The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cash and derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led to an explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset for investors that includes hedge funds as well as University endowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot and derivative trading. This book covers hard and soft commodities (energy, agriculture and metals) and analyses: Economic and geopolitical issues in commodities markets Commodity price and volume risk Stochastic modelling of commodity spot prices and forward curves Real options valuation and hedging of physical assets in the energy industry It is required reading for energy companies and utilities practitioners, commodity cash and derivatives traders in investment banks, the Agrifood business, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) and Hedge Funds. In Commodities and Commodity Derivatives, H lyette Geman shows her powerful command of the subject by combining a rigorous development of its mathematical modelling with a compact institutional presentation of the arcane characteristics of commodities that makes the complex analysis of commodities derivative securities accessible to both the academic and practitioner who wants a deep foundation and a breadth of different market applications. It is destined to be a "e;must have"e; on the subject. Robert Merton, Professor, Harvard Business School "e;A marvelously comprehensive book of interest to academics and practitioners alike, by one of the world's foremost experts in the field."e; Oldrich Vasicek, founder, KMV

The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cashand derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led toan explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset forinvestors that includes hedge funds as well as Universityendowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot andderivative trading.This book covers hard and soft commodities (energy, agricultureand metals) and analyses:* Economic and geopolitical issues in commodities markets* Commodity price and volume risk* Stochastic modelling of commodity spot prices and forwardcurves* Real options valuation and hedging of physical assets in theenergy industryIt is required reading for energy companies and utilitiespractitioners, commodity cash and derivatives traders in investmentbanks, the Agrifood business, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) andHedge Funds.In Commodities and Commodity DerivativesHélyette Geman shows her powerful command of the subject bycombining a rigorous development of its mathematical modelling witha compact institutional presentation of the arcane characteristicsof commodities that makes the complex analysis of commoditiesderivative securities accessible to both the academic andpractitioner who wants a deep foundation and a breadth of differentmarket applications. It is destined to be a "must have" on thesubject."Robert Merton, Professor, Harvard Business School"A marvelously comprehensive book of interest to academics andpractitioners alike, by one of the world's foremost experts in thefield."Oldrich Vasicek, founder, KMV

Foreword by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.Preface.Acknowledgements.1. Fundamentals of Commodity Spot and Futures Markets:Instruments, Exchanges and Strategies.2. Equilibrium Relationships between Spot Prices and ForwardPrices.3. Stochastic Modeling of Commodity Price Processes.4. Plain-Vanilla Option Pricing and Hedging: From Stocks toCommodities.5. Risk-neutral Valuation of Plain-Vanilla Options.6. Monte-Carlo Simulations and Analytical formulae for Asian,Barrier and Quanto Options.7. Agricultural Commodity Markets.8. The Structure of Metal Markets and Metal Prices.9. The Oil Market as a World Market.10. The Gas Market as the Energy Market of the Next Decades.11. Spot and Forward Electricity Markets.12. Commodity Swaptions, Swing Contracts and Real Options in theEnergy Industry.13. Coal, Emissions and Weather.14. Commodities as a New Asset Class.Appendix: Glossary.References.Index.