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From the material developed for their Computer-Based Financial Modelling graduate course at London Business School, Jackson and Staunton explain the use of the VBA functions within Excel. Their attempt to maximize Excel features with macros turned into a full-scale expedition into the VBA language suitable for highly technical and numerically demanding areas such as the valuation of financial derivatives. They assume no specialized background beyond graduate or advanced graduate training in business. No information is provided about the disk. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This new and unique book demonstrates that Excel and VBA can play an important role in the explanation and implementation of numerical methods across finance. Advanced Modelling in Finance provides a comprehensive look at equities, options on equities and options on bonds from the early 1950s to the late 1990s. The book adopts a step-by-step approach to understanding the more sophisticated aspects of Excel macros and VBA programming, showing how these programming techniques can be used to model and manipulate financial data, as applied to equities, bonds and options. The book is essential for financial practitioners who need to develop their financial modelling skill sets as there is an increase in the need to analyse and develop ever more complex 'what if' scenarios. Specifically applies Excel and VBA to the financial markets Packaged with a CD containing the software from the examples throughout the book Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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