Options
An Introduction
2nd Edition
Published on 31. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
372 pages
978-1-878975-36-2 (ISBN)
Description
Options: An Introduction is a completely revised edition which not only provides the same comprehensive introduction as the first edition, but also includes expanded treatment of option strategies, complete treatment of option sensitivities (DELTA, etc.) thorough treatment of European and American options in two separate chapters, and expanded treatment of options on futures, foreign currency options, and options on stock indexes. As with the first edition, the text comes with OPTION! software.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
699 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-878975-36-2 (9781878975362)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
ROBERT W. KOLB was John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Finance at the University of Miami until 1995. He is author or coauthor of finance texts on a range of topics including futures, options, financial derivatives, investments, corporate finance, and financial institutions. He was founder and president of Kolb Publishing Company, sold to Blackwell Publishers in 1995. His research has been published in Financial Management, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Risk and Insurance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Futures Markets.
Content
1. The Options Market. 2. Option Payoffs and Option Strategies.
3. Bounds on Option Prices.
4. European Option Pricing.
5. Option Sensitivities and Option Hedging.
6. American Option Pricing.
7. Options on Stock Indexes, Foreign Currency, and Futures.
8. The Options Approach to Corporate Securities.
OPTION! Installation and Quick Start Exercises for OPTION!.
Index.
Appendix.
3. Bounds on Option Prices.
4. European Option Pricing.
5. Option Sensitivities and Option Hedging.
6. American Option Pricing.
7. Options on Stock Indexes, Foreign Currency, and Futures.
8. The Options Approach to Corporate Securities.
OPTION! Installation and Quick Start Exercises for OPTION!.
Index.
Appendix.