Paul Wilmott (Wilmott Associates Director)

Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Quantitative finance is the most fascinating and rewarding real-world application of mathematics. It is fascinating because of the speed at which the subject develops the new products and the new models which we have to understand. And it is rewarding because anyone can make a fundamental breakthrough.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 126mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780470748756
• ISBN-10: 0470748753
• Artikelnr.: 26217427

Autorenporträt

Paul Wilmott has been called "the smartest of the quants, he may be the only smart quant" (Portfolio magazine/Nassim Nicholas Taleb), "cult derivatives lecturer" (Financial Times), "the finance industry's Mozart" ( Sunday Business), and "financial mathematics guru" (BBC).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. 1 The
Quantitative Finance Timeline. 2 FAQs. 3 The Financial Modellers'
Manifesto. 4 Essays. 5 The Commonest Mistakes in Quantitative Finance: A
Dozen Basic Lessons in Commonsense for Quants and Risk Managers and the
Traders Who Rely on Them. 6 The Most Popular Probability Distributions and
Their Uses in Finance. 7 Twelve Different Ways to Derive Black-Scholes. 8
Models and Equations. 9 The Black-Scholes Formulæ and the Greeks. 10 Common
Contracts. 11 Popular Quant Books. 12 The Most Popular Search Words and
Phrases on Wilmott.com. 13 Brainteasers. 14 Paul & Dominic's Guide to
Getting a Quant Job. Index.