Puzzles of Finance

作者: Mark P. Kritzman 著

出版社: Wiley

出版时间: 2000-05

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780471246572

定价: 302.60

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 208页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Wiley Investment

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>经济

"...shiningclarityandenviableoriginality"--PeterL.Bernstein,authorofAgainsttheGods

"MarkKritzmanpresentsthereaderwithanentertainingwayoflearningsomeseriousfinance."--HarryMarkowitz,NobelPrizeRecipient,1990,EconomicSciencesPresident,HarryMarkowitzCompany

Sixchallengingquestions...sixentertainingsolutions,profoundyetstraightforward,andrelevanttotheeverydaychallengeofinvestingandinvestmentmanagement.

PuzzlesofFinancetakesontoday'smostpersistentlychallengingfinancialquestionsand,throughcleverexamplesandjustplainlogic,helpsyoumovebeyondthosequestionstoarriveatadeeperunderstandingoffinanceandthedailymanagementofmoney.FromSiegel'sParadox("Isitpossibletoprofitfromasymmetryofexchangeratechanges?")toquestionsofoptionvalue("Whyisthevalueofanoptionunaffectedbytheunderlyingasset'sexpectedreturn?"),PuzzlesofFinancegoesbeyondvaguetheoreticalsuppositionstosupplypractical,concretesolutionsthatinvestorsandmoneymanagerscanbenefitfromeveryday.

WhiletheintellectuallycuriouswillbedrawntoPuzzlesofFinance,itistheday-to-dayfinanceprofessionalwhowillderivethemostbenefitfromthisremarkablebook.Inclear,conciselanguage-withmorethanatouchofhumor-renownedauthorandfinancialprofessionalMarkKritzmansimplifiessixoftoday'smostperplexingfinancialriddles.Alongtheway,hepresentsafinanceprimeraspracticalasitisprofound,asilluminatingasitisentertaining.Kritzmanartfullyexplorestherelationshipofsuchseeminglydisparatefieldsasbotanyandthermodynamicstooptions.TheseproofspropelPuzzlesofFinanceforwardwiththepaceofanovel.Aneasy-to-understandprimeronfinancialconceptsandquantitativemethodscombinedwithatechnicalglossaryensuresthatnoconceptismisunderstood.

Theresultisanunprecedentedbookthatwillchangethewayyouviewfinanceandinvesting.WhenyouinvestyourtimeinreadingPuzzlesofFinance,youwilluncoversomeofthemostprobingandinsightfullessonsinfinancialliteraturetoday.

ForupdatesonnewandbestsellingWileyFinancebooks:wiley.com/wbns

CriticalPraiseforPuzzlesofFinance

"...anextraordinarycombinationoftheelementsoffinance,commonsensewisdom,sparklinghumor,shiningclarity,andenviableoriginality.Thisisapotentblendbyanystandardofmeasurement.LongtimeKritzmanwatchers,however,wouldanticipatenothingless."--PeterL.Bernstein,Author,AgainsttheGods

"Amodest,lively,clever,littlebook.Kritzman'spuzzlesrangefrompartytidbitstotheprofound,andeachispresentedwithabitofhistory,alotofinsight,andjusttherightmeasureofwit.Whilehemaynothaveintendedittobemorethanacollectionofinterestingconundrums,Kritzmanhasactuallycreatedawonderfulintroductiontofinancefortheuninitiatedwithchallengesforeventhemostsophisticated."--StephenA.Ross,FrancoModiglianiProfessorofFinanceandEconomics,SloanSchool,MIT;Co-Chairman,RollandRossAssetManagementCorp.

"Somepeopledocrosswords.MarkKritzmandoesfinancialpuzzlesandhisexplicationsamuseandinstruct.Financialtheoryhasneverbeenthismuchfun."-JackR.Meyer,President,HarvardManagementCompany
"PuzzlesofFinanceshouldbeajoytofinancemavensandeventheirfriends!Perhapsallstudentsofthefieldshouldberequiredtosolvethesesixpuzzles;theygototheheartoftheintuitionsforessentialcontributions,suchasthepricingofoptions,themeaningofefficientdiversification,andthedefinitionofrisk."--KennethA.Froot,AndreR.JakurskiProfessorofBusinessAdministrationandDirectorofResearch,HarvardBusinessSchool MARKP.KRITZMANisManagingPartnerofWindhamCapitalManagementBostonandaSeniorPartnerofStateStreetAssociates.HeisalsotheResearchDirectoroftheAIMRResearchFoundationandservesontheboardsoftheInstituteforQuantitativeResearchinFinanceandtheInternationalSecuritiesExchange,andontheeditorialboardsoftheFinancialAnalystsJournal,theJournalofAlternativeInvestments,andtheJournalofDerivatives.Mr.KritzmanhaswrittennumerousarticlesforacademicandprofessionaljournalsandistheauthorofsixbooksincludingThePortableFinancialAnalyst.
内容简介:
"...shiningclarityandenviableoriginality"--PeterL.Bernstein,authorofAgainsttheGods

"MarkKritzmanpresentsthereaderwithanentertainingwayoflearningsomeseriousfinance."--HarryMarkowitz,NobelPrizeRecipient,1990,EconomicSciencesPresident,HarryMarkowitzCompany

Sixchallengingquestions...sixentertainingsolutions,profoundyetstraightforward,andrelevanttotheeverydaychallengeofinvestingandinvestmentmanagement.

PuzzlesofFinancetakesontoday'smostpersistentlychallengingfinancialquestionsand,throughcleverexamplesandjustplainlogic,helpsyoumovebeyondthosequestionstoarriveatadeeperunderstandingoffinanceandthedailymanagementofmoney.FromSiegel'sParadox("Isitpossibletoprofitfromasymmetryofexchangeratechanges?")toquestionsofoptionvalue("Whyisthevalueofanoptionunaffectedbytheunderlyingasset'sexpectedreturn?"),PuzzlesofFinancegoesbeyondvaguetheoreticalsuppositionstosupplypractical,concretesolutionsthatinvestorsandmoneymanagerscanbenefitfromeveryday.

WhiletheintellectuallycuriouswillbedrawntoPuzzlesofFinance,itistheday-to-dayfinanceprofessionalwhowillderivethemostbenefitfromthisremarkablebook.Inclear,conciselanguage-withmorethanatouchofhumor-renownedauthorandfinancialprofessionalMarkKritzmansimplifiessixoftoday'smostperplexingfinancialriddles.Alongtheway,hepresentsafinanceprimeraspracticalasitisprofound,asilluminatingasitisentertaining.Kritzmanartfullyexplorestherelationshipofsuchseeminglydisparatefieldsasbotanyandthermodynamicstooptions.TheseproofspropelPuzzlesofFinanceforwardwiththepaceofanovel.Aneasy-to-understandprimeronfinancialconceptsandquantitativemethodscombinedwithatechnicalglossaryensuresthatnoconceptismisunderstood.

Theresultisanunprecedentedbookthatwillchangethewayyouviewfinanceandinvesting.WhenyouinvestyourtimeinreadingPuzzlesofFinance,youwilluncoversomeofthemostprobingandinsightfullessonsinfinancialliteraturetoday.

ForupdatesonnewandbestsellingWileyFinancebooks:wiley.com/wbns

CriticalPraiseforPuzzlesofFinance

"...anextraordinarycombinationoftheelementsoffinance,commonsensewisdom,sparklinghumor,shiningclarity,andenviableoriginality.Thisisapotentblendbyanystandardofmeasurement.LongtimeKritzmanwatchers,however,wouldanticipatenothingless."--PeterL.Bernstein,Author,AgainsttheGods

"Amodest,lively,clever,littlebook.Kritzman'spuzzlesrangefrompartytidbitstotheprofound,andeachispresentedwithabitofhistory,alotofinsight,andjusttherightmeasureofwit.Whilehemaynothaveintendedittobemorethanacollectionofinterestingconundrums,Kritzmanhasactuallycreatedawonderfulintroductiontofinancefortheuninitiatedwithchallengesforeventhemostsophisticated."--StephenA.Ross,FrancoModiglianiProfessorofFinanceandEconomics,SloanSchool,MIT;Co-Chairman,RollandRossAssetManagementCorp.

"Somepeopledocrosswords.MarkKritzmandoesfinancialpuzzlesandhisexplicationsamuseandinstruct.Financialtheoryhasneverbeenthismuchfun."-JackR.Meyer,President,HarvardManagementCompany
"PuzzlesofFinanceshouldbeajoytofinancemavensandeventheirfriends!Perhapsallstudentsofthefieldshouldberequiredtosolvethesesixpuzzles;theygototheheartoftheintuitionsforessentialcontributions,suchasthepricingofoptions,themeaningofefficientdiversification,andthedefinitionofrisk."--KennethA.Froot,AndreR.JakurskiProfessorofBusinessAdministrationandDirectorofResearch,HarvardBusinessSchool
作者简介:
MARKP.KRITZMANisManagingPartnerofWindhamCapitalManagementBostonandaSeniorPartnerofStateStreetAssociates.HeisalsotheResearchDirectoroftheAIMRResearchFoundationandservesontheboardsoftheInstituteforQuantitativeResearchinFinanceandtheInternationalSecuritiesExchange,andontheeditorialboardsoftheFinancialAnalystsJournal,theJournalofAlternativeInvestments,andtheJournalofDerivatives.Mr.KritzmanhaswrittennumerousarticlesforacademicandprofessionaljournalsandistheauthorofsixbooksincludingThePortableFinancialAnalyst.

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