Elements of Financial Risk Management

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Summary: Crisp and Practical. Attached Excel files are beautiful!!
Review: I actually learnt elements of risk management and derivatives in a graduate program using this book.
Though I was a perfect amateur in this area, I could understand the essence without taking so much time. That was because this book is short and to the point. Additionally, it is a fair bit practical by adding Excel work files full of models and functions often used in Financial industry. I think the book is also well designed for independent study. All answer files of exercises are contained in an attached CD-ROM.
The best book without question.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I think this book is a must read for anyone who is currently involved or plans to be involved in the world of Risk Management or even Finance in general. It's a really pleasant read as Christoffersen provides intuitive and clear explanations to back up all his models. Topics that would otherwise be difficult to wrap your head around all of a sudden make sense!

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Summary: Clear and concised! Great book
Review: The book has its materials laid out clearly with stated goals and conclusions to keep readers well focused. It gives a very concise yet amazingly clear explainations to the recent advancements in risk managment. The mathematics included in this book isn't difficult for the beginners yet it is still challenging to those advanced readers who want to get technical; this book is for everyone! Plus you can get a hand on practice by doing the excercises included in the CD-rom. For me, this book gives me a practical intuition to the those time-series methods that were taught in the graduate econometrics course.

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Summary: Clear and concise
Review: The book has its materials laid out clearly with stated goals and conclusions to keep readers well focused. It gives a very concise yet clear explainations to the recent advancements in risk managment. The mathematics in this book isn't difficult for the beginners, yet it can be challenging to those advanced readers who want to get technical; this book is for everyone!

Moreover, you can try it! - a real hand on practice by doing the excercises included in the CD-rom. This book really gave me a practical intuition to the those time-series methods that were taught in the graduate econometrics course. This book is a gold mine among the students and practitioners of financial risk management.

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Summary: Excellent Purchase
Review: This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of modern Risk Management. Strong points include a very readable section on statistical modeling for volatility and correlation accompanied by many practical excel exercises that enable the reader to apply the theory first hand.

The author complements the theory nicely with simple intuitive explanations. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about the theory and practice of risk anagement.