Bubbles and Contagion in Financial Markets, Volume 1: An Integrative View

ISBN-13: 9781137358752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 289 str.

Eva R Porras

Opis

Asset bubbles and contagion have had a profound effect on the financial markets after the financial and sovereign debt crises. This book takes a quantitative approach to examining these phenomena and will appeal to practitioners who need to understand the repercussions of these events on trading exchanges and the markets.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Bubbles and Contagion
2. Macro Players in Bubble Formation and Contagion Processes
3. Contributors to The Bubble Formation and Contagion Process
4. ContagionBubbles versus Fundamentals' Valuation
5. Bubbles and Technical Trading
6. Contagion
5. Bubbles

O autorze

Eva R. Porras (Budapest, Hungary) is a financial and business consultant, providing financial expertise to numerous multinational businesses. She is currently serving as Head Consultant for Business Valuation SL in Spain; Habitat Property Partners in Budapest and is part time Finance Director for Gotham Producciones Tematicas, Budapest, and has over two decades of experience working in financial institutions and corporations, including for Fox and Citibank. She has held a distinguished academic career, and was Academic Dean of the Central European University Business School in Budapest, Hungary, and previously, Director of Master Programs in Finance at the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain.

Blurb

Bubbles and Contagion in Financial Markets provides an introduction to the important topic of asset bubbles and contagion, two key precursors to financial crashes. Interest in market microstructure, market interrelations and contagion has risen sharply following on from the financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis, and both practitioners and academics are showing increased interest in quantifying and potentially modeling bubbles and contagion effects.

This book provides a technical but accessible introduction to bubbles and contagion. While other books in the market report historical episodes, the author instead focuses on the patterns and schemes that can be derived from historical analysis to develop models and a more comprehensive systematized analysis of the phenomena. In volume 1 of 2, the author introduces the background concepts and underlying theory of the topic, exploring macro policy considerations, the role of technical trading and of psychological trading biases, market interconnections, cascade effects and valuation – al; with a focus on readers developing a complete, intuitive understanding of the breadth and depth of the issues and challenges inherent to the area. Although some quantitative aspects will be examined for context, the mathematics of asset bubbles will be explored more thoroughly in volume 2.

Bubbles and Contagion in Financial Markets will be a welcome addition to the growing body of literature in and around market microstructure and high frequency finance, and will prove a popular reference for practitioners in trading and quantitative modeling, as well as researchers in academia, who will gain a comprehensive understanding of asset bubbles and the contagion effects of market crashes, and the quantitative aspects involved.