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Title: Structured Equity Derivatives: The Definitive Guide to Exotic Options and Structured Notes by Harry M. Kat ISBN: 0-471-48652-3 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 12 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Quite an insightful little blue book
Comment: I had to read this book as a requirement for a postgraduate level finance course which I took this year. I found it extremely insightful and easy to understand.
I believe (keeping fingers crossed!) that there are a lot of highly technical books out there for those with several years of experience in structured derivatives and the so called rocket scientists. But what about those who don't fall under this category? Where should those new to this field ( structured derivatives) or students who want to grasp a better understanding of derivatives after reading books such a Hull's , start with? This is exactly where Dr. Kat's book comes to picture, with a claim to offer an through understanding of structured derivatives, nothing more or less.
Reading criticism such as the one from "reader from Seattle" (below) is surprising to me, specially when he says: "I bought this book with high hopes, but I found little knowledge in it that I couldn't get from my own colleagues. And now, where is the value of reading a long book if all your colleagues know it from the word go?" Well, let me tell you something, it's for those who are not surrounded by "colleagues who know it from the word go"! And, there are a lot of us out there.
I bought it with little hopes as a text book for my course, but I found insightful knowledge of derivatives in it, which I couldn't get from a lot of my teachers let alone my colleagues!
I highly recommend it to all those who have had an introductory course on derivatives covering books such as Hull's, and want to progress further.
Suggestion: Check your colleagues first, if they know the subject, drop the book!! : )
Rating: 5
Summary: Well written, easy understanding
Comment: I don't know what the occupation of the reader from Seattle is (Anonymous?), but for students of finance, like myself, who are looking for an easy understanding of how the derivatives industry works and what are the more common products traded on it, beginning with the less complex like calls, puts, followed by more complex derivatives structures and how to hedge the exposure of each of those products with out the use of complex maths, the Structured Equity Derivatives is a well written book that has help me to understand much better the world of the derivatives industry. Actually it has help me much more than other books talking about the same subject but in a different way.
Rating: 3
Summary: A nice book for starters...
Comment: This is definitely a very useful book for students taking financial engineering courses or complete newcomers in the aera of structuring. The book's written in a very clear and approachable manner and the author doesn't bother you with obscur mathematics. However, being myself a structurer of derivative products, I must unfortunately say that this book didn't really improve my knowledge in the field of structuring. But since I believe that Dr. Kat's main objective was to primarily target newcomers in the area of structured products, and not any professionals working in the business, I still think that the book is a respectable achievement.
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Title: Credit Derivatives & Synthetic Structures: A Guide to Instruments and Applications, 2nd Edition by Janet M. Tavakoli ISBN: 047141266X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 29 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Structured Products by Roberto Knop ISBN: 0471486477 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 14 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Structured Products & Hybrid Securities by Satyajit Das ISBN: 0471847755 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $110.00 |
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Title: Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance : New Developments in Cash and Synthetic Securitization by Janet M. Tavakoli ISBN: 0471462209 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: Equity Derivatives: Theory and Applications by Marcus Overhaus, Andrew Ferraris, Thomas Knudsen, Ross Milward, Laurent Nguyen-Ngoc, Gero Schindlmayr ISBN: 0471436461 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 21 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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