managers. Secondary are market students. This book will appeal to a huge audience. 1 in 10 people work in either banking, finance or insurance.
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