Commodities and Commodity Derivatives: Modeling and Pricing for Agriculturals, Metals and Energy

The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cashand derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led toan explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset forinvestors that includes hedge funds as well as Universityendowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot andderivative trading.

This book covers hard and soft commodities (energy, agricultureand metals) and analyses:

• Economic and geopolitical issues in commodities markets
• Commodity price and volume risk
• Stochastic modelling of commodity spot prices and forwardcurves
• Real options valuation and hedging of physical assets in theenergy industry

It is required reading for energy companies and utilitiespractitioners, commodity cash and derivatives traders in investmentbanks, the Agrifood business, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) andHedge Funds.

In Commodities and Commodity Derivatives, H lyette Geman shows her powerful command of the subject bycombining a rigorous development of its mathematical modelling witha compact institutional presentation of the arcane characteristicsof commodities that makes the complex analysis of commoditiesderivative securities accessible to both the academic andpractitioner who wants a deep foundation and a breadth of differentmarket applications. It is destined to be a "must have" on thesubject."
--Robert Merton, Professor, Harvard Business School

"A marvelously comprehensive book of interest to academics andpractitioners alike, by one of the world's foremost experts in thefield."
--Oldrich Vasicek, founder, KMV