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 | Fixed Income Securities: Tools for Today's Markets, Second Edition, University Edition by Bruce Tuckman Buy new: $68.75 / Used from: $23.70 Perhaps the book on understanding interest rate modeling, model calibration, interest rate options, term structure analysis and fixed income mathematics. Written in an easy conversational style without the geeky maths first timers as well as trading professionals struggle with. |
 | Hedging With Trees Advances in Pricing and Risk Managing Derivatives by Mark Broadie Buy new: $214.00 / Used from: $149.89 Mark teaches two computational finance at Columbia Business School - a graduate level course on security pricing and a PhD seminar on computational finance. The security pricing course was the best investment I could have ever made in this field. |
 | Advanced modelling in finance using Excel and VBA by Mary Jackson Buy new: $65.61 / Used from: $37.63 A handy excel modeling review covering basics as well as advance topics |
 | Fundamentals of Corporate Finance + Standard & Poor's Educational Version of Market Insight by Richard Brealey Buy new: $166.99 / Used from: $36.46 If you like a refresher or a crystal clear introduction to the subject as well as a comprehensive review of a large range of topics, the Brealey and Meyers text book is the book for you |
 | Analysis for Financial Management with S&P bind-in card (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate) by Robert Higgins Buy used from: $29.40 Ratio analysis simplified. While not as detailed as some of the competing titles on this topic, Higgins does a great job of getting the fundamentals right and making them come across in lucid layman terms |
 | Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Second Edition (Academic Press Advanced Finance) by Stuart I. Greenbaum Buy new: $90.72 / Used from: $54.59 Your guide to banking, fractional reserves, the multiplier effect, the bank loan informational advantage over listed debt and the incentive and agency problem around collateral. |
 | Competition Demystified (text only) by B. C. Greenwald by J.Kahn by B. C. Greenwald J.Kahn Buy used from: $14.78 The only book you ever need to read on strategy. Based on the sold out for decades Economic of Strategic Behavior course taught by Bruce Greenwald at Columbia University. |
 | The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities by Frank J. Fabozzi Buy new: $76.03 / Used from: $48.96 The reference text book that we used to first understand the fixed income market. |
 | Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Buy new: $17.56 / Used from: $11.44 Nassim Taleb wrote this book when he was angry and it comes through. It gives the book a voice and a tone that is normally missing is emotionless risk classics and makes it an even more enjoyable and educational read. Compared to the Black Swan which is a more cooler, philosophical PhD dissertation, Fooled by Randomness attracts by its easy flowing and engaging style. |
 | The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $5.93 If you liked Fooled by Randomness you may be disappointed by the Black Swan. Having said that the book is still a very important read for risk practitioners |
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