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How to trade and invest in an expanding financial market This practical introduction to energy trading gives readers a solid foundation in the entire energy market-- from petroleum drilling and electricity generation to the implementation of commodity derivative models. Energy Trading & Investing discusses the major players in the energy markets and how they use the markets to their advantage. Special attention is paid to investing and valuing physical energy assets like power plants, storage facilities, refineries, and solar installations.

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Author:   Davis W. Edwards
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.712kg
ISBN:  

9780071629065

ISBN 10:   0071629068
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 November 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781259835384
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part One: Instruments & Markets 1. Major Players 2. Natural Gas 3. Electricity 4. Oil Part Two: Coal & Carbon Emissions 5. Technical Primer 6. Physics of Gas 7. Physics of Power 8. Financial Options 9. Math of Spread Options 10. Estimating Correlations 11. Monte-Carlo Simulations 12. Game Theory 13. Dynamic Programming Part Three: Electricity Models 14. Forecasting Demand for Electricity 15. Generation Stack 16. Tolling Agreements 17. Wheeling Power 18. Congestion Models 19. Solar Power 20. Wind Power Part Four: Natural Gas Models 21. Natural Gas Transportation 22. Natural Gas Storage 23. Liquefied Natural Gas 24. Weather Forecasting 25. Financial Instruments

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Davis W. Edwards is a managing director at Macquarie Group and is responsible for managing the credit risks of its North American energy investments. Macquarie, Australia’s preeminent fi nancial conglomerate, is one of the largest energy companies in North America through its subsidiary, Macquarie Cook Energy. Previously, Davis headed the Mathematical Arbitrage Trading Desk at Bear Stearns. With several billion in capital and operated like a private hedge fund, the Mathematical Arbitrage Trading Desk handled Bear Stearns’s proprietary investments in the equities, energy, commodities, and option markets.

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