Traders, Guns and Money
Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives
3rd Edition
Published on 20. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-273-77676-5 (ISBN)
Description
A sensational and compelling insider's view that lifts the lid on the fast-paced and dazzling world of derivatives, now in a smaller, lower price, paperback mass market format.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
466 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-273-77676-5 (9780273776765)
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Traders, Guns and Money
Knowns and unknowns in the dazzling world of derivatives Revised edition
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Satyajit Das is a globally known and respected consultant in the area of financial derivatives and risk management. He is the author of bestselling Traders,Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives and Extreme Money.
Content
List of figures and tables
Prologue
Miracles and mirages
Serial crimes
Beginning of the end/end of the beginning
Knowns and unknowns
Unreliable recollections
Summary judgment
1 Financial WMDs - derivatives demagoguery
School days
It's all Chinese to me
A derivative idea
Betting shops
Secret subtexts
Leveraged speculations
Under the radar
Whole lotta swapping going on
The golden age/LIBOR minus 50
Warehouses
Serial killings
Forbidden fruit
Derived logic
2 Beautiful lies - the 'sell' side
Smile and dial
Market colour
Rough trade
Analyze this
Class wars
Ultra vires
Feudal kingdoms
Uncivil wars
Golden rules
Business models
The medium is the message
Bondage
Tabloid cultures
Conspicuous currency
Ethnic cleansing
Foreign affairs
FILTH
Lost in translation
A day in the life
3 True lies - the 'buy' side
Turn of the fork
Risky business
Magic kingdoms
Stripping or stacking/hedging perils, again
Me too
'Zaiteku' or the bride stripped bare
The gamble in P & G
Tobashi, baby
Gnomes of Zermatt and Belgian dentists
Death swaps
Investment fashions
Alpha, beta, zeta
Looking after the relatives
Agents all
Unique selling propositions
4 Show me the money - greed lost and regained
Money uncertainty
Toll booths
Take a seat
Efficient markets
On the platform
A day at the races
Black swans, black sheep
Trading places
Secret intelligence
Overwhelming force
Oracle of Delphi
Free money
The colour of money
In reserve
A comedy of errors
Black holes
What's the number?
Nothing like excess
Nice work if you can get it
Dukes of Hazard
5 The perfect storm - risk mismanagement by the numbers
Shock therapy
Holy risk!
Risk spin
Prologue
Miracles and mirages
Serial crimes
Beginning of the end/end of the beginning
Knowns and unknowns
Unreliable recollections
Summary judgment
1 Financial WMDs - derivatives demagoguery
School days
It's all Chinese to me
A derivative idea
Betting shops
Secret subtexts
Leveraged speculations
Under the radar
Whole lotta swapping going on
The golden age/LIBOR minus 50
Warehouses
Serial killings
Forbidden fruit
Derived logic
2 Beautiful lies - the 'sell' side
Smile and dial
Market colour
Rough trade
Analyze this
Class wars
Ultra vires
Feudal kingdoms
Uncivil wars
Golden rules
Business models
The medium is the message
Bondage
Tabloid cultures
Conspicuous currency
Ethnic cleansing
Foreign affairs
FILTH
Lost in translation
A day in the life
3 True lies - the 'buy' side
Turn of the fork
Risky business
Magic kingdoms
Stripping or stacking/hedging perils, again
Me too
'Zaiteku' or the bride stripped bare
The gamble in P & G
Tobashi, baby
Gnomes of Zermatt and Belgian dentists
Death swaps
Investment fashions
Alpha, beta, zeta
Looking after the relatives
Agents all
Unique selling propositions
4 Show me the money - greed lost and regained
Money uncertainty
Toll booths
Take a seat
Efficient markets
On the platform
A day at the races
Black swans, black sheep
Trading places
Secret intelligence
Overwhelming force
Oracle of Delphi
Free money
The colour of money
In reserve
A comedy of errors
Black holes
What's the number?
Nothing like excess
Nice work if you can get it
Dukes of Hazard
5 The perfect storm - risk mismanagement by the numbers
Shock therapy
Holy risk!
Risk spin