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The authors explore option strategies used to Essential Perspectives Overdahl Kolb
speculate and show how the same strategies can be
employed to reduce risk. In addition, they reveal
how fi nancial derivatives can effectively manage
interest rate risk and discuss how hedge funds use FINANCIAL FINANCIAL
fi nancial derivatives.
Uncertainty is a hallmark of today’s global fi nancial DERIVATIVES
marketplace. This essential guide to fi nancial de- t a time when our entire fi nancial system
rivatives will help you unlock their vast potential for The Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance is an unparalleled source of informa- DERIVATIVES is under great stress, many investors point
risk management and much, much more. tion dedicated to the most important issues in modern fi nance. Each book A to the misuse of derivatives as one of the
focuses on a specifi c topic in the fi eld of fi nance, and contains contributed Pricing and Risk Management primary causes of the fi nancial meltdown. Long
ROBERT W. KOLB is the Frank W. Considine chapters from both respected academics and experienced fi nancial profes- misunderstood by the general public, some fi nan-
Chair of Applied Ethics and Professor of Finance cial derivatives are fairly simple—while others are
sionals. As part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, Financial Deriva- DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL
at Loyola University Chicago. Before this, he was plicated and require considerable math-
the assistant dean, Business and Society, and direc- tives aims to provide prehensive understanding of fi nancial derivatives ematical and statistical knowledge to fully under-
tor, Center for Business and Society, at the Uni- and how you can prudently use them within the context of your underlying stand. But with our fi nancial system now undergo-
versity of Colorado at Boulder, and department business activities. ing unprecedented changes, there has never been