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- Book Title
- Bonds and Bond Derivatives
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- ISBN
- 9780631207566
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0631207562
ISBN-13
9780631207566
eBay Product ID (ePID)
229897
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
262 Pages
Publication Name
Bonds and Bond Derivatives
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Investments & Securities / Bonds, Investments & Securities / Derivatives, Investments & Securities / Futures, Investments & Securities / Portfolio Management, Investments & Securities / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
98-022988
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
332.63/23
Table Of Content
Part I: Determinants of Interest Rates:. Federal Reserve.Foreign Central Banks.Loanable Funds Approach.Inflation and Interest Rates.ummary.uestions and Problems.art II: Issuers:. The US Treasury.Index-Linked Bonds.Municipalities.Corporations.Government Agencies.0. Mortgages.ummary.uestions and Problems.art III: Financial Intermediaries:1. Initial Sale of Securities (Primary Market).2. Dealers and Brokers (Secondary Market).3. Mutual Funds.4. Insurance Companies.5. Pension Funds.6. Commerical Banks and Thrifts.7. Comparing Types of Debt Financing.ummary.uestions and Problems.art IV: Time Values (Flat Term Structure):8. A Time Line.9. Future Value.0. Present Value.1. Price of a Bond.2. Bond Yield to Maturity.3. Other Yield Measures.4. Perpetual Bonds.5. Holding Period Returns.6. Semiannual Interest.7. Accrued Interest.8. Newspaper Quotes.ummary.uestions and Problems.art V: Money Market Instruments and Rates:9. Money Market Instruments.0. Money Market Rates.ummary.uestions and Problems.art VI: The Risk of Changing Interest Rates:1. Duration.2. Immunization at a Horizon Date.3. Immunizing Assets and Liabilities.ummary.uestions and Problems.ppendix.art VII: Time Value with Nonflat Term Structure:4. Spot Interest Rates.5. Present Value or Spot Prices.6. Treasury Strips.7. Forward Interest Rates.8. Shape of the Term Structure.9. Annuities.0. Prices of Coupon-Bearing Bonds.1. Yield to Maturity and Spot Rates.ummary.uestions and Problems.art VIII: Arbitrage:2. Shortselling.3. Conditions for Arbitrage.4. Arbitrage and Present Values.5. Arbitrage and Bond Coupons.6. An Example of a Replicating Portfolio.7. Creating Forward Contracts from Spot Securities.8. Arbitrage and Forward Interest Rates.ummary.uestions and Problems.art IX: Term Structure of Interest Rates:9. Historical Patterns in Yield Curves.0. Segmented Markets Theory.1. Increasing Liquidity Premiums.2. Preferred Habitat.3. Money Substitute.4. Expectations Hypothesis.5. Combined Theory.6. Humpbacked Curves.7. Holding Period Returns.ummary.uestions and Problems.art X: Default Risk.8. Default on Municipal Bonds.9. Default on Mortgages.0. Corporate Bonds.1. Bonds Ratings.2. High-Yield (Junk) Bonds.ummary.uestions and Problems.art XI: Put and Call Options:3. Call Options.4. Put Options.5. Put-Call Parity.6. Determinants of the Value of a Call Option.7. Embedded Options.ummary.uestions and Problems.art XII: Mortgages:8. Mortgage Mathematics.9. Variable-Rate Mathematics.0. Assumable Mortgages.1. The Prepayment Option.2. Marketable Mortgages.3. Default and Mortgage Guarantees.4. Derivative Mortgage Products.ummary.uestions and Problems.art XIII: Futures Contracts:5. Open Interest.6. Marking and Marketing-to-Market.7. Forward versus Futures Contracts.8. Determinants of Futures Prices.9. Speculative Futures Positions.0. Hedging with Futures Contracts.ummary.uestions and Problems.art XIV: Bond Futures:1. Treasury Bond Futures.2. Hedging with Financial Futures.3. Cheapest Delivery Bond.4. Other Aspects of the Delivery Process.ummary.uestions and Problems.art XV: Other Derivatives:5. Floating-Rate Notes.6. Interest Rate Swaps.7. Convertible Bonds.8. LYONs.9. Preferred Stock.ummary.uestions and Problems.art XVI: Exchange Rates and Investment Returns:0. International Investment.1. Exchange Rates.2. Impact of Changing Exchange Rates on Imports and Exports.3. Exchange Rates and Investment Returns.4. Inflation, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates.5. Covered Interest in Arbitrage.6. Time Series Properties of Interest Rates.7. International Bond Markets.ummary.uestions and Problems.
Synopsis
This book is an introduction to bond markets and bond derivatives for students as well as for executives in commercial businesses and financial institutions., This book is an introduction to bond markets and bond derivatives for students as well as for executives in commercial businesses and financial institutions. While many topics about debt instruments involve considerable mathematics, this text presents the essential elements in an intuitive and relatively non-mathematical way. For students, the book is designed to be the main text for a debt markets course or as a supplement for investment, money and banking, and institutional finance courses. For practitioners, the book can be used as a training manual and reference source for firms involved in the debt markets.The book begins with a discussion of the major macroeconomic determinants of interest rates before proceeding to present financial institutions - including the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury, brokers, dealers, investment bankers, mutual funds, banks, pension funds, and insurance companies - and their role in the debt markets. Present value calculations for flat and nonflat term structures are carefully described. Several chapters cover specialized instruments such as money market debt, mortgages, international debt, options, futures, and swaps, while the important concept of arbitrage is shown to link many different types of markets., This book provides an introduction to bond markets and bond derivatives for students as well as for executives in commercial businesses and financial institutions. It also: Presents the essential elements of debt instruments in an intuitive manner; Covers updated institutional material, new sections on callable bonds and the yield to call, convertible bonds, and methods for estimating and modern models of term structure of interest rates, as well as a comprehensive discussion of bonds in the European Economic Union; Includes additional end-of-chapter questions, PowerPoint slides, and an Instructor's text bank through the author's website: http: //bear.cba.ufl.edu/livingston
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HG4651.L58 1999
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