Mastering Financial Mathematics in Microsoft © Excel provides a
comprehensive set of tools, methods and formulas which apply Excel to solving mathematical
problems. 
The book: 
  - Explains basic calculations for mathematical finance 
 
  - Shows how to use formulas using straightforward Excel templates
 
  - Provides a CD of basic templates
 
This fully revised and updated guide is an essential companion for anyone
involved in finance, from company accountants, through to analysts, treasury managers and
business students. Explaining basic calculations and using examples and exercises, the
book covers: 
  - Cash flows
 
  - Bonds calculations and bonds risks
 
  - Amortization and depreciation
 
  - Forward interest rates and futures
 
  - Foreign exchange
 
  - Valuation 
 
  - Leasing 
 
Mastering Financial Mathematics in Microsoft Excel is a practical guide to
using Excel for financial mathematics. This new edition includes: 
  - Excel 2007
 
  - Addition of a glossary of key terms 
 
  - Functions list in English and Euro languages
 
  - Continuity check on all formats, layouts and charts
 
  - More worked examples
 
  - Addition of exercises at the end of each chapter to help build models
 
Alastair Day has worked in the finance industry for more than 25 years
in treasury and marketing functions and was formerly a director of a vendor leasing
company specializing in the IT and technology industries. After sale to a public company
he established Systematic Finance as a consultancy specializing in:
¦ Financial modelling – review, design, build and audit
¦ Training in financial modelling, corporate finance, leasing and credit analysis on
an in-house and public basis throughout Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and America
¦ Finance and operating lease structuring as a consultant and lessor
Alastair is author of three modelling books published by FT Prentice Hall: Mastering
Financial Modelling, Mastering Risk Modelling and Mastering Financial Mathematics in
Excel, all of which are in their second editions, as well as other books and publications
on financial analysis and leasing.
Alastair has a degree in Economics and German from London University and an MBA from
the Open University Business School.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
About the Author 
Conventions 
Overview
Warranty and disclaimer
1 Introduction 
Overview 
Common Excel errors 
Systematic design method 
Auditing 
Summary 
Exercises 
2 Basic financial arithmetic 
Simple interest 
Compound interest 
Nominal and effective rates 
Continuous discounting 
Conversions and comparisons 
Exercise 
Summary
3 Cash flows 
Net present value 
Internal rate of return 
XNPV and XIRR 
XNPV periodic example 
Modified internal rate of return 
Exercise
Summary 
4 Bonds calculations 
Description 
Cash flows
Zero coupons 
Yield 
Yield to call 
Price and yield relationship 
Yield curve pricing 
Other yield measures 
Yield measures 
Exercise 
Summary 
5 Bonds risks 
Risks 
Duration 
Convexity 
Comparison 
Exercise 
Summary 
6 Floating rate securities 
Floating rates 
Characteristics of interest rate securities 
Yield evaluation 
Coupon stripping 
Exercise 
Summary 
7 Amortization and depreciation 
Amortization 
Full amortization 
Delayed payments 
Sum of digits 
Straight line and declining balance depreciation 
UK declining balance method 
Double declining balance depreciation 
French depreciation 
Exercise 
Summary 
8 Swaps 
Definitions 
How swaps save money 
Advantages of swaps 
Terminating interest rate swaps 
Implicit credit risk 
Worked single currency swap 
Valuation 
Cross currency swap 
Worked example 
Swaptions 
Exercise 
Summary 
9 Forward interest rates 
Definitions 
Example forward rates 
Hedging principles 
Forward rate agreement 
Yield curves 
Exercise 
Summary 
10 Futures 
Futures market 
Terminology 
Benefits 
Clearinghouse operation 
Bond futures 
Hedging mechanisms
Hedging example one 
Hedging example two 
Exercise 
Summary 
11 Foreign exchange 
Risk 
Spot rates 
Longer dates 
Equivalence 
Comparisons and arbitrage 
Exercise 
Summary 
12 Options 
Description 
Terminology 
Underlying asset 
Call options 
Put options 
Example 
Covered call 
Insurance using a stock and a long put 
Pricing models 
Black Scholes model 
Call put parity 
Greeks 
Binomial models 
Comparison to Black Scholes 
Exercise 
Summary 
13 Real options 
Real options 
Black Scholes model 
Binomial model 
Exercise 
Summary 
14 Valuation 
Valuation methods 
Assets
Market methods 
Multi-period dividend discount models 
Free cash flow valuation 
Adjusted present value 
Economic profit 
Exercise 
Summary 
15 Leasing 
Economics of leasing 
Interest rates 
Classification 
Amortization 
Accounting 
Settlements 
Lessor evaluation 
Lessee evaluation 
Exercise 
Summary
16 Basic statistics 
Methods 
Descriptive statistics 
Probability distributions 
Sampling/Central Limit Theorem 
Hypothesis testing 
Correlation and regression 
LINEST function 
Exercise 
Summary 
Appendix 
Glossary
Index
384 pages, Paperback
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