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Understanding futures markets / Robert W. Kolb and James A. Overdahl.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub, 2006Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xvii, 588 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405134038
  • 9781405134033
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.6452 22
LOC classification:
  • HG6024.U6 K66 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Futures markets: refinements -- Futures prices -- Using futures markets -- Commodity futures contracts -- A bond primer -- Interest rate futures: introduction -- Interest rate futures: refinements -- Securities futures products: introduction -- Security futures products: refinements -- Foreign exchange futures -- An options primer -- Options on futures.
Summary: "Now in its sixth edition, Understanding Futures Markets by Robert Kolb (University of Colorado) and James Overdahl (Chief Economist of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission) provides the most comprehensive coverage of futures markets available. This new edition features updated and enhanced discussions on:event markets, proposition markets, weather futures, and macro futures globalization of futures markets electronic trading platforms and the rise of electronic trading manipulation of futures markets and methods of deterrence The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and its effect on market regulation hedging in a corporate environment uses of futures by government entities energy futures products recent fiascos involving energy futures and related derivatives single stock futures products and narrow-based stock index futures accounting and taxation features of futures markets.; Clearly written and accessible, this is the authoritative text for students and practitioners alike looking for an in-depth treatment of futures markets."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-567) and index.

Futures markets: refinements -- Futures prices -- Using futures markets -- Commodity futures contracts -- A bond primer -- Interest rate futures: introduction -- Interest rate futures: refinements -- Securities futures products: introduction -- Security futures products: refinements -- Foreign exchange futures -- An options primer -- Options on futures.

"Now in its sixth edition, Understanding Futures Markets by Robert Kolb (University of Colorado) and James Overdahl (Chief Economist of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission) provides the most comprehensive coverage of futures markets available. This new edition features updated and enhanced discussions on:event markets, proposition markets, weather futures, and macro futures globalization of futures markets electronic trading platforms and the rise of electronic trading manipulation of futures markets and methods of deterrence The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and its effect on market regulation hedging in a corporate environment uses of futures by government entities energy futures products recent fiascos involving energy futures and related derivatives single stock futures products and narrow-based stock index futures accounting and taxation features of futures markets.; Clearly written and accessible, this is the authoritative text for students and practitioners alike looking for an in-depth treatment of futures markets."--Publisher description.

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