Futures and options
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Futures and options
（McGraw-Hill series in finance）
McGraw-Hill, c1992
- International edition
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Futures & options
Available at 14 libraries
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Cover title: Futures & options
Includes bibliographical references (p. 622-626) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The goal of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of futures markets: what they are, how they work, how they are used, and for what purpose. The last few chapters also provide a brief overview of commodity options and options on futures contracts. While the primary objective of the book is to provide a general understanding of futures marketed, it contains a number of chapters that examine specific futures contracts and markets. If the reader is not interested in a particular type of futures contracts it can be omitted.
Table of Contents
1. An Introduction to Futures Markets. 2. Mechanics of Buying and Selling Futures. 3. The Clearinghouse. 4. Futures Prices. 5. Hedging Fundamentals. 6. Devising a Hedging Strategy. 7. Social Benefits of Futures Markets and the Role of Speculation. 8. The Economic and Historical Rationales for Regulating Futures Markets. 9. The Regulation of Futures Markets. 10. Stock Index Futures. 11. Short Term Interest Rate Futures. 12. Long Term Interest Rate Futures. 13. Foreign Currency Futures. 14. Commodity Futures. 15. Trading Methods and Strategies. 16. Speculators: Who are They and Who Wins and Loses? 17. The 1987 Stock Market Crash and the Controversy over Stock Index Futures. 18. The Basics of Options. 19. Option Pricing. 20. Applications of Options.
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