Written in a clear and
concise style to ensure that students can understand this difficult area
Thorough explanation of how
to price, value and use derivatives
Deals with the four primary
types of derivative contracts
Includes analysis of
computer software used by derivatives professionals
This textbook deals with the
four primary types of derivative contracts: forwards, futures, swaps, and options. It
avoids extensive and difficult mathematics, and instead focuses more on intuitive
understanding on how to value each contract, and how to compute the relevant price. In
addition it shows how each contract can be used to manage financial risk.
Readership: For students
taking a course in risk management.
David A. Dubofsky,
Virginia Commonwealth University, and Thomas W. Miller, Department of Finance,
College of Business and Public Administration, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Contents
Part One: Introduction to
Derivatives and Risk Management
1 An Overview of Derivative
Contracts
2 Risk and Risk Management
Part Two: Forward Contracts
and Futures Contracts
3 Introduction to Forward
Contracts
4 Using Forward Contracts to
Manage Risk
5 Determining Forward Prices
and Futures Prices
6 Introduction to Futures
7 Risk Management with
Futures Contracts
8 Stock Index Futures
9 Treasury Bond and Treasury
Note Futures
10 Treasury Bill and
Eurodollar Features
Part Three: Swaps
11 An Introduction to Swaps
12 Using Swaps to Manage
Risk
13 Pricing and Valuing Swaps
Part Four: Options
14 Introduction to Options
15 Options Strategies and
Profit Diagrams
16 Arbitrage Restrictions on
Option Prices
17 The Binomial Option
Pricing Model
18 Continuous Time Option
Pricing Models
19 Risk Management for Using
Options
Part Five: Derivative
Frontiers
20 Current Topics in Risk
Management
646 pages