Derivatives Demystified : Using Structured Financial Products (Wiley Series in Financial Engineering)

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Summary: Great for the odrinary investor too!
Review: "Derivatives Demystified" is a real find. It explains this complex subject simply and thoroughly. Read it!

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Summary: Incomplete for Today's Markets
Review: "Derivatives Demystified" is a real find. It explains this complex subject simply and thoroughly. Read it!

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Summary: Too simplistic
Review: This book is too simplistic for the real world.

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Summary: Incomplete for Today's Markets
Review: When this book was written, it was somewhat current. Today, credit derivatives are a major factor in structured finance and dominate collateralized debt obligations which use bonds, MBS, and loans. This book neglects the recent explosive growth in these off-balance sheet products.