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Description of All About Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs, 3rd Edition

Access the unprecedented potential of bond investing! Bonds have come a long way in recent years. No longer just a relatively safe and secure investment, bonds now offer the potential for capital appreciation in addition to interest income. All About Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs is the key to understanding both traditional and new types of bond investments. This detailed but accessible introduction covers everything from basic bond characteristics to fixed-income investment techniques. You'll gain a thorough education on such topics as yield, liquidity, duration, convexity, valuation, and emerging markets and find the answers to many questions a bond investor will ask, such as:

- What percentage of my portfolio should be dedicated to bonds?
- What are the newest products and where do I find them?
- What are the risks involved with investing in bonds, bond mutual funds and bond ETFs?
- How can I use the Internet to my advantage?

Whether you're involved in the bond market already or about to enter it, All About Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs will guide you though the process of choosing the best bonds for your needs, evaluating their performance, and managing a bond portfolio.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780071544276

Pages:

336 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

290249

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill

Published:

01/01/2009

Edition:

3rd Revised edition

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About Esme E. Faerber

Esme Faerber is a professor of business and accounting at Rosemont College. She is the author of All About Stocks and All About Investing.

Contents of All About Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs, 3rd Edition

1. What Bond Investments are and the reasons for investing in them
2. Characteristics of Bond Investments
3. Bond yield and Pricing Concepts
4. The Risks of Bonds
5. The Effects of the Economy on the Bond Market
6. The Yield Curves
7. Money Market Securities
8. Treasury Securties
9. Government Agency Securities
10. Mortgage-Backed Securities
11. Corporate Bonds
12. Municipal Bonds
13. Convertible Bonds
14. Zero-Coupon Bonds
15. Foreign and Emerging Market Bonds
16. Managing a Bond Portfolio