Quantitative Modeling of Derivative Securities

Download or read book Quantitative Modeling of Derivative Securities written by Marco Avellaneda and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-09-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantitative Modeling of Derivative Securities demonstrates how to take the basic ideas of arbitrage theory and apply them - in a very concrete way - to the design and analysis of financial products. Based primarily (but not exclusively) on the analysis of derivatives, the book emphasizes relative-value and hedging ideas applied to different financial instruments. Using a "financial engineering approach," the theory is developed progressively, focusing on specific aspects of pricing and hedging and with problems that the technical analyst or trader has to consider in practice. More than just an introductory text, the reader who has mastered the contents of this one book will have breached the gap separating the novice from the technical and research literature.