Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball and Excel (eBook)

John Charnes (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2012 | 2. Auflage
336 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-22705-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Updated look at financial modeling and Monte Carlo simulation
with software by Oracle Crystal Ball

This revised and updated edition of the bestselling book on
financial modeling provides the tools and techniques needed to
perform spreadsheet simulation. It answers the essential question
of why risk analysis is vital to the decision-making process, for
any problem posed in finance and investment. This reliable resource
reviews the basics and covers how to define and refine probability
distributions in financial modeling, and explores the concepts
driving the simulation modeling process. It also discusses
simulation controls and analysis of simulation results.

The second edition of Financial Modeling with Crystal Ball
and Excel contains instructions, theory, and practical example
models to help apply risk analysis to such areas as derivative
pricing, cost estimation, portfolio allocation and optimization,
credit risk, and cash flow analysis. It includes the resources
needed to develop essential skills in the areas of valuation,
pricing, hedging, trading, risk management, project evaluation,
credit risk, and portfolio management.

* Offers an updated edition of the bestselling book covering the
newest version of Oracle Crystal Ball

* Contains valuable insights on Monte Carlo simulation--an
essential skill applied by many corporate finance and investment
professionals

* Written by John Charnes, the former finance department chair at
the University of Kansas and senior vice president of global
portfolio strategies at Bank of America, who is currently President
and Chief Data Scientist at Syntelli Solutions, Inc. Risk Analytics
and Predictive Intelligence Division (Syntelli RAPID)

Engaging and informative, this book is a vital resource designed
to help you become more adept at financial modeling and
simulation.

Autor

John Charnes, PhD, MBA, is President of the Risk Analytics and Predictive Intelligence Division (RAPID) of Syntelli Solutions Inc. Prior to this, he was finance department chair at the University of Kansas and senior vice president of global portfolio strategies at Bank of America. Charnes created the Crystal Ball Training CD, a multimedia course on the basic elements of stochastic modeling with Crystal Ball, acquired by Oracle. His specialty is the application of computer simulation and statistical methods for identifying and solving business problems, including the use of simulation for option pricing and hedging with derivatives to comply with Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) 133.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Finance Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Finance Editions
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Excel
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Schlagworte: Finance & Investments • Finanz- u. Anlagewesen • Investments & Securities • Kapitalanlage • Kapitalanlagen u. Wertpapiere
• ISBN-10: 1-118-22705-0 / 1118227050
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-22705-3 / 9781118227053