DYNAMIC ASSET ALLOCATION WITH FORWARD AND FUTURES is an advanced text on the theory of forward and futures markets which aims at providing readers with a comprehensive knowledge of how prices are established and evolve over time, what optimal strategies one can expect from the participants, what characterizes such markets, and what major theoretical and practical differences distinguish futures from forward contracts.

"This is an advanced text on the theory of forward and futures markets which aims at providing readers with a comprehensive knowledge of how prices are established and evolve over time, what optimal strategies one can expect from the participants, what characterizes such markets and what major theoretical and practical differences distinguish futures from forward contracts. It should be of interest to students (majoring in finance with quantitative skills) academics (both theoreticians and empiricists), practitioners, and regulators. TOC:Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Notations.- Part I: The Basics.- Forward and Futures Markets.- Standard Pricing Results Under Deterministic and Stochastic Interest Rates.- Part II: Investment and Hedging.- Pure Hedging.- Optimal Dynamic Portfolio Choice in Complete Markets.- Optimal Dynamic Portfolio Choice in Incomplete Markets.- Optimal Currency Risk Hedging.- Optimal Spreading.- Pricing and Hedging under Stochastic Dividend or Convenience Yield.- Part III: General Equilibrium Pricing.- Equilibrium Asset Pricing in an Endowment Economy with Non-Redundant Forward or Futures Contracts.- Equilibrium Asset Pricing in a Production Economy with Non-Redundant Forward or Futures Contracts.- General Equilibrium Pricing of Futures and Forward Contracts written on the CPI.- References.- Subject Index."

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Notations.- Part I: The Basics.- Forward and Futures Markets.- Standard Pricing Results Under Deterministic and Stochastic Interest Rates.- Part II: Investment and Hedging.- Pure Hedging.- Optimal Dynamic Portfolio Choice in Complete Markets.- Optimal Dynamic Portfolio Choice in Incomplete Markets.- Optimal Currency Risk Hedging.- Optimal Spreading.- Pricing and Hedging under Stochastic Dividend or Convenience Yield.- Part III: General Equilibrium Pricing.- Equilibrium Asset Pricing in an Endowment Economy with Non-Redundant Forward or Futures Contracts.- Equilibrium Asset Pricing in a Production Economy with Non-Redundant Forward or Futures Contracts.- General Equilibrium Pricing of Futures and Forward Contracts written on the CPI.- References.- Subject Index.