Description
Finance
A Quantitative Introduction
Authors: Staszkiewicz Piotr, Staszkiewicz Lucia
Language: EnglishSubjects for Finance:
Keywords
accord; alpha; APT; arbitrage; basel; beta; Black-Scholes; butterfly spreads; call; capital market line; capital requirement; capital structure; CAPM; convexity; credit rating; credit risk; crisis; DCF; duration; efficient frontier; event; forward rate; gearing; hedging; ICAAP; immunization; indexation; liquidity risk; margin; market risk; matching; operational risk; P/E; portfolio; put; put-call parity; relative valuation; return; risk; risk aversion; risk management; scenario; shares; SML; speculation; spot; spread; SREP; standard deviation; stress test; time series; uncertainty; utility; variance; WACC; warrants
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Many students want an introduction to finance. Those who are quantitatively-oriented learners can benefit in particular from an introduction that puts more emphasis on mathematics and graphical presentations than on verbal descriptions. By illustrating core finance facts and concepts through equations and graphical material, Finance: A Quantitative Introduction can help people studying business management, marketing, accounting, and other subjects. By using few lengthy verbal explanations and many illustrations, it can teach readers quickly and efficiently.
Introduction
1. Financial Markets and the Economy
2. Market Participants
3. Fundamentals of Pricing of Financial Instruments
4. Hypothesis of Informational Efficiency
5. Financial Information
6. Risk and Return Assessment
7. Money Market and Liquidity Management
8. Fixed Income Instruments
9. Bond Assessment
10. Risidual Right Instruments
11. Portfolio Theory
12. Active and Passive Portfolio Management
13. Derivatives
14. Cost of Capital
15. Investment and Financial Strategies
16. Financial Crisis and Supervision Over Stability
Conclusion
Appendix A: Time Value of Money
Appendix B: Business Arithmetics
Undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals working in finance, economics, business management, marketing, accounting, and related subjects.
Lucia Staszkiewicz is a Slovak economist interested in human capital management, tax and reporting. She is an official state Polish-Slovak interpreter registered at Bratislava Court. In 2000 she was admitted to membership of Association of Chartered and Certified Auditors (UK audit association). She earned her Ph. D. in human capital management form Bratislava Comenius University in 2010. For number of years Lucia was president of Slovak Visual-Handicapped Tourist Club. She is the honorary blood donor.
- Chapter-concluding questions (with answers) and case studies enhance its utility as a textbook and a reference
- Mixture of theory and problem-solving contains enough mathematical tools to help readers assess facts and evaluate real data in practical tasks
- Short, simple presentation is perfect for non-native English speakers
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