Understanding Futures Markets

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; and, 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.

ISBN 1405134038   Pages 624 ISBN13 9781405134033 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Weight (grammes) 1158 Imprint Blackwell Publishing Ltd   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9781577180654 Publication date 20 Feb 2006   Height (mm) 245 Library of Congress 2005025649   Width (mm) 192 DEWEY 332.6452   Spine width (mm) 33 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Futures markets : introduction		1
2		Futures markets : refinements		45
3		Futures prices		93
4		Using futures markets		147
5		Agricultural, energy, and metallurgical futures contracts		191
6		A bond primer		239
7		Interest rate futures : introduction		271
8		Interest rate futures : refinements		311
9		Security futures products : introduction		369
10		Security futures products : refinements		399
11		Foreign exchange futures		433
12		An options primer		469
13		Options on futures		499
App. A		Core principles for futures exchanges and clearinghouses		531
App. B		Summary of accounting rules for derivative instruments		535
App. C		Top 40 futures commission merchants in the United States by net capital (6/30/2004)		541
App. D		Cumulative distribution function for the standard normal random variable		543

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