Books with author Mr Michael Duron

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DERIVATIVES All About Derivatives, Second Edition, presents the complex subject of financial derivatives with a clarity and coherence you won’t find in other books. Using real-world examples and simple language, it lucidly illustrates what derivatives are and why they are so powerful. This second edition of All About Derivatives provides a rock-solid foundation on: The most common contracts available to you in today's market Key concepts such as cost of carry, settlement, valuation, and payoff Proven methods for establishing fair value How leverage can work for you--and against you The various derivative contracts traded today, including forwards, futures, swaps, and options Pricing methods and mathematics for determining fair value Hedging strategies for managing and reducing different types of risk INCLUDES A BRAND-NEW CHAPTER ON THE ROLE DERIVATIVES PLAYED IN THE 2008 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DERIVATIVES All About Derivatives, Second Edition, presents the complex subject of financial derivatives with a clarity and coherence you won’t find in other books. Using real-world examples and simple language, it lucidly illustrates what derivatives are and why they are so powerful. This second edition of All About Derivatives provides a rock-solid foundation on: The most common contracts available to you in today's market Key concepts such as cost of carry, settlement, valuation, and payoff Proven methods for establishing fair value How leverage can work for you--and against you The various derivative contracts traded today, including forwards, futures, swaps, and options Pricing methods and mathematics for determining fair value Hedging strategies for managing and reducing different types of risk INCLUDES A BRAND-NEW CHAPTER ON THE ROLE DERIVATIVES PLAYED IN THE 2008 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

There's more to the amusement park than rides and cotton candy. Fascinating scientific principles are at play, and this book is bursting with a wealth of carnival attractions related to physics and gravity. Fun facts, accompanied by different activities and pictures to color, introduce kids to inertia and velocity on the log ride, centripetal force on the Ferris wheel, and momentum on the roller coaster, along with loads of other interesting effects. Suitable for ages 8 to 12.

No one knows where the trains go or what lies beyond the mountains and the forests. They've never seen grass or walnut trees, but they do discover how tomatoes are named. And roses and violets and orchids. There aren't any summer vacations. No spring showers. And as for leaves rusting in the autumn rain?But..."autumn?""What does autumn mean?" asks Doctor Sperry. "I'm not familiar with that word."And so begins the tale of Christmasville.In a town nestled between magic and deja vu, Mary Jane Higgins embarks on a series of perilous journeys, determined to resolve the riddle of Christmasville. Although it's forbidden, she crosses train tracks, approaches the bottomless abyss, travels through a wilderness that "operates according to a different set of rules." Along the way she encounters a mysterious donkey, a shepherd boy with his lamb and three riders on...camels?"[But}...camels only exist in myths and fairy tales, like unicorns and giraffes, dragons and elephants."On the changing checkerboard of Christmasville, buildings and homes are rearranged annually according to a new "plan" of things. The calendar consists of only two pages: December and January. But no one gets any older. And the worst of ailments is poison ivy, and color blindness, and signs of that most harrowing of afflictions: partial baldness.It's a town perennially covered in new fallen snow, perpetually decorated in yuletide trimmings. It's a town that in many ways is typyical, or evocative - one that we might dream of - but which functions according to three, slightly skewed phenomena: time, space and memory. And no one, save one, suspects that something is awry."The dickens of a tale!"(Kris Kringle in the North Pole Gazette)On the changing checkerboard

Discover where our tap water comes from and how we can conserve our most precious resource. Mr. Turtle conducts a lively tour of the water cycle that features 30 illustrations to color. The drawings and captions explain every step of the process, from the accumulation of rain and snow in reservoirs to the evaporation of oceans, the formation of vapor, and other fascinating facets of water ecology.

The bad news — there's an island of plastic garbage in the Pacific Ocean that's twice the size of Texas, but every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees! This earth-friendly coloring book presents astounding facts about consumption, waste, and recycling. It offers kids a realistic view of how their actions affect the planet, and it shows them what they can do to reduce their carbon footprints.

The answer to trading profit growth lies in derivatives. All About Derivatives explains the major derivatives and their key features of each; vital mechanical issues such as storage, settle- ment, valuation, and payoff; and common types of risk and how to effectively hedge against them. Michael Durbin is known as a derivatives trader and manager for one of the world’s largest, most high-profile hedge funds.

Learning how people, plants, and animals depend on each other is a lesson for everyone. Join Mr. Turtle for a guided tour that rambles from forests and grasslands to deserts, oceans, and wetlands. Thirty adventurous illustrations to color make the message clear: Take care of the planet! It's our home! Free Teacher's Manual available. Grades: PreK–K.Boost: Seriously Fun Learning!Keeping children entertained and engaged is the key to learning, and the Boost series offers a wide range of fun-filled coloring and activity books that help teach a variety of basic skills. Each title is targeted to a specific grade range and carefully aligned with the Common Core State Standards, which are listed at the bottom of each page.