TY - BOOK AU - Marthinsen,John E. TI - Risk takers: uses and abuses of financial derivatives T2 - The Prentice Hall series in finance SN - 9780321542564 AV - HG6024.A3 M374 2009 U1 - 332.6457 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Boston PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall KW - Derivative securities KW - Risk management KW - Investment analysis N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Primer on Derivatives. -- Employee Stock Options: What Every MBA Student Should Know. -- Roche Holding : The Company, Its Financial Strategy, and Bull Spread Warrants. -- Metallgesellschaft AG : Illusion of Profits and Losses; Reality of Cash Flows. -- Swaps That Shook an Industry : Procter & Gamble versus Bankers Trust. -- Orange County : The Largest Municipal Failure in U.S. History. -- Barings Bank PLC: Leeson's Lessons. -- Long Term Capital Mismanagement : "JM & The Arb Boys". -- Amaranth Advisors LLC : Using Natural Gas Futures to Bet on the Weather N2 - In an approachable, non-technical manner, Risk Takers brings eight modern financial derivatives situations to life, fully exploring the context... of each event and evaluating the outcomes. Primer on Derivatives; Employee Stock Options: What Every MBA Student Should Know; Roche Holding: The Company, Its Financial Strategy, and Bull Spread Warrants; Metallgesellschaft AG: Illusion of Profits and Losses; Reality of Cash Flows; Swaps That Shook an Industry: Procter & Gamble versus Bankers Trust; Orange County: The Largest Municipal Failure in U.S. History; Barings Bank PLC: Leeson’s Lessons; Long Term Capital Mismanagement: “JM & The Arb Boys”; Amaranth Advisors LLC: Using Natural Gas Futures to Bet on the Weather. For all readers interested in financial derivatives, options, futures, and risk management UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip088/2008001237.html ER -