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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (Prentice Hall Series in Finance) (Hardcover)

by JOHN C HULL (Author)

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Hardcover: 848 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 7 edition (10 July 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0136015867
ISBN-13: 978-0136015864
Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 20.4 x 4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Sound theoretical foundation to the topic, 12 Oct 2002

By	H. Rajapakshe (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (International Edition) (Paperback)

I bought this books mainly to complement my knowledge for a new job, but it was also something I had in my list of books to buy for a while.

John Hull's analysis is very complete and comprehensive. The book requires a foundation knowledge of high-school / engineering algebra and calculus (maybe statistics too).

Being a novice to derivatives trading, I am still wading my way though half-way of the book, with frequient revisit to the previous chapters.

I would highly recommend this to the reader who is serious into understanding the intricacies of derivatives, and who would be patient to go though all the undepinning mathematics.

I would have given this five (or more) stars, if John Hull had included a couple of chapters explaining the very basics for the beginner, and had SOME solutions to the end-of-chapter excercises, rather than having all in another book, "Solution manual to options,...".

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5.0 out of 5 stars One for applied mathies (no lemmas here), 24 May 2004

By	dangermash (Hartlip, Kent) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (International Edition) (Paperback)

"Options, Futures and Other Derivatives", Hull and/or "Financial Calculus: An Introduction to Derivative Pricing", Baxter & Rennie.

Either of these books individually would represent a good grounding in the mathematics underlying derivative pricing. The two books are very different to each other, though, and it is worth the reader considering his preferred approach before parting with cash. The main differences between the books are:

1. Baxter & Rennie follow a "pure maths" approach, basing the theory around a succession of mathematical theorems. Hull describes this approach in a later chapter, but builds up the theory using an "applied maths" approach, deriving a partial differential equation satisfied by derivative prices.

2. Hull includes background information on the derivative markets; Baxter & Rennie do not.

3. Hull describes how derivatives can be priced in practice, using techniques like Monte Carlo and trees; Baxter & Rennie do not.

If I had to choose one book, my personal preference would be for Hull, but this probably reflects my choice of degree courses. But having read Baxter & Rennie after Hull, my opinion is that the books compliment each other well. When things get so complicated that the intuitive realism of applied maths needs to give way to abstract pure maths (for example in considering quantos or yield curve models), the Baxter & Rennie approach is easier to follow.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Written with rare clarity., 2 Jun 2005

By	W. O. Smith (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) (VINE VOICE)

This review is from: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (International Edition) (Paperback)

This book ('Hull') is an excellent introduction and guide to derivatives. It's also a good reference - there's enough information so that you probably won't feel you need to buy another, deeper book.

The emphasis is on a description of the various products, as well as how to price them. The emphasis stays on the theory of pricing, rather than delving right down into computer algorithms, so if you need to write derivatives software, I recommend the excellent 'C++ Design Patterns and Derivatives Pricing' by Mark Joshi - but read this book first.

This should definitely be your first book on derivatives. Only after reading several other books on derivatives, after first reading 'Hull', did I realise how clear his book is, and how some other authors manage to make things so confusing.

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