*It is recommended to view the kindle version of this book in the landscape setting to properly display the figures and equations* Modern adult life revolves around monumental purchases such as a house, a car, and a deluge of other items that almost universally require entering a formal interest bearing debt obligation. As such, understanding the governing mathematical equations that ...
This book combines a rigorous overview of the mathematics of financial markets with an insight into the practical application of these models to the risk and portfolio management of interest-rate derivatives. It can also serve as a valuable textbook on financial markets for graduate and PhD students in mathematics. Interesting and comprehensive case studies illustrate the theoretical ...
Praise for Profiting From the World’s Economic Crisis “Someone is going to make money in the next decade. Perhaps Bud will help you find your way.”—Jim Rogers, cofounder, Quantum Fund; author, A Gift to My Children “Where everyone today has an opinion on everything, much of it gleaned from a blog, Bud Conrad’s constant mantra is ‘What ...
Credit scoring is one of the most successful applications of statistical and management science techniques in finance in the last forty years. This unique collection of recent papers, with comments by experts in the field, provides excellent coverage of recent developments, advances and sims in credit scoring. Aimed at statisticians, economists, operational researchers and mathematicians ...
The U.S. trade deficit set a record of $271 billion in 1999 and will probably be even higher this year. The Clinton Administration calls the deficit “unsustainable,” but what happens when the point of unsustainability is reached and what should the United States do now to avoid a disruptive downward adjustment? Dr. Preeg answers these questions with a clear presentation of the ...
