Risk takers uses and abuses of financial derivatives / John E. Marthinsen.

Author/creator Marthinsen, John E.
Format Electronic
EditionThird edition.
Publication InfoBoston : DE-G Press, [2018]
Descriptionxxiii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents chapter 1. Primer on derivatives -- chapter 2. Employee stock options: a user's guide -- chapter 3. Metallgesellschaft AG: illusion of profits and losses, reality of cash flows -- chapter 4. Swaps that shook an industry: Procter & Gamble versus Bankers Trust -- chapter 5. Orange County: the largest municipal failure in U.S. history -- chapter 6. Barings Bank PLC: Leeson's lessons -- chapter 7. Long-term capital mismanagment: "JM and the Arb Boys" -- chapter 8. Amaranth Advisors LLC: using natural gas derivatives to bet on the weather -- chapter 9. Société Générale and rogue trader Jérôme Kerviel -- chapter 10. AIG: two roads to ruin -- chapter 11. JPMorgan Chase and the "London Whale".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018937501
ISBN1547416092
ISBN9781547416097