Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives with Derivagem CD (7th Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Finance) | 
 enlarge | Author: John C Hull
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 2642
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 7
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 848
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8 x 1.6
ISBN: 0136015867
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.645
EAN: 9780136015864
ASIN: 0136015867
Publication Date: May 18, 2008
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Condition: New 7th edition, includes Derivagem CD. This is the international edition paperback, but exactly the same content as the hardcover. The back cover says Not for Sale in the US, but you can read for yourself that the Supreme Court has ruled that international editions can be sold here, the textbook companies just want you to pay more for new copies. Expedited shipping is available
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Product Description
KEY BENEFIT: Updated and revised to reflect the most current information, this introduction to futures and options markets is ideal for those with a limited background in mathematics. KEY TOPICS: Based on Hull's Options, Futures and Other Derivatives, one of the best-selling books on Wall Street, this book presents an accessible overview of the topic without the use of calculus. Packed with numerical samples and accounts of real-life situations, the Fifth Edition effectively guides readers through the material while providing them with a host of tangible examples. MARKET: For professionals with a career in futures and options markets, financial engineering and/or risk management.
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 Great intro April 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I started not knowing a "put" from a "call," but I needed to know a fair bit about how financial engineers (coming from a family of PEs, I'm still not used to that term) use math. This has been the introduction I wanted - not the advanced stuff, but enough to help me understand that material.
Methodical pacing leads the reader gradually through the basics, from just what a derivative is on through the brief story of how futures markets work - in short, they abstract buying and selling into buying and selling the right to buy and sell. I tend towards the concrete, so many of these transactions seemed a bit airy to me. Oh, I can follow the reasoning well enough, but I just never saw where the satisfaction of the thing solid and completed comes in. As it turns out, it doesn't. Once you've really got that in the pit of your stomach, then Hull's presentation follows smoothly.
He gradually derives models of increasing complexity. Diligent reader with a little calculus or a lot of trust will follow along easily. Later chapters draw on more advanced concepts in probabilistic modeling, but present the reader with only the aspects needed for the discussion at hand - a mercy, considering the size of the specialized vocabulary involved in the rest of the explanation.
This book ends when the foundation has been built. More advanced needs must be met with other sources - not a problem with this text, just a matter of its chosen scope. I needed that foundation, however, so I recommend this book to anyone with reasonaable math skills and a need to know the material.
-- wiredweird, reviewing the 6th edition
Excellent book for beginners in financial engineering March 30, 2008
I started a course in Financial Engineering last year and this book has given me all the grounding I need.
Pros:
* Very in-depth treatment of derivative basics, e.g. call, puts, swaps, forwards, futures.
* Many, many examples to complement the material.
* Many good practice problems to help further your understanding.
* Covers binomial, Monte Carlo and Black Scholes pricing of options very well
* Industry standard textbook - all the professionals use it.
I can't think of many negatives for the book. So if you're a student of finance, go get this book!
 Not (quite) a place to start February 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are a total beginner, like I was 6 months ago, then you might want to tear your hair out when reading this book. I found the description of interest rates quite confusing. I would suggest you start with The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook (The Wall Street Journal Guidebooks) and then move to All About Derivatives (All About) and Investment Science. From then on it's quite a good book, but the mathematics is very cavalier (and would you trust someone who tells you that Pi is 3.14162?). Now that I have read a lot of these primers, I actually like Hull's book and find that his treatment of the Ito calculus, while lightweight is a good place to start before going on to a solid foundation.
I can't say anything about the numerical methods because it's not my field yet.
The best! February 12, 2008
The best introductory/intermediate textbook for students of finance. Not overwhelming to read, but, of course, you still need to know some math.
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1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I needed this adapter to run my itty bitty book light. It arrived and I tried to use it and it worked as expected. No better, no worse. I'm a happy customer!
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