Section I: Foundations of Derivatives, Asset Pricing, and Risk
This section introduces the role of derivative securities and the key concepts needed to understand their behavior in modern markets. It also examines traded prices for derivatives and other assets, while developing core measures of risk through holding period returns, the variability of those returns, and the use of skewness and kurtosis to characterize return distributions.
A Complete Introduction
Explore the world of financial derivatives and discover how these powerful contracts are connected to risky financial assets.