The Business of Hedging
- List Price: $34.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
- Publish date: 01/01/2006
-- Empowers traders to make intelligent, successful hedging decisions.
-- Derivatives, financial swaps, financial options, and more.
Hedges are financial risks taken to offset other unavoidable, undesirable risks. Hedging is a crucial financial strategy for virtually every business -- as well as an increasing number of investors. The Business of Hedging is the complete guide to hedging for newcomers to the subject. It covers every aspect of hedging, and every important hedging technique, all with a single goal: to empower financial professionals and traders to make intelligent hedging decisions. The Business of Hedging systematically and clearly explains the background, evolution, and fundamental concepts of hedging; the role of derivatives, financial swaps, financial options; and much more. For all risk managers, fund mangers, portfolio managers and others concerned with hedging and risk management, including an increasing number of day-traders.