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Arbitrage, Hedging and Speculation: The Foreign Exchange Market
Authors: Ephraim Clark & Dilip K. Ghosh
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
ISBN: 1567205828
Format: Hardcover, 232
Originally Published: 2004
Written by a Professor of Finance at Middlesex University in London and a Professor of Finance at Rutgers University, this text explains arbitrage, hedging, and speculation from the standpoint of a participant in the foreign exchange market -- whether an individual trader or an institutional trader -- who possesses analytical skill, economically sound judgment, and access to market data. The authors also discuss futures, swaps, forward contracts, and other strategies.
Managing Risk in the Foreign Exchange, Money & Derivative Markets
Author: Heinz Riehl
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0070526737
Format: Hardcover, 300 pages
Originally published: 1998
Price: $60.00
This a professional's guide to controlling risk when investing in the foreign exchange and money markets, with a particular emphasis on the use of derivatives. The book offers a unique perspective combining coverage of all three areas. It is highly recommended as it provides a clear and thorough explanation of risk management made simple and easy to understand through extensive use of analogies. The topics covered are practical, dealing with real-life situations arising in the financial markets.
Quantitative Financial Economics: Stocks, Bonds and Foreign Exchange, 2nd edition
Authors: Keith Cutherbertson & Dirk Nitzsche
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470091711
Format: Paperback, 736 pages
Originally published: 2005
Price: $80.00
This is the new edition of the hugely successful Quantitative Financial Economics, revised and updated to reflect the most recent theoretical and econometric/empirical advances in the financial markets. It provides an introduction to models of economic behavior in financial markets, focusing on discrete time series analysis. There is special emphasis placed on theory, testing and explaining real-world issues. Overall, this is an outstanding book on financial economics, although it relies almost exclusively on time series analysis and therefore is subject to its associated limitations.
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1.747703 |
| GBP:JPY |
155.484239 |
| GBP:USD |
1.638403 |
| NZD:USD |
0.627050 |
| EUR:CAD |
1.545998 |
| EUR:CHF |
1.516857 |
| EUR:GBP |
0.867915 |
| EUR:JPY |
134.947096 |
| EUR:USD |
1.421994 |
| AUD:JPY |
76.394373 |
| AUD:USD |
0.805000 |
| USD:CAD |
1.087204 |
| USD:CHF |
1.066711 |
| USD:JPY |
94.899879 |
| USD:SEK |
7.613010 |
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