Computational Finance Notes
Goal of this note is to teach an introduction relevant for computer scientists, which may be both broader and shallower than traditional Computational Finance. Topics coverted includes: Derivatives, Time Series Analysis, Trading, Investment Strategies, Fundamentals of Investing, Stocks vs. Bonds, Financial Markets, Common Stocks, Stock Prices.
Author(s): Steven Skiena
NA Pages 
Financial Management by Uttarakhand Open University
The objective of this note is to impart knowledge and skills about concept, theories, policies and techniques in financial management so that these can be applied in taking rational business and financial decisions.
Author(s): Uttarakhand Open University
479 Pages
International Finance Lecture Notes by Costas Arkolakis
The aim of this note is that the students develop an understanding of the main implications of increasing integration of the world economy. This note will be divided in two sections. The first section will be more like a traditional lecture class and will focus on theoretical models and empirical facts. The second section will be more like a seminar course with presentations by students and wide discussion on topics in international finance and international macroeconomics.
Author(s): Costas Arkolakis
NA Pages
An Introduction to Computational Finance
This note covers the following topics: The First Option Trade, The Black-Scholes Equation, The Risk Neutral World, Monte Carlo Methods, The Binomial Model, Derivative Contracts on non-traded Assets and Real Options, Discrete Hedging, Derivative Contracts on non-traded Assets and Real Options, Discrete Hedging, Jump Diffusion, Regime Switching, Mean Variance Portfolio Optimization.
Author(s): Peter Forsyth
123 Pages
Class Notes on Computational Finance
This lecture note explains the following topics: Modelling Financial Options, Random Numbers, Uniform Deviates, Fibonacci Generators , Random Numbers from Other Distributions, Normal Deviates, Sequences of Numbers with Low Discrepancy, Monte Carlo Methods, Constructing Integrators for SDEs, Monte Carlo Methods for European Options, Monte Carlo Methods for American Options, Finite-Difference Methods for American Vanilla Options.
Author(s): R. Seydel
NA Pages
This course introduces ideas and techniques that form the foundations of theory of finance. Topics covered includes: Individual decision making, Game Theory, Economics of Information, Market Microstructure, Choice Under Uncertainty, Equilibrium and Efficiency, Financial Markets, Mean Variance Analysis.
Author(s): Sandeep Kapur
NA Pages
This note covers the following topics: Financial Statements in Financial Analysis, Corporate Financial Risk Measures, Corporate Financial Planning, Taxation and Investment Returns, The Mathematics of Finance, Fixed Income Securities and Debt Markets, Equity Securities and Equity Markets, Business Investments, Cost of Capital and Corporate Performance Evaluation.
Author(s): Dr. George Blazenko
NA Pages
This course note covers the key quantitative methods of finance: financial econometrics and statistical inference for financial applications, dynamic optimization, Monte Carlo simulation, stochastic calculus. These techniques, along with their computer implementation, are covered in depth.
Author(s): Prof. Leonid Kogan
NA Pages
International Financial Environment
This note is designed to familiarize students with international financial transactions and Operational aspects of foreign exchange markets. One of the major objectives of developing this course note has been to bring in the recent happenings in international finance arena. It focus more on the practical aspects of international finance in conjunction to theoretical constructs.
Author(s): NAPTEL
NA Pages
The A B C of finance or The money and labor questions familiarly explained to common people
This book covers the following topics: What Society does for the Laborer, Capital and Labor, Starvation Wages, One Dollar, Value cannot be given by Government, The Value of Paper Money, Why has the Greenback any Value, The Mystery of Money, Evil of a Depreciating Currency: A Few Facts, The Lessons of History, The Public Faith, The Cause and the Remedy.
Author(s): Simon Newcomb
128 Pages
This course note covers econometric and statistical methods as applied to finance.
Author(s): Jianqing Fan
NA Pages
