By Anatoly B. Schmidt
Size 2 MB
With more and
more physicists and physics students exploring the possibility of utilizing
their advanced math skills for a career in the finance industry, this
much-needed book quickly introduces them to fundamental and advanced finance principles and methods.
Quantitative
Finance for Physicists provides a
short, straightforward introduction for those who already have a background in
physics. Find out how fractals, scaling, chaos, and other physics concepts are
useful in analyzing financial time series. Learn about key topics in
quantitative finance such as option pricing, portfolio management, and risk
measurement. This book provides the basic knowledge in finance required to
enable readers with physics backgrounds to move successfully into the financial industry.
» Short,
self-contained book for physicists to master basic concepts and quantitative
methods of finance.
» Growing
field―many physicists are moving into finance positions because of the
high-level math required.
» Draws on the author's own experience as a physicist who moved into a
financial analyst position
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