Hello guys !!
I am a newbie in Finance and trying hard to know the cash-flows and valuation of most of the asset types. I chose 'Options, Futures and other derivatives by John C. Hull' book to cover these concepts.

Do you guys think that I made the right choice? Anything else you would like to suggest and advice me?

BTW, if some of you are already going through this book, we can together form a study group specifically for this book. Do give me a buzz...

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Hello guys !!
I am a newbie in Finance and trying hard to know the cash-flows and valuation of most of the asset types. I chose 'Options, Futures and other derivatives by John C. Hull' book to cover these concepts.

Do you guys think that I made the right choice? Anything else you would like to suggest and advice me?

BTW, if some of you are already going through this book, we can together form a study group specifically for this book. Do give me a buzz...

anonymous · Answer

peakit whenever you have any doubt ask me

anonymous · Answer

Hull is useful if you are interested in pricing derivatives. For simple cash flow modeling look at the books by http://simonbenninga.com/

anonymous · Answer

HI Peakit,
Please clarify whether you are looking for a book/material on valuation of a company or valuation of futures/options/derivative contracts. John C Hull book would be useful if you are looking at pricing derivatives, however for valuation of stocks/companies you can look at other books by authors like Ashwath Damodaran, Warren Buffet, Benjman Graham, etc.

anonymous · Answer

@sridharcw, I am looking for valuation of futures, options, derivatives contracts. Thanks!

anonymous · Answer

For options you can also consider some books published by CBOE which are high quality and very comprehensive. I dont recall the name of the book that I have read, but there are several publications from CBOE which you can consider.