The term Financial Derivative is a very broad term which has come to mean any financial transaction whose value depends on the underlying value of the asset concerned. Sophisticated statistical modelling of derivatives enables practitioners in the banking industry to reduce financial risk and ultimately increase profits made from these transactions. 
The book originally published in March 2000 to widespread acclaim. This revised edition has been updated with minor corrections and new references, and now includes a chapter of exercises and solutions, enabling use as a course text. <ul>
<li>Comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of financial derivatives.</li> <li>Discusses and elaborates on the theory of interest rate derivatives, an area of increasing interest.</li> <li>Divided into two self-contained parts ? the first concentrating on the theory of stochastic calculus, and the second describes in detail the pricing of a number of different derivatives in practice.</li> <li>Written by well respected academics with experience in the banking industry.</li> </ul>
A valuable text for practitioners in research departments of all banking and finance sectors. Academic researchers and graduate students working in mathematical finance.

Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

Business & Money

Kennedy, Joanne

Hunt, Philip

Economics

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Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice

A cowboy like that could break your heart...
Fleeing her latest love-life disaster, big city journalist Libby Brown's transition to rural living isn't going exactly as planned. Her childhood dream has always been to own a farm-but without the constant help of her charming, sexy cowboy neighbor, she'd never make it through her first Wyoming season.
Handsome rancher Luke Rawlins is impressed by this sassy, independent city girl, but he yearns to do more than help Libby out with her ranch. He's ready for love, and he wants to go the distance. When the two get embroiled in their tiny town's one and only crime story, Libby discovers that their sizzling hot attraction is going to complicate her life in every way possible...
Praise for Cowboy Trouble: "A fresh take on the traditional contemporary Western... There's plenty of wacky humor and audacious wit in this mystery-laced escapade." -Library Journal Contemporary western fans will enjoy this one!" -The Romantic Times "Everything about Kennedy's charming debut novel hits the right marks... you'll be hooked." -BookLoons

Cowboy Trouble

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

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He's got a way with horses...and with women...
Nate Shawcross is perfectly content to spend his days training wild horses, but after his ambitious ex-girlfriend distributes brochures behind his back, horse lovers from all over the country are arriving at the ranch expecting a three-week workshop. When a beautiful greenhorn unexpectedly shows up for a seminar from the famous "Horse Whisperer" of Wyoming, all Nate wants to do is send her packing-until an impending foreclosure makes him willing to do anything to save his horses.
Graduate student and East Coast animal rights activist Charlie Banks is skeptical that a rough and tumble cowboy can teach her anything about animal behavior, but as she watches Nate work, the horse isn't the only one who succumbs to the handsome cowboy's "whispering." Could it be that after all this time Nate has finally found the one woman who can tame his wild heart?
Praise for One Fine Cowboy: "An entertaining and humorous romance." -Booklist starred review "Refreshing and fun from the first page to the last. Beautifully done!" -Fresh Fiction "Tender, yet spicy... Joanne Kennedy writes a darn good romance." -Wendy's Minding Spot "Joanne Kennedy delivers the perfect recipe for romance in One Fine Cowboy... an engaging story that will pull you in from the start. She writes characters with depth and brimming with emotion. This one is not to be missed." -Bellas Novellas

One Fine Cowboy

Literature & Fiction

United States

She thought she had it all... until she found him
A modeling contract with Wrangler got this Miss Rodeo Wyoming a first-class ticket out of town, but somewhere along the way Jodi Brand lost her soul. When she returns to her hometown after six years back East, her childhood friend's rugged cowboy charm hits her like a ton of bricks...
Teague Treadwell is convinced Jodi's success lifted her out of his reach, but he's spent the past six years working to shed his bad boy image. Now that Jodi is back in town, he's determined to prove himself worthy of the girl next door...but whoever heard of a beauty queen settling for a down and dirty cowboy?
Praise for Cowboy Fever: "A delightful read full of heart and passion." -Jodi Thomas, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Somewhere Along the Way "HOT, HOT, HOT...with more twists and turns than a buckin' bull at a world-class rodeo, lots of sizzlin' sex, and characters so real, you'll swear they live down the road!" -Carolyn Brown, bestselling author of Love Drunk Cowboy "Joanne Kennedy has an uncanny way to bring characters to life with clever dialog, fun situations, and sexy cowboys all wrapped in one great story. Absolutely perfect!" -Fresh Fiction

Cowboy Fever

She's Looking for an Old Friend...What She Finds is One Hot Cowboy
 In the wake of a nasty divorce, Lacey Bradford heads for Wyoming where she's sure her old friend will take her in. But her high school pal Chase Caldwell is no longer the gangly boy who would follow her anywhere. For one thing, he's now incredibly buff and handsome, but that's not all that's changed. Chase has been through tough times and is less than thrilled to see the girl who once broke his heart. But try as he might to resist her, while Lacey's putting her life back together, he's finding new ways to be part of it.
 Praise for Cowboy Fever: "Hot, hot, hot. . . with more twists and turns than a buckin' bull at a world-class rodeo, lots of sizzlin' sex, and characters so real you'll swear they live down the road!" – Carolyn Brown, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Red's Hot Cowboy "Full of heart and passion." – Jodi Thomas, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Texas Blue "A breath of fresh air." – Night Owl Romance Reviewer Top Pick

Tall, Dark and Cowboy

Sparks fly when a sexy cowboy collides with a determined city girl out in a West filled with quirky characters and sizzling romance. Acclaimed for delivering "a fresh take on the traditional contemporary Western," Joanne Kennedy's books might just be your next great discovery!
From stable to boardroom...
Sarah Landon's Ivy League scholarship transforms her from a wide–eyed country girl into a poised professional. Until she's assigned to do damage control with the boss's rebellious brother Lane, who's the burr in everybody's saddle. He's determined to save his community from oil drilling, and she's not going back to the ranch she left forever. Spurs will shine in this saucy romp about ranchers and roots, redemption and second chances.
Praise for Tall, Dark and Cowboy: "Charming."―RT Book Reviews "A sassy and sexy wild ride that is more fun than a wild hootenanny!"―The Romance Reviews, 5 Stars "Practically sizzles off the page."―Eva's Sanctuary "Another steamy, suspenseful offering from the popular Kennedy."―Booklist

Cowboy Crazy

Sparks fly when a sexy cowboy collides with a determined city girl out in a West filled with quirky characters and sizzling romance. Acclaimed for delivering "a fresh take on the traditional contemporary Western," Joanne Kennedy's books might just be your next great discovery!
Being a Cowboy is All He Knows...But No Cowboy Can Rein Her In.
Bronc-buster Mack Boyd can ride a wild stallion to a standstill, but he can't say no when his family prevails on him to come home and help run the ranch. The last person he expects to find there is a high-class Easterner like Cat Crandall.
When Cat Crandall gives up a lucrative advertising job to follow her artistic dreams, she's thinking Paris, Tuscany―not the vast and lonely open country of Wyoming. Her success at Boyd Ranch's artists' retreat could be her ticket to far more exotic places...but the rough and rugged cowboy she meets there is giving Cat a different kind of inspiration. 
Praise for Joanne Kennedy: "Hot, hot, hot. . . with more twists and turns than a buckin' bull at a world-class rodeo, lots of sizzlin' sex, and characters so real you'll swear they live down the road!" Carolyn Brown, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Red's Hot Cowboy on Cowboy Fever "Kennedy is making a name for herself in the field of contemporary Western romances, taking her place beside Linda Lael Miller and Carolyn Brown."―Booklist "A sassy and sexy wild ride that is more fun than a wild hootenanny!"-The Romance Reviews, 5 Stars on Tall, Dark, and Cowboy

Cowboy Tough

"Realistic and romantic... Kennedy's forte is in making relationships genuine and heartfelt as she exposes vulnerabilities with tenderness and good humor." ―Booklist STARRED review
It's going to take all of his rodeo skills to wrangle this big-city gal's heart 
Desperate to find an outlet for the passion he used to put into competing, he takes on the challenge of teaching his roping skills to five troubled ten-year-olds in a last-chance home for foster kids, and finds it's their feisty supervisor who takes the most energy to wrangle.
When social worker Sierra Dunn seeks an activity for the rebellious kids at Phoenix House, she soon learns she's not in Denver anymore. Sierra is eager to get back home to her inner-city work, and the plan doesn't include forming an attachment in Wyoming-especially not to a ruggedly handsome and surprisingly gentle local rodeo hero.
The Cowboys of Decker Ranch series: How To Handle A Cowboy (Book 1) How To Kiss A Cowboy (Book 2) How to Wrangle a Cowboy (Book 3)
What readers are saying about How To Handle A Cowboy:
"One of my all time favorite cowboy books"
"plenty of heart ache, but it is bursting at the seams with love."
"Their story is poignant and one readers won't soon forget."
"Plenty of suspense, some humor, and lots of romance."
"Humor, romance, and a really good HEA."
What reviewers are saying about How To Handle A Cowboy:
"Realistic and romantic... Kennedy's forte is in making relationships genuine and heartfelt as she exposes vulnerabilities with tenderness and good humor." ―Booklist starred review
"Emotionally driven, extremely heartfelt and beautifully executed." ―HEAs Are Us
"If you love a good cowboy romance, this one is a cut above the rest." ―Debbie's Book Bag

How to Handle a Cowboy (Cowboys of Decker Ranch, 1)

"How To Kiss A Cowboy is rich with characters, dialog and insight. Kennedy's characters are sexy, smart, troubled, flawed ― real."―Fresh Fiction
The last person barrel racer Suze Carlyle wants to see on her doorstep is the man who ended her career, but Saddle Bronc Champion Brady Caine wants to make up for his mistake.
Winning comes naturally to bronc rider Brady Caine. Ruggedly handsome, careless and charismatic, the rodeo fans adore him and the buckle bunnies are his for the taking. He's riding high when he lands an endorsement deal with Lariat Western Wear that pairs him up with champion barrel racer Suze Carlyle. 
When a stupid move on Brady's part lands Suze in the hospital, her career in tatters, it's a whole new game for both of them. Brady is desperate to help Suze rebuild her life, but he's the last person she wants around now. Suze's got plenty of grit and determination―learning to trust Brady again is a very different matter. 
The Cowboys of Decker Ranch series: How To Handle A Cowboy (Book 1) How To Kiss A Cowboy (Book 2) How to Wrangle a Cowboy (Book 3)
Praise for How to Kiss a Cowboy: "Joanne Kennedy's heroes are strong, honest, down-to-earth, and sexy as all get out." ―New York Journal of Books "Kennedy combines an interesting look into the rodeo world, hot sex, and complicated relationships to make this a pleasurable read..." ―Booklist

How to Kiss a Cowboy (Cowboys of Decker Ranch, 2)

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