Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; Fixed cash flows
  • Valuation of fixed cash flows with perfect replication; Imperfect replication: immunization and duration; Simple random cash flows
  • Forward rates, T-bill futures, and quasi-arbitrage; The eurodollar market and simple interest rate swaps; General rate-sensitive cash flows
  • No-arbitrage and risk-neutral pricing; State prices, forward induction, and tree-fitting; The Black-Derman-Toy Model; Convexity; Callable and convertible bonds; Credit risk; Continuous-time finance; Index.