TY - GEN AU - Benninga, Simon TI - Financial modeling SN - 9780262027281 U1 - 332.01​5118 BEN PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge PB - MIT Press KW - Microsoft Excel (Computer file) KW - Investments -- Mathematical Models KW - Finance -- Mathematical Models KW - Corporations -- Valuation KW - Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications KW - BUSINESS &​ ECONOMICS -- Finance N2 - This book is the standard text for explaining the implementation of financial models in Excel. As in previous editions, this fourth edition maintains the "cookbook" features and Excel dependence; it explains basic and advanced models in the areas of corporate finance, portfolio management, options, and bonds with detailed Excel spreadsheets. It also includes: a new section explaining the principles of Monte Carlo methods and their application to portfolio management and exotic option valuation; a new chapter discussing term structure modeling, with special emphasis on the Nelson-Siegel model; and a discussion of corporate valuation using pro forma models with the introduction of a new, simple model for corporate valuation based on accounting data and a minimal number of valuation parameters ER -