Modeling Financial Markets : Using Visual Basic.NET and Databases to Create Pricing, Trading, and Risk Management Models

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Modeling Financial Markets : Using Visual Basic.NET and Databases to Create Pricing, Trading, and Risk Management Models
by Benjamin Van Vliet, Robert Hendry
from McGraw-Hill

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
  I found this book informative and extremely accessible. It's incredulous that all these dorks keep insisting that the title of this book rings false for them. The content does provide a great deal more than the title alone suggests but one could see that by glancing at the content prior to buying the book. What I enjoyed most about it was the matter of fact, easy tone which conveyed so much so simply.

• Hands On Programming
  Lately I've been making heavy use of Amazon's Table of Content look up capability. I think that I didn't use that well enough when I purchased this book. More on that.
  I like to buy books as reference material. Things should be easy to find. I bought this book when I was first getting into building Automated Trading Strategies. I had the impression that this would help me.
  I no longer support that impression. The Table of Contents has no reflection whatsoever on the financial perspective of the... more info

• A very misleading title
  The book is a jumble of basic financial concepts and way-too-simple VB.NET syntax explanations, which makes me wonder who are its target readers? How many financial professionals will ever want and/or be able to master .NET? As a computer programmer in a financial orgnization, I definitely want to learn a bit more about financial modelling, but this is certainly NOT the book to start with. It's far better to get familiarized with the basics by reading a pure finance or trading book.
  Btw, if you read... more info

• How to Program book - not Financial Modeling
  This is a "How To Program" book which uses financial applications as samples. It is heavy on programming basics and scratches the surface of financial modeling. That's fine if that's what you expect from the book, but the title led me to believe that I'd learn modeling techniques. I expected a book that assumed proficiency in VB and dealt with moderate to advanced financial topics.
  If you already know what a where clause is and are proficient at VB.Net, this is not for you. If you know nothing about VB... more info

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