As yet, single stock futures are still in their infancy, but they now represent the most exciting new product launch within the equity derivatives arena. They have a multiplicity of advantages for many traders and investors, being cheap, easy to understand, and a highly efficient use of capital to enhance investor opportunities.
Single Stock Futures is a practical, easy-to-read and comprehensive guide that will help traders and investors understand and utilise this innovative and exciting product.
"SSFs have been portrayed...as a new stage in the evolution of financial derivatives - which is certainly the case. But they could be more than that: they could radically alter the dynamics of equity investing...The possibilities are huge, but as yet only dimly perceived."
From Single Stock Futures - The Ultimate Derivative , written by David Lascelles for the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation.
Author(s): Patrick L. Young, Charles Sidey, Patrick Young
Edition: 8th
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 168
Single Stock Futures......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction: Another New Product, Another Revolution......Page 16
Prologue: The Next Frontier......Page 20
1 A Simple Q&A......Page 24
2 Basics of Single Stock Futures......Page 32
3 Trading Single Stock Futures......Page 62
4 Corporate Actions......Page 82
5 Users of Single Stock Futures......Page 104
6 Margin, Clearing, and Settlement......Page 118
7 Single Stock Futures and Indices......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 148
Exchanges......Page 154
Web acknowledgements......Page 156
Bibliography......Page 158
Index......Page 160
