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Commodities and commodity derivatives modelling and pricing for agriculturals, metals, and energy

The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cash and derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led to an explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset for investors that includes hedge funds as well as University endowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot and derivative trading. This book covers hard and soft commodities (energy, agriculture and metals) and analyses:ulliEconomic and geopolitical issues in commodities marketsliCommodity price and volume riskliStochastic modelling of commodity spot prices and forward curvesliReal options valuation and hedging of physical assets in the energy industry/ul It is required reading for energy companies and utilities practitioners, commodity cash and derivatives traders in investment banks, the Agrifood business, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and Hedge Funds. In biCommodities and Commodity Derivatives/i/b, HElyette Geman shows her powerful command of the subject by combining a rigorous development of its mathematical modelling with a compact institutional presentation of the arcane characteristics of commodities that makes the complex analysis of commodities derivative securities accessible to both the academic and practitioner who wants a deep foundation and a breadth of different market applications. It is destined to be a "must have" on the subject." b'Robert Merton, Professor, Harvard Business School/b "A marvelously comprehensive book of interest to academics and practitioners alike, by one of the world's foremost experts in the field." b'Oldrich Vasicek, founder, KMV/b.

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