Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives

Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives goes to the heart of the arcane and largely misunderstood world of derivative finance and makes it accessible to everyone�even novice readers.Marthinsen takes us behind the scenes, into the back alleyways of corporate finance and derivative trading, to provide a bird�s-eye view of the most shocking financial disasters of the past quarter century.The book draws on real-life stories to explain how financial derivatives can be used to create or to destroy value. In an approachable, non-technical manner, Marthinsen brings these financial derivatives situations to life, fully exploring the context of each event, evaluating their outcomes, and bridging the gap between theory and practice. Additional ISBNs 1547416092, 154740003X, 9781547416097, 9781547400034Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives 1st Edition is written by John Marthinsen and published by De Gruyter. ISBNs for Risk Takers are 9781547400058, 1547400056 and the print ISBNs are 9781547416097, 1547416092. Additional ISBNs include 1547416092, 154740003X, 9781547416097, 9781547400034.