Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Commodity prices for agricultural products are rising - which is a troublesome sight for many least-developed and developing countries. Riots over the prices of basic food items, such as rice, wheat, corn, are threatening to destabilize many countries around the world. The development programmes of the United Nations and various ...
Posted in Discussions | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Anthony Clake, who is working at Marshall Wace had to give a definition of what Hedge Funds are at the London School of Economics Alternative Investment Conference.
He referred to the Wikipedia-Entry on Hedge Funds, but I found an even better description in Hulls book which also outlines the differences to ...
Posted in Memo | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
In Hulls book about futures and options, he mentions the profound changes that the Exchanges went through. While most of the different type of futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were established well before the 1970ies, the formation of options all started roughly at the same time between 1973 and ...
Posted in Memo | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
A good book for getting started into the basic of futures and options is John C. Hulls book called "Fundamentals of Futures and Option Markets".
John C. Hull is s a Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the University of Toronto. He studied Mathematics in Cambridge University, and holds an ...
Posted in Books | 3 Comments »