Insider's Guide to Fixed Income Securities & Markets

Insider's Guide to Fixed Income Securities and Markets presents to the reader – no, to the industry – the first comprehensive treatment of its kind, rich in backstory and overflowing with real-life examples that bring a hitherto dry subject to life.

Drawing from over three decades as both an instructor and a practitioner, Mr. Carroll presents not only the theory behind each product, but also “how” and “why” of fixed-income trading and investing, interwoven with stories from the trenches and honed by interaction with thousands of students and colleagues.

Products and markets covered include:

-Introduction to Fixed Income Securities and Markets
-Fixed Income Securities: Bond Contract Basics
-Bond Math Basics: Bond Pricing
-Bond Yields Explained
-U.S. Treasury and Government Agency Securities
-Yield Curves
-Corporate Fixed Income Securities
-Introduction to Mortgage-Backed Securities
-Money Market Instruments
-Municipal Securities
-Asset Backed Securities (ABS)
-International Fixed Income Markets
-Risk Considerations for Globally Diversified Fixed Income Portfolios