Description
Book SynopsisThe deep understanding of the forces that affect the valuation, risk and return of fixed income securities and their derivatives has never been so important. As the world of fixed income securities becomes more complex, anybody who studies fixed income securities must be exposed more directly to this complexity.
Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments.
PART I: BASICS.
1 An Introduction to Fixed Income Markets.
2 Basics of Fixed Income Securities.
3 Basics of Interest Rate Risk Management.
4 Basic Refinements in Interest Rate Risk Management.
5 Interest Rate Derivatives: Forwards and Swaps.
6 Interest Rate Derivatives: Futures and Options.
7 Inflation, Monetary Policy, and the Federal Funds Rate.
8 Basics of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities.
PART II: TERM STRUCTURE MODELS: TREES.
9 One Step Binomial Trees.
10 Multi-Step Binomial Trees.
11 Risk Neutral Trees and Derivative Pricing.
12 American Options.
13 Monte Carlo Simulations on Trees.
PART III: TERM STRUCTURE MODELS: CONTINUOUS TIME.
14 Interest Rate Models in Continuous Time.
15 No Arbitrage and the Pricing of Interest Rate Securities.
16 Dynamic Hedging and Relative Value Trades.
17 Risk Neutral Pricing and Monte Carlo Simulations.
18 The Risk and Return of Interest Rate Securities.
19 No Arbitrage Models and Standard Derivatives.
20 The Market Model for Standard Derivatives.
21 Forward Risk Neutral Pricing and the LIBOR Market Model.
22 Multifactor Models.
References.
Index.
