A Course on Statistics for Finance

With chapter exercises and about 30 pages of appendices on advanced math, this text can be used as a text for a second university course in statistics specializing in the direction of financial investments analysis. The book can also be used by financial analysts and researchers. Although little or no background in finance is assumed, some familiarity with determinants is required. Following a section on introductory concepts and definitions, sections cover regression, portfolio analysis, and time series analysis. The book is not geared to any one statistical software package. Sclove is affiliated with the University of Illinois-Chicago. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)