Preface

Intended Readers

This book is intended for three types of readers with an interest in financial risk management: first, graduate and PhD students specializing in finance and economics; second, market practitioners with a quantitative undergraduate or graduate degree; third, advanced undergraduates majoring in economics, engineering, finance, or another quantitative field.
I have taught the less technical parts of the book in a fourth-year undergraduate finance elective course and an MBA elective on financial risk management. I covered the more technical material in a PhD course on options and risk management and in technical training courses on market risk designed for market practitioners.
In terms of prerequisites, ideally the reader should ...

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