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Computational Finance Using C and C#

Author : George Levy
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780080878072
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Computational Finance Using C and C# written by George Levy and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2008-06-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational Finance Using C and C# raises computational finance to the next level using the languages of both standard C and C#. The inclusion of both these languages enables readers to match their use of the book to their firm’s internal software and code requirements. The book also provides derivatives pricing information for equity derivates (vanilla options, quantos, generic equity basket options); interest rate derivatives (FRAs, swaps, quantos); foreign exchange derivatives (FX forwards, FX options); and credit derivatives (credit default swaps, defaultable bonds, total return swaps). This book is organized into 8 chapters, beginning with an overview of financial derivatives followed by an introduction to stochastic processes. The discussion then shifts to generation of random variates; European options; single asset American options; multi-asset options; other financial derivatives; and C# portfolio pricing application. The text is supported by a multi-tier website which enables purchasers of the book to download free software, which includes executable files, configuration files, and results files. With these files the user can run the C# portfolio pricing application and change the portfolio composition and the attributes of the deals. This book will be of interest to financial engineers and analysts as well as numerical analysts in banking, insurance, and corporate finance. Illustrates the use of C# design patterns, including dictionaries, abstract classes, and .NET InteropServices.

Quantitative Finance

Author : Erik Schlogl
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315359855
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Quantitative Finance written by Erik Schlogl and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantitative Finance: An Object-Oriented Approach in C++ provides readers with a foundation in the key methods and models of quantitative finance. Keeping the material as self-contained as possible, the author introduces computational finance with a focus on practical implementation in C++. Through an approach based on C++ classes and templates, the text highlights the basic principles common to various methods and models while the algorithmic implementation guides readers to a more thorough, hands-on understanding. By moving beyond a purely theoretical treatment to the actual implementation of the models using C++, readers greatly enhance their career opportunities in the field. The book also helps readers implement models in a trading or research environment. It presents recipes and extensible code building blocks for some of the most widespread methods in risk management and option pricing. Web Resource The author’s website provides fully functional C++ code, including additional C++ source files and examples. Although the code is used to illustrate concepts (not as a finished software product), it nevertheless compiles, runs, and deals with full, rather than toy, problems. The website also includes a suite of practical exercises for each chapter covering a range of difficulty levels and problem complexity.

Computational Finance Using C and C#

Author : George Levy
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128035765
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Computational Finance Using C and C# written by George Levy and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational Finance Using C and C#: Derivatives and Valuation, Second Edition provides derivatives pricing information for equity derivatives, interest rate derivatives, foreign exchange derivatives, and credit derivatives. By providing free access to code from a variety of computer languages, such as Visual Basic/Excel, C++, C, and C#, it gives readers stand-alone examples that they can explore before delving into creating their own applications. It is written for readers with backgrounds in basic calculus, linear algebra, and probability. Strong on mathematical theory, this second edition helps empower readers to solve their own problems. *Features new programming problems, examples, and exercises for each chapter. *Includes freely-accessible source code in languages such as C, C++, VBA, C#, and Excel.. *Includes a new chapter on the history of finance which also covers the 2008 credit crisis and the use of mortgage backed securities, CDSs and CDOs. *Emphasizes mathematical theory. Features new programming problems, examples, and exercises with solutions added to each chapter Includes freely-accessible source code in languages such as C, C++, VBA, C#, Excel, Includes a new chapter on the credit crisis of 2008 Emphasizes mathematical theory

Tools for Computational Finance

Author : Rüdiger U. Seydel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662225514
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Tools for Computational Finance written by Rüdiger U. Seydel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tools for Computational Finance offers a clear explanation of computational issues arising in financial mathematics. The new third edition is thoroughly revised and significantly extended, including an extensive new section on analytic methods, focused mainly on interpolation approach and quadratic approximation. Other new material is devoted to risk-neutrality, early-exercise curves, multidimensional Black-Scholes models, the integral representation of options and the derivation of the Black-Scholes equation. New figures, more exercises, and expanded background material make this guide a real must-to-have for everyone working in the world of financial engineering.

Modern Computational Finance

Author : Antoine Savine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119539455
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Modern Computational Finance written by Antoine Savine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the strongest addition to numerical finance of the past decade, Algorithmic Adjoint Differentiation (AAD) is the technology implemented in modern financial software to produce thousands of accurate risk sensitivities, within seconds, on light hardware. AAD recently became a centerpiece of modern financial systems and a key skill for all quantitative analysts, developers, risk professionals or anyone involved with derivatives. It is increasingly taught in Masters and PhD programs in finance. Danske Bank's wide scale implementation of AAD in its production and regulatory systems won the In-House System of the Year 2015 Risk award. The Modern Computational Finance books, written by three of the very people who designed Danske Bank's systems, offer a unique insight into the modern implementation of financial models. The volumes combine financial modelling, mathematics and programming to resolve real life financial problems and produce effective derivatives software. This volume is a complete, self-contained learning reference for AAD, and its application in finance. AAD is explained in deep detail throughout chapters that gently lead readers from the theoretical foundations to the most delicate areas of an efficient implementation, such as memory management, parallel implementation and acceleration with expression templates. The book comes with professional source code in C++, including an efficient, up to date implementation of AAD and a generic parallel simulation library. Modern C++, high performance parallel programming and interfacing C++ with Excel are also covered. The book builds the code step-by-step, while the code illustrates the concepts and notions developed in the book.

Mathematical Modeling And Computation In Finance: With Exercises And Python And Matlab Computer Codes

Author : Cornelis W Oosterlee
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1786347962
Total Pages : 1310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Modeling And Computation In Finance: With Exercises And Python And Matlab Computer Codes written by Cornelis W Oosterlee and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the interplay of stochastics (applied probability theory) and numerical analysis in the field of quantitative finance. The stochastic models, numerical valuation techniques, computational aspects, financial products, and risk management applications presented will enable readers to progress in the challenging field of computational finance.When the behavior of financial market participants changes, the corresponding stochastic mathematical models describing the prices may also change. Financial regulation may play a role in such changes too. The book thus presents several models for stock prices, interest rates as well as foreign-exchange rates, with increasing complexity across the chapters. As is said in the industry, 'do not fall in love with your favorite model.' The book covers equity models before moving to short-rate and other interest rate models. We cast these models for interest rate into the Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework, show relations between the different models, and explain a few interest rate products and their pricing.The chapters are accompanied by exercises. Students can access solutions to selected exercises, while complete solutions are made available to instructors. The MATLAB and Python computer codes used for most tables and figures in the book are made available for both print and e-book users. This book will be useful for people working in the financial industry, for those aiming to work there one day, and for anyone interested in quantitative finance. The topics that are discussed are relevant for MSc and PhD students, academic researchers, and for quants in the financial industry.Supplementary Material:Solutions Manual is available to instructors who adopt this textbook for their courses. Please contact [email protected].

Numerical Methods in Computational Finance

Author : Daniel J. Duffy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119719674
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Numerical Methods in Computational Finance written by Daniel J. Duffy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-03-21 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a detailed and step-by-step introduction to the mathematical foundations of ordinary and partial differential equations, their approximation by the finite difference method and applications to computational finance. The book is structured so that it can be read by beginners, novices and expert users. Part A Mathematical Foundation for One-Factor Problems Chapters 1 to 7 introduce the mathematical and numerical analysis concepts that are needed to understand the finite difference method and its application to computational finance. Part B Mathematical Foundation for Two-Factor Problems Chapters 8 to 13 discuss a number of rigorous mathematical techniques relating to elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations in two space variables. In particular, we develop strategies to preprocess and modify a PDE before we approximate it by the finite difference method, thus avoiding ad-hoc and heuristic tricks. Part C The Foundations of the Finite Difference Method (FDM) Chapters 14 to 17 introduce the mathematical background to the finite difference method for initial boundary value problems for parabolic PDEs. It encapsulates all the background information to construct stable and accurate finite difference schemes. Part D Advanced Finite Difference Schemes for Two-Factor Problems Chapters 18 to 22 introduce a number of modern finite difference methods to approximate the solution of two factor partial differential equations. This is the only book we know of that discusses these methods in any detail. Part E Test Cases in Computational Finance Chapters 23 to 26 are concerned with applications based on previous chapters. We discuss finite difference schemes for a wide range of one-factor and two-factor problems. This book is suitable as an entry-level introduction as well as a detailed treatment of modern methods as used by industry quants and MSc/MFE students in finance. The topics have applications to numerical analysis, science and engineering. More on computational finance and the author’s online courses, see www.datasim.nl.

Advances in Mathematical Finance

Author : Michael C. Fu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0817645454
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Mathematical Finance written by Michael C. Fu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This self-contained volume brings together a collection of chapters by some of the most distinguished researchers and practitioners in the field of mathematical finance and financial engineering. Presenting state-of-the-art developments in theory and practice, the book has real-world applications to fixed income models, credit risk models, CDO pricing, tax rebates, tax arbitrage, and tax equilibrium. It is a valuable resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in mathematical finance and financial engineering.

Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance

Author : Shu-Heng Chen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461508355
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Book Synopsis Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance by : Shu-Heng Chen

Download or read book Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance written by Shu-Heng Chen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade of development, genetic algorithms and genetic programming have become a widely accepted toolkit for computational finance. Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Computational Finance is a pioneering volume devoted entirely to a systematic and comprehensive review of this subject. Chapters cover various areas of computational finance, including financial forecasting, trading strategies development, cash flow management, option pricing, portfolio management, volatility modeling, arbitraging, and agent-based simulations of artificial stock markets. Two tutorial chapters are also included to help readers quickly grasp the essence of these tools. Finally, a menu-driven software program, Simple GP, accompanies the volume, which will enable readers without a strong programming background to gain hands-on experience in dealing with much of the technical material introduced in this work.

Computational Finance Using C and C#

Author : George Levy
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750669191
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Computational Finance Using C and C# written by George Levy and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Computational Finance Using C and C# George Levy raises computational finance to the next level using the languages of both standard C and C#. The inclusion of both these languages enables readers to match their use of the book to their firm's internal software and code requirements. Levy also provides derivatives pricing information for: — equity derivates: vanilla options, quantos, generic equity basket options — interest rate derivatives: FRAs, swaps, quantos — foreign exchange derivatives: FX forwards, FX options — credit derivatives: credit default swaps, defaultable bonds, total return swaps. Computational Finance Using C and C# by George Levy is supported by extensive web resources. Available for purchase on the multi-tier website are e versions of this book and Levy's first book, Computational Finance: Numerical Methods for Pricing Financial Derivatives. Purchasers of the print or e-book can download free software consisting of executable files, configuration files, and results files. With these files the user can run the example portfolio application in Chapter 8 and change the portfolio composition and the attributes of the deals. In addition, Upgrade Software is available on the website for a small fee, and includes: • Code to run all the C, C# and Excel examples in the book • Complete C source code for the Analytics_Mathlib maths library that is used in the book • C# source code, market data and portfolio files for the portfolio application described in Chapter 8 All the C/C# software can be compiled using either Visual Studio .NET 2005, or the freely available Microsoft Visual C#/C++ 2005 Express Editions. With this software, the user can open the files and create new deals, new instruments, and change the attributes of the deals by editing the code and recompiling it. This serves as a template that a user can run to customize the deals for their personal, everyday use. * Complete financial instrument pricing code in standard C and C# available to book buyers on companion website * Illustrates the use of C# design patterns, including dictionaries, abstract classes, and .NET InteropServices.

Financial Instrument Pricing Using C++

Author : Daniel J. Duffy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118856473
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Book Synopsis Financial Instrument Pricing Using C++ by : Daniel J. Duffy

Download or read book Financial Instrument Pricing Using C++ written by Daniel J. Duffy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the best languages for the development of financial engineering and instrument pricing applications is C++. This book has several features that allow developers to write robust, flexible and extensible software systems. The book is an ANSI/ISO standard, fully object-oriented and interfaces with many third-party applications. It has support for templates and generic programming, massive reusability using templates (?write once?) and support for legacy C applications. In this book, author Daniel J. Duffy brings C++ to the next level by applying it to the design and implementation of classes, libraries and applications for option and derivative pricing models. He employs modern software engineering techniques to produce industrial-strength applications: Using the Standard Template Library (STL) in finance Creating your own template classes and functions Reusable data structures for vectors, matrices and tensors Classes for numerical analysis (numerical linear algebra ?) Solving the Black Scholes equations, exact and approximate solutions Implementing the Finite Difference Method in C++ Integration with the ?Gang of Four? Design Patterns Interfacing with Excel (output and Add-Ins) Financial engineering and XML Cash flow and yield curves Included with the book is a CD containing the source code in the Datasim Financial Toolkit. You can use this to get up to speed with your C++ applications by reusing existing classes and libraries. 'Unique... Let's all give a warm welcome to modern pricing tools.' -- Paul Wilmott, mathematician, author and fund manager

Computational Finance 1999

Author : Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262511070
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Computational Finance 1999 written by Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the techniques of data mining, knowledge discovery, genetic algorithms, neural networks, bootstrapping, machine learning, and Monte Carlo simulation. Computational finance, an exciting new cross-disciplinary research area, draws extensively on the tools and techniques of computer science, statistics, information systems, and financial economics. This book covers the techniques of data mining, knowledge discovery, genetic algorithms, neural networks, bootstrapping, machine learning, and Monte Carlo simulation. These methods are applied to a wide range of problems in finance, including risk management, asset allocation, style analysis, dynamic trading and hedging, forecasting, and option pricing. The book is based on the sixth annual international conference Computational Finance 1999, held at New York University's Stern School of Business.

Modern Computational Finance

Author : Antoine Savine
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111954078X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Modern Computational Finance written by Antoine Savine and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive and essential guide to building a complete system for derivative scripting In Volume 2 of Modern Computational Finance Scripting for Derivatives and xVA, quantitative finance experts and practitioners Drs. Antoine Savine and Jesper Andreasen deliver an indispensable and insightful roadmap to the interrogation, aggregation, and manipulation of cash-flows in a variety of ways. The book demonstrates how to facilitate portfolio-wide risk assessment and regulatory calculations (like xVA). Complete with a professional scripting library written in modern C++, this stand-alone volume walks readers through the construction of a comprehensive risk and valuation tool. This essential book also offers: Effective strategies for improving scripting libraries, from basic examples—like support for dates and vectors—to advanced improvements, including American Monte Carlo techniques Exploration of the concepts of fuzzy logic and risk sensitivities, including support for smoothing and condition domains Discussion of the application of scripting to xVA, complete with a full treatment of branching Perfect for quantitative analysts, risk professionals, system developers, derivatives traders, and financial analysts, Modern Computational Finance Scripting for Derivatives and xVA: Volume 2 is also a must-read resource for students and teachers in master’s and PhD finance programs.

Numerical Methods in Finance with C++

Author : Maciej J. Capiński
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521177162
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)

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Book Synopsis Numerical Methods in Finance with C++ by : Maciej J. Capiński

Download or read book Numerical Methods in Finance with C++ written by Maciej J. Capiński and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides aspiring quant developers with the numerical techniques and programming skills needed in quantitative finance. No programming background required.

Recent Developments in Computational Finance

Author : Thomas Gerstner
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814436429
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Recent Developments in Computational Finance written by Thomas Gerstner and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational finance is an interdisciplinary field which joins financial mathematics, stochastics, numerics and scientific computing. Its task is to estimate as accurately and efficiently as possible the risks that financial instruments generate. This volume consists of a series of cutting-edge surveys of recent developments in the field written by leading international experts. These make the subject accessible to a wide readership in academia and financial businesses. The book consists of 13 chapters divided into 3 parts: foundations, algorithms and applications. Besides surveys of existing results, the book contains many new previously unpublished results.

Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB

Author : Ed McCarthy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119433916
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB written by Ed McCarthy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graduate from Excel to MATLAB® to keep up with the evolution of finance data Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB® is an introductory text for both finance professionals looking to branch out from the spreadsheet, and for programmers who wish to learn more about finance. As financial data grows in volume and complexity, its very nature has changed to the extent that traditional financial calculators and spreadsheet programs are simply no longer enough. Today’s analysts need more powerful data solutions with more customization and visualization capabilities, and MATLAB provides all of this and more in an easy-to-learn skillset. This book walks you through the basics, and then shows you how to stretch your new skills to create customized solutions. Part I demonstrates MATLAB’s capabilities as they apply to traditional finance concepts, and PART II shows you how to create interactive and reusable code, link with external data sources, communicate graphically, and more. Master MATLAB’s basic operations including matrices, arrays, and flexible data structures Learn how to build your own customized solutions when the built-ins just won’t do Learn how to handle financial data and industry-specific variables including risk and uncertainty Adopt more accurate modeling practices for portfolios, options, time series, and more MATLAB is an integrated development environment that includes everything you need in one well-designed user interface. Available Toolboxes provide tested algorithms that save you hours of code, and the skills you learn using MATLAB make it easier to learn additional languages if you choose to do so. Financial firms are catching up to universities in MATLAB usage, so this is skill set that will follow you throughout your career. When you’re ready to step into the new age of finance, Foundations of Computational Finance with MATLAB provides the expert instruction you need to get started quickly.

Quantitative Finance

Author : Matt Davison
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439871698
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Quantitative Finance written by Matt Davison and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach Your Students How to Become Successful Working Quants Quantitative Finance: A Simulation-Based Introduction Using Excel provides an introduction to financial mathematics for students in applied mathematics, financial engineering, actuarial science, and business administration. The text not only enables students to practice with the basic techniques of financial mathematics, but it also helps them gain significant intuition about what the techniques mean, how they work, and what happens when they stop working. After introducing risk, return, decision making under uncertainty, and traditional discounted cash flow project analysis, the book covers mortgages, bonds, and annuities using a blend of Excel simulation and difference equation or algebraic formalism. It then looks at how interest rate markets work and how to model bond prices before addressing mean variance portfolio optimization, the capital asset pricing model, options, and value at risk (VaR). The author next focuses on binomial model tools for pricing options and the analysis of discrete random walks. He also introduces stochastic calculus in a nonrigorous way and explains how to simulate geometric Brownian motion. The text proceeds to thoroughly discuss options pricing, mostly in continuous time. It concludes with chapters on stochastic models of the yield curve and incomplete markets using simple discrete models. Accessible to students with a relatively modest level of mathematical background, this book will guide your students in becoming successful quants. It uses both hand calculations and Excel spreadsheets to analyze plenty of examples from simple bond portfolios. The spreadsheets are available on the book’s CRC Press web page.