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An Introduction to the Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
by Salih N. Neftci
from Academic Pr
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Not a good book to read, even for beginners 
This was the first book I read (cover to cover) when I decided to consider quantitative finance. It was suggested to me by a friend.
Unfortunately the book offers very little in return for investing your time into reading it. I find it poorly edited; the author repeats certain things over and over again. It's true that he gives an introduction to the BS world, but it's just way too lengthy for an intro.
A good intro is Baxter & Rennie's: short, to the point, and informative. After that I find... more info
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The Best Intro' 
The best introduction to Stochastic Calculus.
As a quant finance tutor on the 7city CQF course I have consistently (and without hesitation) recommended this text to course delegates and university students.
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Good background reading
This good is a very good companion to Hull's book on financial derivatives pricing theory
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I was disappointed
I bought the book because of all the positive reviews; I did read the negative reviews, but decided to take my chance.
This book is useful for reviewing materials that you have learned in the past but forgotten. In my opinion, it's not that good for beginners of mathematical finance (who wants to learn it seriously) because the presentation is so unclear, with lots of hand-waving and skipping essential steps. I am a beginner myself, and I would rather struggle through more mathematically difficult but... more info
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