3rd Edition

Modeling Fixed Income Securities and Interest Rate Options

By Robert Jarrow Copyright 2020
384 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

384 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

384 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

  Modeling Fixed Income Securities and Interest Rate Options, Third Edition presents the basics of fixed-income securities in a way that, unlike competitive texts, requires a minimum of prerequisites. While other books focus heavily on institutional details of the bond market, all of which could easily be learned "on the job," the third edition of this classic textbook is more focused... Read more

I INTRODUCTION



Introduction



Traded Securities



The Classical Approach





II Theory



The Term Structure of Interest Rates



The Evolution of the Term Structure of Interest Rates



The Expectations Hypothesis



Trading Strategies, Arbitrage Opportunities, and Complete Markets



Bond Trading Strategies—An Example



Bond Trading Strategies—The Theory



Contingent Claims Valuation—Theory





III Applications



Coupon Bonds



Options on Bonds



Forwards and Futures



Swaps, Caps, Floors and Swaptions



Interest Rate Exotics





IV Implementation/Estimation



Continuous-Time Limits



Parameter Estimation



Extensions



Index







Biography

Robert A. Jarrow is a Ronald P. & Susan E. Lynch Professor of Investment Management and a Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management in Cornell University. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and wrote for many journals and books, which include Finance Theory and The Economic Foundations of Risk Management.