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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Pinto, Jerald E., author. | Pirie, Wendy L., author.
Title: Derivatives / Jerald E. Pinto, CFA, Wendy L. Pirie, CFA.
Description: Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2017] | Series: CFA Institute investment series | Includes index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017005397 (print) | LCCN 2017016281 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119381747 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119381761 (epub) | ISBN 9781119381815 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Derivative securities.
Classification: LCC HG6024.A3 (ebook) | LCC HG6024.A3 P535 2017 (print) | DDC 332.64/57 – dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017005397
Since the breakthrough introduction of the Black–Scholes–Merton options pricing model in 1973, the field of financial derivatives has evolved into an extensive and highly scientific body of theoretical knowledge alongside a vast and vibrant market where economic producers, investors, finance professionals, and government regulators all interact to seek financial gains, manage risk, or promote price discovery. It is hard to imagine how even the most thoughtful and diligent practitioners can come to terms with such a broad and complex topic – until they read this book.
CFA Institute has compiled into a single book those parts of its curriculum that address this critically important topic. And it is apparent from reading this book that CFA Institute attracted preeminent scholars to develop its derivatives curriculum.
This book has several important virtues:
1. It is detailed, comprehensive, and exceptionally accessible.
2. It is efficiently organized in its coverage of topics.
3. It makes effective use of visualization with diagrams of transactions and strategy payoffs.
4. It includes numerous practice problems along with well-explained solutions.
5. And finally, unlike many academic textbooks, its focus is more practical than theoretical, although it does provide more-than-adequate treatment of the relevant theory.
The book begins by addressing the basics of derivatives, including definitions of the various types of derivatives and descriptions of the markets in which they trade.
It goes on to address the purpose of derivatives and the benefits they impart to society, including risk transfer, price discovery, and operational efficiency. It also discusses how derivatives can be misused to enable excessive speculation and how derivatives could contribute to the destabilization of financial markets.
The book provides comprehensive treatment of pricing and valuation with discussions of the law of one price, risk neutrality, the Black–Scholes–Merton options pricing model, and the binomial model. It also covers the pricing of futures and forward contracts as well as swaps.
