Book Description

Bond Evaluation, Selection, and Management synthesizes fundamental and advanced topics in the field, offering comprehensive coverage of bond and debt management. This text provides readers with the basics needed to understand advanced strategies, and explanations of cutting edge advanced topics. Focusing on concepts, models, and numerical examples, readers are provided with the tools they need to select, evaluate, and manage bonds.

* Provides a comprehensive exposition of bond and debt management.

* Covers both the fundamental and advanced topics in the field, including bond derivatives.

* Focuses on concepts, models, and numerical examples.

* Reinforces important concepts through review questions, web exercises, and practice problems in each chapter.

From the Back Cover

Bond Evaluation, Selection, and Management synthesizes fundamental and advanced topics in the field, offering comprehensive coverage of bond and debt management. This text provides readers with the basics needed to understand advanced strategies, and explanations of cutting edge advanced topics. Focusing on concepts, models, and numerical examples, readers are provided with the tools they need to select, evaluate, and manage bonds.

The text covers a broad range of topics, including the characteristics of debt securities, the factors governing these securities and their markets, bonds with embedded options, asset-backed securities, and bond derivatives. Additionally, extensive review questions, web exercises, and practice problems reinforce important concepts. Taken together, this book provides readers with the solid foundation they need to understand the complexities of evaluating and selecting bonds and other fixed income securities.