The Rate Reference Guide to the U.S. Treasury Market
Product DescriptionA comprehensive guide to the rate structure and history of the U.S. Treasury securities market over the past volatile decade. The Guide is a particularly unique and truly valuable source through the analysis of the significant global political, economic, and market events that have shaped the $2 trillion Treasury market.
The Rate Reference Guide to [...]
Option Embedded Bonds: Price Analysis, Credit Risk, & Investment Strategies
Product DescriptionInterest rate volatility has spawned a huge increase in the issuances of option-embedded bonds. Comprising a variety of structures including: callable bonds, structured notes, and convertible securities, option-embedded bonds confer benefits to both borrowers and investors. For borrowers, these products usually provide protection against interest rate risk. For investors, they typically provide higher yields [...]
Municipal Derivative Securities: Uses and Valuation
Product DescriptionValued at over $1 trillion, municipal bonds comprise one of the fastest-growing areas of investing activity. The dizzying array of new financial products derived from these bonds has forced investors to adopt more sophisticated, complex valuation techniques. This book clearly explains the new securities, their payment characteristics, and price volatility.
Municipal Derivative Securities: Uses and [...]
The Management of Bond Investments and Trading of Debt
Product DescriptionWritten for managers and professionals in business and industry, and using a minimum of mathematical language, The Management of Bond Investments and the Trading of Debt addresses three key issues:
Bondholder’s options, risks and rewards in making investments in debt instruments;
The dynamics of inflation, and how they affect both trading in the bond [...]
The Korean Bond Market-Post Asian Crisis and Beyond
Product DescriptionThis book provides a comprehensive coverage of the Korean bond market. Korea now has a very large domestic bond market-the largest in Asia after Japan. Total value of the domestic bond market in 2001 was US$ 381.4 billion and is projected to grow to US$ 586 billion by 2007. The book also covers asset-backed [...]
Keys to Investing in Corporate Bonds
Product DescriptionA non-technical book for the small investor on understanding bond ratings: Triple A and lower; buying and selling bonds on leverage; understanding bond futures and other options; the risks and reqard of “junk bonds” and much more.
Keys to Investing in Corporate Bonds
An Investment Guide to Mortgage-Backed Securities
Product DescriptionThe U.S. residential mortgage market is worth 4 trillion dollars-more than stocks, corporate bonds, or any other “headline” market. And since people will always buy homes, mortgage securities are among the most stable investment vehicles available anywhere. This book takes investment professionals and sophisticated consumer investors through the strategy, [...]
Investing in Zero Coupon Bonds: All About CATs, STRIPs, TIGERs, LIONs, TRs and TBRs
Product DescriptionA comprehensive guide to zero coupon bonds, one of the most frequently recommended investments of the last few years. The book shows potential investors how and when to buy zero coupon bonds; addresses volatility; taxation; call and redemption dangers; markups and commissions; what “yield” really means; pricing surprises; construction of the theoretical spot rate [...]
Interest Rate Volatility: Understanding Analyzing and Managing Interest Rate Risk and Risk-Based Capital
Product DescriptionTakes a multifaceted look at the major issues of interest rate risk management, including a controversial new tie-in to risk-based capital. This definitive text inlcudes a review of the major types of risk affecting financial institutions and the critical issues affecting financial institutions and the critical issues affecting risk-based capital, included the impact on [...]
Inflation Protection Bonds
Product DescriptionInflation-protection bonds are specifically designed to hold their value in today’s uncertain economy. If you are unfamiliar with their specific attributes and uses, you may be missing out on one of the most powerful and versatile fixed income products in the marketplace today! In this detailed book, institutional investment officers John Brynolfsson and Anthony [...]
