Financial Engineering: Programming

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" stylesrc="../_private/template_title.htm" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#333366" vlink="#000000" alink="#000000"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" id="table131"> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <p class="header_black">Financial Engineering: <span class="header_gold"> Programming</span></td> </tr> </table> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" cellpadding="0" id="table132"> <tr> <td width="740" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="468" id="table133"> <tr> <td> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table134"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap462"> <area target="_top" coords="0, 0, 142, 199" shape="rect" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470058269/ref=nosim/contingencyanaly"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_wilmott_paul_(2007).gif" width="143" height="200" usemap="#FPMap462"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table135"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table136"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title" style="margin-bottom: 0px"><font size="2">Frequently Asked Questions in<br> </font><font size="3">Quantitative Finance</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table137"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="4"> <p class="book_details">Paul Wilmott</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap463"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap463"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap464"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap464"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2007</td> <td width="100%" class="book_details_tags"> <p align="right"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0470058269/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0470058269"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0470058269" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body">This small paperback is full of random information relating to quantitative finance. There is a FAQ answering questions like "why do quants like closed-form solutions?" or "what is cointegration?" Another section gives various option pricing formulas. Another offers ten derivations of the Black-Scholes formula. A section of brain teasers asks "where should armor be placed on a bomber?" Without an index or any attempt to be comprehensive, the book is strictly for browsing ... <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0470058269/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_buy_now_text.gif align=absbottom alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0470058269"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0470058269" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_buy_now_text.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table138"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap333"> <area href="../titles/kolb_r_(2002).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 147, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_kolb_r_(2007).jpg" usemap="#FPMap333" width="148" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table139"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Futures, Options and Swaps</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table140"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Robert W. Kolb</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap316"> <area 0735202664href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" usemap="#FPMap316" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2007</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="left" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap334"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/kolb_r_(2002).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap334" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="left" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/1405150491/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=1405150491"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.1405150491" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body">Kolb is a standard introduction to derivatives and financial engineering in the capital markets. It covers financial futures, swaps, options and exotics in depth. Compared to a book such as Hull (<a href="../titles/hull_j_(2002).htm">2005</a>), it is ... <a href="../titles/kolb_r_(2002).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table141"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap458"> <area href="../titles/haug_e_(1997).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 157, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_haug_espen_(2006).gif" width="158" height="200" usemap="#FPMap458"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table142"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title"><span class="book_title_sub">Complete Guide to</span><br> Option Pricing Formulas</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table143"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details"> <span class="verdana10bold">Espen G. Haug </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap254"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap254" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap314"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" usemap="#FPMap314" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap321"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/haug_e_(1997).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap321" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0071389970/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0071389970"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0071389970" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body">This reference is a treasure trove of derivatives pricing formulas. Coverage is expansive with analytic and numerical solutions detailed for vanillas, ratchets, choosers, extendible options, rainbows, lookbacks, barriers, Asians, interest rate options, ... <a href="../titles/haug_e_(1997).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table144"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap459"> <area target="_top" coords="0, 0, 132, 199" shape="rect" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131470205/ref=nosim/contingencyanaly"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_billingsley_randall_(2006).gif" width="133" height="200" usemap="#FPMap459"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table145"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Understanding Arbitrage<br> <font size="3">An Intuitive Approach to Financial Analysis</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table146"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="4"> <p class="book_details">Randall Billingsley</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap460"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap460"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap461"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap461"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="50%" class="book_details_tags"> <p align="right"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0131470205/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0131470205"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0131470205" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body">You have heard of pre-calculus? Think of this book as like pre-financial engineering for readers who plan to go no further. It focuses on the concept of arbitrage conditions—cost-of-carry, put-call parity, interest rate parity—leading up to a simplistic discussion of options pricing with binomial trees. 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He made a name for himself when he teamed up with Dewynne and Howison to publish a (<a href="../titles/wilmott_et_al_(1997).htm">1993</a>) book on derivatives pricing that took the financial engineering world by storm. That book didn't present new theories so much as describe in practical but rigorous terms how the emerging theories of financial engineering should be used on a trading floor to price exotic derivatives</strong> ... <a href="../titles/wilmott_paul_(2006).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table150"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap317"> <area href="../titles/hull_j_(2002).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 163, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_hull_j_(2002).jpg" usemap="#FPMap317" width="164" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table151"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Options, Futures and Other Derivatives</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table152"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">John C. Hull</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap11"> <area coords="1, 0, 89, 15" shape="rect" href="../main/ratings.htm"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" usemap="#FPMap11" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap12"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="1, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap12" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2005</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap326"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/hull_j_(2002).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap326" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0131499084/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"> <strong style="font-weight: 400">Hull has long been the standard introduction to financial engineering. I doubt there is a trading floor in the world that doesn't have a copy, worn and dog-eared, passed from one trading station to the next</strong> ... <a href="../titles/hull_j_(2002).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table153"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap339"> <area href="../titles/neftci_s_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 138, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_neftci_s_(2004).jpg" usemap="#FPMap339" width="139" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table154"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title"><font size="3">Principles of</font><br> Financial Engineering</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table155"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Salih N. Neftci</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap340"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap340" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap341"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap341" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap342"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/neftci_s_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap342" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0125153945/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0125153945"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0125153945" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">Author Neftci is well known for his earlier (<a href="../titles/neftci_s_(2000).htm">2000</a>) book <i>Introduction to the Mathematics of Financial Derivatives</i>. He is now back with another book ostensibly about the same topic. What has changed? The answer is mathematics. The earlier book is an intuitive, non-rigorous introduction to the sophisticated mathematics of financial engineering</strong> ... <a href="../titles/neftci_s_(2004).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table156"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap3"> <area href="../titles/ho_and_lee_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 142, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_ho_and_lee_(2004).gif" usemap="#FPMap3" width="143" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table157"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title"><font size="2">The Oxford Guide to</font><br> Financial Modeling</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table158"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Thomas Ho and Sang Bin Lee</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap1"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" usemap="#FPMap1" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap2"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap2" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap338"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/ho_and_lee_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap338" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/019516962X/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">Professors Ho and Lee are authors of the famous Ho and Lee interest rate model. Both have had long and illustrative careers as academics and practitioners. As one might expect, they have much to say about finance, and that is evident in the physical heft of this book. Weighing 3.3 pounds, it is packed with information. Targeting primarily a university audience, the book is positioned as an alternative to Hull's (<a href="../titles/hull_j_(2002).htm">2002</a>) aging classic</strong> ... <a href="../titles/ho_and_lee_(2004).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table159"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap348"> <area href="../titles/shreve_s_1_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 132, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_shreve_s_1_(2004).gif" usemap="#FPMap348" width="133" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table160"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Stochastic Calculus for Finance<br> <font size="3">Volume 1</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table161"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Steven Shreve</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap349"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap349" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap350"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap350" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td width="50%" class="book_details_tags"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap351"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/shreve_s_1_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap351" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td width="50%" class="book_details_tags"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0387401008/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0387401008"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0387401008" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> <noscript> </noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">Steven Shreve is a mathematics professor at Carnegie-Mellon University who has a reputation for co-authoring impenetrable texts on stochastic calculus and financial engineering. This is his most penetrable effort to date, so it may be worth checking out. The book is the first in a two-volume introduction to financial engineering that </strong>... <a href="../titles/shreve_s_1_(2004).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table162"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap344"> <area href="../titles/cerny_ales_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 131, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_cerny_ales_(2004).gif" usemap="#FPMap344" width="132" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table163"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Mathematical Techniques In Finance<br> <font size="3">Tools for Incomplete Markets</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table164"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Ales Cerny</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap345"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap345" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap346"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap346" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2004</td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap347"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/cerny_ales_(2004).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap347" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0691088071/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">A focus of considerable financial engineering research during the 2000s is incomplete markets. The notion that markets are complete was a convenient lie that facilitated much of financial engineering during decades past. It allowed financial engineers to </strong>... <a href="../titles/cerny_ales_(2004).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table165"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap453"> <area href="../titles/mcdonald_robert_2003.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 156, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_mcdonald_robert_(2005).jpg" usemap="#FPMap453" width="157" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table166"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Derivatives Markets</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table167"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Robert L. McDonald</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap81"> <area href="http://www.riskbook.com/main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="1, 2, 89, 15"></map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" usemap="#FPMap81" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap82"> <area href="http://www.riskbook.com/main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/tech_3.gif" usemap="#FPMap82" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2003</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap337"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/mcdonald_robert_2003.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap337" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/032128030X/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=032128030X"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.032128030X" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../pending/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">McDonald is a competitor for Hull's (<a href="../titles/hull_j_(2002).htm">2005</a>) classic introductory text on financial engineering. It is similar to Hull in that it emphasizes financial engineering theory over practicalities of actual markets</strong> ... <a href="../titles/mcdonald_robert_2003.htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table168"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap53"> <area href="../titles/capinski_and_zastawniak_2003.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 148, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_capinski_and_zastawniak_2003.gif" usemap="#FPMap53" width="149" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table169"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Mathematics for Finance<br> <font size="3">An Introduction to Financial Engineering</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table170"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">M. Capinski and T. 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