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John Wiley Applied Derivatives Options Futures and Swaps 2002 Edition by Richard Rendleman
Applied Derivatives provides a detailed, yet relatively non--technical, treatment of the conceptual foundations of derivative securities marketsa pricing and investment principles. This book draws from the most fundamental concepts of pricing for options, futures, and swaps to provide insight into the potential risks and returns from conventional option investing. Applied Derivatives is supported by the website www.rendleman.com/book which contains course software referenced in the text and additional questions and problems as they become available. Table of contents : - Preface. 1. An Introduction to Option Markets. 2. Put--Call Parity and Other Pricing Restrictions. 3. An Introduction to the Binomial Option Pricing Model. 4. Advanced Binomial Option Pricing. 5. Practical Issues Associated with Binomial and Black--Scholes--based Option Replication. 6. The Black--Scholes Model: Using and Interpreting the "Greeks". 7. Options Arbitrage. 8. Option Investing from a Risk--Return Perspective. 9. Advanced Option Replication: Creating the Most Cost--effective Replicating Portfolio. 10. The Use of Exchange--traded Options in Asset Allocation. 11. Pricing Interest Rate--dependent Financial Claims with Option Features. 12. Introduction to Futures, Forward, and Swap Markets. 13. Futures Pricing. 14. Hedging with Futures. 15. Interest Rate Futures. 16. Swap Markets. Index.