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Finance is one of the fastest growing areas in the modern banking and corporate world. This, together with the sophistication of modern financial products, provides a rapidly growing impetus for new mathematical models and modern mathematical methods. Indeed, the area is an expanding source for novel and relevant "real-world" mathematics. In this book, the authors describe the modeling of financial derivative products from an applied mathematician's viewpoint, from modeling to analysis to elementary computation. The authors present a unified approach to modeling derivative products as partial differential equations, using numerical solutions where appropriate. The authors assume some mathematical background, but provide clear explanations for material beyond elementary calculus, probability, and algebra. This volume will become the standard introduction for advanced undergraduate students to this exciting new field.
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Good Buy.......2007-08-29
maps one to one with many chapters in Hull. more elaborate derivations than Hull. Fixed income area treatment is very slim though. Good Buy for the Price.
Okay but not an introduction.......2006-07-31
If you want an introduction, read another book like Hull. If you want to learn how to apply Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) approach to finance then it is a useful book. However, it is better to read an elementary PDEs book before reading this book. At least, learn how to solve parabolic PDEs analytically because the technical notes in the book would not help much.
Introduction to partial differential equations in finance.......2005-10-13
This book treats only the partial differential equations
in Finance and how to treat them using Finite Differences
and Tree. For this purpose it is very well written and
understandable. A very good beginning for student. Even
undergraduate.
Now after reading it you should understand the martingales reading the baxter and how to implement Monte Carlo using, for example Glasserman (see my reviews)
A good introduction to the PDE approach.......2005-10-10
Contrary to what many readers believe, this book explains the pricing of derivatives much better than Hull. Hull gives an overview of the mechanics and properties of the derivative pricing industry, along with its pricing methodologies, and this book provides an in depth method to one of the pricing methods.
Financial derivatives can be priced by a wide range of methodologies, among some the elegant equivalent martingale measure approach (or risk-neutral pricing), replication, multinomial tree approximation, Monte Carlo simulation, partial differential equations etc etc.
This book gives an excellent introduction, and an insight to the PDE approach. Although being a big fan of the Girsanov-change-of-measure method myself, these analytical methods often fail in the valuation of highly complex derivatives like the exotics. Pricing americans prove to be hard and inefficient too, even with simulation and the risk-neutral approach.
This is where PDE methods come in. Since most derivatives (or term structures) have a PDE describing its evolution, solving the PDE seems to be a good (or sometimes the best) way, no matter how complex the derivative can get. PDEs on the other hand, have very robust and easy methods for solving. Therefore, this book brings the reader through basic PDE solving methods, analytical solutions, techniques for fast and efficient numerical approximations as well as rigorous technical explanations for some of the mathematics of partial differential equations (which arise in the financial industry).
The authors are famous for their research in the field of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and this book continues to be a classic for undergraduates in mathematics in Oxford. If you want to have an overview of the pde approach to option valuation, without the hassle of learning up Radon-Nikodým and martingales, I highly recommend this book!
waste of time.......2005-03-10
This book is very bad, lacks almost everything you can think of, but if you don't know any better you probably won't care. It certainly needs to be supplemented by a respectable book if you want to learn derivatives (c.f. Hull's textbook, for example), and on the other hand, the math isn't rigorous at all, so you'll need a book on stochastic calculus (e.g. Michael Steele's, actually there are tons of better books out there, it's not hard to find better).
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The Manual of Business Italian, like all the manuals in this series, is the most comprehensive, single-volume, reference handbook for students and professionals using Italian for business. Designed for all users, no matter what level of language skill, each volume is comprised of five parts: a 6000 word, two-way Glossary of the most useful business terms; a 100 page Written Communication section giving models of 50 letters, faxes and documents; an 80 page Spoken Situations Section covering face-to-face and telephone situations; a short Reference Grammar outlining the major grammatical features of the language; and a short Busienss Facts section covering essential information of the country or countries where the language is used.
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nice book.......2007-09-27
it is qutie nice book for italian language learning, however, the big shortage is lack of audio materials, if the audio file could be attached, this book would benefit more to the italian learner
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Just what I need!.......2004-07-31
This book lists business letters with Italian on one side, and English on the other. The advantage is that the message to potential business partners will be crystal clear, without translation issues. The letters I saw talked about meetings, and shipping of goods. It would be difficult to write these as a beginning speaker. I would buy this book, but no one seems to have one in Italian!
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Italian/English Business Correspondence (Languages for Business)
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Italian Business Correspondence is a handy reference and learning text for all who use written Italian. 80 written communications are simply presented covering memos, letters, faxes and resumes. The situations covered include: * arranging meetings * acknowledging orders * enquiring about products * applying for jobs With full English translations, this text is suitable for both students and professionals and can be used for either reference or class use.
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For all skill and experience levels of money management.......2003-08-11
How To Protect And Manage Your 401(k) is a straightforward guide by Elizabeth Opalka (a CPA and experienced tax lawyer) written especially for those 401(k) account investors seeking to protecting their hard-earned funds from the volatile fluctuations of the market, employer misconduct, excessive fees, and other financial hazards and missteps. A practical and "user friendly" guide written for men and women at all skill and experience levels of money management and retirement financial planning, How To Protect And Manage Your 401(k) is emphatically recommended for novice investors and has a great deal of value to offer even the more experienced 401(k) holders.
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this book helps me understand everything about internet marketing
The Most Thorough Web Marketing Book Today!.......1998-10-04
Today there are millions of people from around the world who have jumped aboard the information superhighway. The numbers are growing every day. They represent a potential marketing goldmine for anyone willing and ready to capitalize on the opportunity to reach them. Dowling, Kuegler, Taylor, and Testerman (not a law firm), have written Web Advertising and Marketing to offer readers the information they need to get online and to increase their bottom line!
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The authors include information concerning a variety of topics, including Internet censorship, privacy, jurisdictional matters, copyright infringement, online security, netiquette, and more. Readers may interested to read up on the plight of Philip Zimmerman who landed himself in hot water with the US government by releasing his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) encryption software program online. An excellent treatment is provided to demonstrate the degree to which the government is willing to get involved in the lives of people.
This is an extremely detailed Web business resource. It is ideally suited for those Website designers and online business persons who are comfortably prepared to go online and who will commit themselves to reading through this 540-page, information-packed book. This is one of the most thorough Web business books available today. From cover to cover readers will be kept busy digesting a wealth of information. If you're looking for a lot of reading material on operating an online business, this is the right book for you! Highly recommended!
Excellent Resource and a Fun Read!.......1998-09-26
I came into this book thinking I new a lot about building a Web Page for my company. What I learned from this book showed me that didn't know anything. This book is written in a way that gives you real life direction with real life examples, yet was fun to read. I highly recommend it.
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This title is a bit misleading, I think. I was looking for a book on Internet advertising strategies -- how to decide where to advertise, develop effective ads, calculate the success of campaigns, etc. Instead, this book is an introductory primer to the Internet itself with definitions of email and surfing and very basic information on creating a site. If you've never been online, this book may help you but if you're looking for some meaty information about the techniques and strategies behind advertising on the Web, this is not the book for you.
Well Written.......1998-09-19
I found this book to be the most helpful of all of the Internet Marketing Books. It is always great to read experts who are in the business everyday and who can talk about real company experiences.
This book has convinced me to try my own on-line venture.
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