All About Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds and Bond ETFs
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...
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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.Esmé Faerber is a professor of businessand accounting at Rosemont College. She is the author of All About Stocks and All About Investing.
Ch. 1 What Bonds Can Do for You and Why You Should Consider Investing in Them 1Ch. 2 Characteristics of Bonds 17Ch. 3 Risks of Bonds 31Ch. 4 Yield and Price 41Ch. 5 Duration and Convexity 55Ch. 6 The Economy and the Bond Markets 67Ch. 7 Money Market Securities 91Ch. 8 Treasury Securities 113Ch. 9 Government Agency and Pass-Through Securities 139Ch. 10 Corporate Bonds 167Ch. 11 Municipal Bonds 199Ch. 12 Convertible Bonds 227Ch. 13 Zero Coupon Bonds and Zero Coupon Mutual Funds 255Ch. 14 International and Emerging Market Debt 273Ch. 15 Closed-End Funds 289Ch. 16 Portfolio Management and Evaluation 303Index 323
