Options Futures and Other Derviatives or The Power of Appreciative Inquiry

Options, Futures and Other Derviatives

Author: John C Hull

Designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, this successful book is regarded as "the bible" in trading rooms throughout the world. The books covers both derivatives markets and risk management, including credit risk and credit derivatives; forward, futures, and swaps; insurance, weather, and energy derivatives; and more. For options traders, options analysts, risk managers, swaps traders, financial engineers, and corporate treasurers.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Mechanics of futures markets	21
Ch. 3	Hedging strategies using futures	47
Ch. 4	Interest rates	75
Ch. 5	Determination of forward and futures prices	99
Ch. 6	Interest rate futures	129
Ch. 7	Swaps	149
Ch. 8	Mechanics of options markets	181
Ch. 9	Properties of stoc k options	205
Ch. 10	Trading strategies involving options	223
Ch. 11	Binomial trees	241
Ch. 12	Wiener processes and Ito's lemma	263
Ch. 13	The Black-Scholes-Merton model	281
Ch. 14	Options on stock indices, currencies, and futures	313
Ch. 15	The Greek letters	341
Ch. 16	Volatility smiles	375
Ch. 17	Basic numerical procedures	391< /TD>
Ch. 18	Value at risk	435
Ch. 19	Estimating volatilities and correlations	461
Ch. 20	Credit risk	481
Ch. 21	Credit derivatives	507
Ch. 22	Exotic options	529
Ch. 23	Weather, energy, and insurance derivatives	551
Ch. 24	More on models and numerical procedures	561
Ch. 25	Martingales and measures	589
Ch. 26	Interest rate der ivatives : the standard market models	611
Ch. 27	Convexity, timing, and quanto adjustments	635
Ch. 28	Interest rate derivatives : models of the short rate	649
Ch. 29	Interest rate derivatives : HJM and LMM	679
Ch. 30	Swaps revisited	697
Ch. 31	Real options	713
Ch. 32	Derivatives mishaps and what we can learn from them	729

The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change

Author: Diana Whitney

Appreciative Inquiry - a wildly popular new approach to organizational change - dramatically improves performance by encouraging people to study, discuss, learn from, and build on what's working, rather than simply trying to fix what's not.

Table of Contents:

	Tables, Figures and Exhibits
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	What is Appreciative Inquiry?	1
Ch. 2	A Menu of Approaches to Appreciate Inquiry	23
Ch. 3	Eight Principles of Appreciative Inquiry	51
Ch. 4	Appreciative Inquiry in Action: From Origins to Current Practice	81
Ch. 5	Getting Started with Appreciative Inquiry	103
Ch. 6	Affirmative Topic Choice	131
Ch. 7	Discovery: Appreciative Interviews and More	147
Ch. 8	Dream: Visions and Voices of the Future	179
Ch. 9	Design: Giving Form to Values and Ideals	197
Ch. 10	Destiny: Inspired Action and Improvisation	217
Ch. 11	Why Appreciative Inquiry Works	233
	Notes	253
	Index	258
	About the Authors	265