Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Investments & Securities - Commodities - General

First published in 1986, this book discusses many important aspects of the theory and practice of Futures Markets. It describes how they, at the time, grew to be an increasingly important feature of the world's major financial centres. Indeed, they adopted the role of being efficient forward pricing mechanisms and this was reflected by the interest of economists in the study of risk, uncertainty and information. Here, the contributors focus on areas that were of concern in the late 1980s such as feasibility, forward pricing and returns, and the modelling of price determination in Futures...

Commodity Option Pricing: A Practitioner's Guide covers commodity option pricing for quantitative analysts, traders or structurers in banks, hedge funds and commodity trading companies.

Based on the author's industry experience with commodity derivatives, this book provides a thorough and mathematical introduction to the various market conventions and models used in commodity option pricing. It introduces the various derivative products typically traded for commodities and describes how these models can be calibrated and used for pricing and risk management. The book has been...

In the mid-1970s, when Bob Greer scrolled through miles of microfilm in the basement of a public library in order to record commodity prices in his yellow legal pad, the idea of commodities being an investable asset class was way outside the mainstream. Now, it's a multibilliondollar vehicle for achieving portfolio diversification and inflation hedging--and he and his colleagues have written the book on earning better returns than the indexes themselves

In Intelligent Commodity Indexing, Bob joins his fellow leaders of...

GENERATE BIG PROFITS WITH TODAY'S HOT TEST COMMODITIES

During the average trading day, trillions of dollars' worth of commodities change hands. If you want to snatch some profits from this booming market, you fi rst need to understand all the fundamentals--and All About Commodities is the place to go.

Without the confusing jargon and complex language of other investing guides, this book uses simple language to explain what drives price fluctuations of commodities--from energy, industrial metals, and mines to livestock, agriculture, and precious metals--and how...

Whether you manage your own assets or help others reach their fi nancial goals, ETF Investment Strategies will help you securely grow wealth in the new economy. In this groundbreaking book, ETF authority Aniket Ullal lets you look over the shoulders of 10 top ETF investors to learn their processes and strategies. Through illustrative case studies, you learn the basics of ETFs: how they work, why they're growing in popularity, and how you can use them effectively in your portfolio. These innovative, early...

From Larry Williams--one of the most popular and respected technical analysts of the past four decades--Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading, Second Edition provides the blueprint necessary for sound and profitable short-term trading in a post-market meltdown economy. In this updated edition of the evergreen trading book, Williams shares his years of experience as a highly successful short-term trader, while highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of what can be a very fruitful...