Managing Risk in the Foreign Exchange, Money and Derivative Markets

About this book

Cutting through unnecessary detail and complicated technicalities, Managing Risk in the Foreign Exchange, Money, and Derivative Markets offers a no-nonsense approach on how to propel your success in the international trading market without engaging in unacceptable and often unknown risks. In Managing Risk in the Foreign Exchange, Money, and Derivative Markets, Riehl combines down-to-earth coverage of price risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk with a practical focus on risk versus return analysis. Each chapter contains pertinent information, time-tested advice, relevant charts and graphs, and examples of market scenarios. Novices and professionals alike will learn how to recognize risk and assess its size; manage and control price, credit, and liquidity risks; exploit opportunity; decipher derivatives; judge the advantages and dangers of new financial products; evaluate the impact of trades on balance sheet and capital ratio; and protect against human error and fraud.