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Energy Trading and Investing: Trading, Risk Management and Structuring Deals in the Energy Market | 
enlarge | Author: Davis Edwards Publisher: McGraw-Hill Category: Book
List Price: $69.95 Buy New: $44.99 You Save: $24.96 (36%)
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Rating: 3 reviews
Media: Hardcover Edition: 1 Pages: 400 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0071629068 Dewey Decimal Number: 332.644 EAN: 9780071629065
Publication Date: October 13, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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“The essential training manual for anyone who expects to profi tably engage the energy market while avoiding the devils lurking in the details.” Kurt Yeager, former President and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute and coauthor of Perfect Power Shrinking fossil fuel supplies, volatile prices, deregulation, and environmental conservation have transformed the energy market into a major arena for making money. In response, an unprecedented amount of capital and investment manpower has fl ooded into the energy market. Older utilities are finding that their quiet, safe business has changed dramatically in a short period of time. Now, Energy Trading and Investing provides a big-picture introduction to the industry along with the trading know-how and fi nancial details that every market participant needs for success. This hands-on guidebook covers all types of energy markets—from the big-three markets of electricity, natural gas, and oil to the growing markets for liquefied natural gas, emissions, and alternative energy. It provides useful information on the interdependence of the different energy markets, who the major players are, and how Wall Street trades energy products. Energy Trading and Investing features: - An overview of the entire energy market
- In-depth descriptions of all of the major energy commodities
- Financially oriented discussions of how chemistry, physics, accounting, and option pricing affect trading
- Primers on load forecasting, tolling agreements, natural gas storage, and more
- A practical introduction to risk management
Written by a pioneering quant in the energy market, Energy Trading and Investing provides a highly disciplined and organized approach to profi ting from energy investments. This potent combination of detailed, up-to-date information alongside expert know-how thoroughly prepares you to invest and trade with confi dence in the energy market. If you’re a serious trader, you need to understand the energy markets, and Energy Trading and Investing is the only book you need to trade successfully in this growing sector.
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| Customer Reviews: So far... Fantastic! May 15, 2010 Thomas Snodgrass (Miami, FL) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not done reading this book, but so far it has been a fantastic introduction to the energy markets. Some of the material is repeated over and over, but it only helps reinforce the ideas. There are also some typos, but not to the point of being annoying. If you are looking for a great intro to the energy markets, including some of its physical characteristics (e.g., what it is, where it comes from, how its transported, how it's processed, and where it ends up), then this is the book for you. The author has substantial experience in the energy markets and he wrote this book as something he wishes he had read when he got started.
Great Introduction to Energy Trading January 2, 2010 Kevin Keane (Dublin, Ireland) 11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Excellent book which describes how physical constraints significantly impact the trading of electricity and natural gas. It explains the physics behind pipelines and power systems in a fairly accessible way however I imagine it would be quite difficult for people who have never done physics. It introduces risk management and options in an easy to read fashion.
The only reason I gave it four stars is due to the incongruous 20 or so pages in the middle of the book in which the author gives us his significantly misinformed view on renewable energy. I hadn't heard this one before, but apparently wind energy's ability to limit oil imports is seriously offsetted by the need for lubricating oil in the wind turbine.
Two minutes on google tells me that a typical wind turbine (1.5MW) consumes about 100L of oil per year. That's about 1MWh of energy. A wind turbine has a typical capacity factor of 30% which means it would generate approximately 4000MWh of energy per year. Thus the energy used for the lubrication oil is 0.025% of the energy generated.
So my advice is to buy the book but skip chapters 4.5-4.8.
Great book, but... April 19, 2010 MG (NYC area) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
watch out for errors! It is a really useful book for somebody just getting into the energy industry. As a beginner, I was able to find a couple errors though, most profound is the Black-Scholes formula - it is copied incorrectly (formulas for d1 and N(x) in particular). Another error can be found on page 237, literally the last sentence. The lower a plant's heat rate the more efficient it is.
Other than that - a great read!
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