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Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets: International Edition Paperback – 1 July 2004
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For undergraduate and graduate courses in business and economics, focusing on courses in options and futures.
Updated and revised to reflect the most current information, this introduction to futures and options markets is ideal for those with a limited background in mathematics. Based on Hull's Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, one of the best-selling books on Wall Street and in the college market, this text presents an accessible and student-friendly overview of the topic without the use of calculus. Packed with numerical examples and accounts of real-life situations, the Fifth Edition effectively guides students through the material while helping them prepare for the working world.
- Print length576 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPearson
- Publication date1 July 2004
- Dimensions20.4 x 2.2 x 25.4 cm
- ISBN-100131273949
- ISBN-13978-0131273948
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From the Back Cover
Again, John Hull has done a great job revising and updating this best-selling book. Changes in the fifth edition include:
- A new chapter on credit derivatives (Chapter 21).
- New! Business Snapshots highlight real-world situations and relevant issues.
- The first six chapters have been -reorganized to better meet the needs of students and .instructors.
- A new release of the Excel-based software, DerivaGem, is included with each text.
A useful Solutions Manual/Study Guide, which includes the worked-out answers to the "Questions and Problems" sections of each chapter, can be purchased separately (ISBN: 0-13-144570-7).
Product details
- Publisher : Pearson; 5th edition (1 July 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 576 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0131273949
- ISBN-13 : 978-0131273948
- Dimensions : 20.4 x 2.2 x 25.4 cm
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About the author
John C. Hull is a Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
He is a respected researcher in the academic field of quantitative finance (see for example the Hull-White model) and is the author of two books on financial derivatives that are widely used texts for market practitioners: "Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives" and "Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets".
Hull is an editor of the Journal of Derivatives (since 1993), The Review of Derivatives Research (since 1993), the Journal of Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation (since 1994), the Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies (since 1996), the Journal of Risk (since 1998), the Journal of Bond Trading and Management (since 2001), the Journal of Derivatives Accounting (since 2002) and the Journal of Credit Risk (since 2004).
He studied Mathematics at Cambridge University (B.A. & M.A.), and holds an M.A. in Operational Research from Lancaster University and a Ph.D. in Finance from Cranfield University. In 1999, he was awarded the Financial Engineer of the Year Award, by the International Association of Financial Engineers. He has twin sons named Peter and David, and a wife named Michelle.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.