{"title":"Doug Huggins","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoug Huggins specialises in advanced \u003cem\u003efinance and investment\u003c\/em\u003e topics, with a particular focus on fixed income markets and relative value strategies. His works provide detailed analysis and practical insights for navigating complex financial instruments such as SOFR futures and options.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thorough explorations of market dynamics, risk assessment, and innovative approaches to fixed income trading. Huggins’s books are essential for professionals and enthusiasts seeking to deepen their understanding of fixed income relative value and derivative products.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fixed-income-relative-value-analysis-website-by-doug-huggins-9781118477199","title":"Fixed Income Relative Value Analysis, + Website","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs western governments issue increasing amounts of debt, the fixed income markets have never been more important. Yet the methods for analysing these markets have failed to keep pace with recent developments, including the deterioration in the credit quality of many sovereign issuers. In \u003ci\u003eFixed Income Relative Value Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e, Doug Huggins and Christian Schaller address this gap with a set of analytic tools for assessing value in the markets for government bonds, interest rate swaps, and related basis swaps, as well as associated futures and options.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking a practitioner’s point of view, the book presents the theory behind market analysis in connection with tools for finding and expressing trade ideas. The extensive use of actual market examples illustrates the ways these analytic tools can be applied in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book covers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eStatistical models for quantitative market analysis, in particular mean reversion models and principal component analysis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAn in-depth approach to understanding swap spreads in theory and in practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA comprehensive discussion of the various basis swaps and their combinations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe incorporation of credit default swaps in yield curve analysis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA classification of option trades, with appropriate analysis tools for each category.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFitted curve techniques for identifying relative value among different bonds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA multi-factor delivery option model for bond future contracts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFixed Income Relative Value Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e provides an insightful presentation of the relevant statistical and financial theories, a detailed set of statistical and financial tools derived from these theories, and a multitude of actual trades resulting from the application of these tools to the fixed income markets. 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The newly revised second edition reflects both the progress in statistical tools over the last decade and the impact of the transition to SOFR on swap spreads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou’ll find a set of statistical and financial tools, a multitude of actual trades resulting from the application of these tools, as well as access to a companion website featuring spreadsheets illustrating some of the models contained in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book covers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eStatistical models for quantitative market analysis, in particular mean reversion models and principal component analysis, now including the multivariate Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAn in-depth approach to understanding swap spreads in theory and practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA comprehensive discussion of the various basis swaps and their combinations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe incorporation of credit default swaps in yield curve analysis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA classification of option trades into three types and the appropriate analysis tools.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eFitted curve techniques for identifying relative value among different bonds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA multi-factor delivery option model for bond future contracts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFixed Income Relative Value Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e has proven to be an indispensable desk reference for buy- and sell-side fixed income professionals, including traders, quantitative analysts, portfolio managers, financial engineers, fixed income salespeople with sophisticated clientele, and risk managers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602969247980,"sku":"9781394189083","price":166.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781394189083-fixed-income-relative-value-analysis-website.jpg?v=1778050721"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/doug-huggins.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}