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100 1  Zipf, Robert. 
245 10 How the bond market works /|cRobert Zipf. 
250    Third edition. 
264  1 New York :|bNew York Institute of Finance,|c[2002] 
264  4 |c©2002 
300    xiv, 274 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 2  1. Riding the yield curve : What is a bond? ; Different 
       types of yields ; What determines bond prices? ; The yield
       curve -- 2. The fixed-income marketplace : Capital markets
       and money markets ; Money market products -- 3. The 
       Federal Reserve System and how it affects you : The rich 
       man's panic of 1907 and its result ; What is the Federal 
       Reserve System? ; What does the Fed do? ; Maintaining the 
       stability of the monetary system ; How the Fed conducts 
       monetary policy ; Keeping up with discount rate and 
       reserve requirement changes ; How monetary policy differs 
       from fiscal policy ; How the Fed supervises and regulates 
       dispository institutions ; What the Fed does for the 
       United States Government and the public ; The changing 
       conditions in early 2001 -- 4. The United States 
       Government securities market: Treasuries : Treasury bills 
       ; Treasury notes ; Treasury bonds ; Treasury strips ; 
       Original issue discount securities, market discount 
       securities, and their tax treatment ; Other securities 
       similar to strips ; Reasons for different yields ; 
       Taxation of Treasury securities -- 5. United States agency
       securities, mortgage-backed securities, and bond futures 
       and options : How agencies help their constituents ; How 
       agency securities are quoted and traded ; Mortgage-backed 
       securities ; How a home mortgage works ; What is done with
       the mortgages after they are made? ; What kinds of 
       securities can be created from these pools? ; Prepayment 
       rates and how they are measured ; Refinancing a mortgage ;
       Prepayment rates and models ; Pass-through securities and 
       how they work ; Collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs)
       and how they work ; Investment in mortgage-backed 
       securities ; Financial derivatives -- 
505 2  6. Municipal securities : Defining municipal securities ; 
       The primary market ; Who does what inside the municipal 
       securities dealers ; How a competitive underwriting works 
       ; How a negotiated underwriting works ; After the offering
       -- 7. Corporate bonds : How a negotiated corporate 
       underwriting works ; Types of corporate bonds ; Pricing 
       corporate bonds ; Convertible bonds ; Understanding bond 
       quotations -- 8. International bonds : The distinguishing 
       characteristics of a foreign bond ; Types of international
       bonds ; Sources of income (and loss) for American holders 
       of international bonds ; The size of the international 
       bond market ; Rating bonds ; Regulating international 
       bonds ; Brady bonds ; The risks of buying international 
       (foreign) securities -- 9. The secondary market : The 
       broker/dealers ; How an OTC trade is executed ; How bonds 
       are quoted ; Shopping the street ; The National 
       Association of Security Dealers (NASD) ; Municipal 
       Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) ; Bond trading and 
       settlement ; Accrued interest -- 10. E-trading and the 
       bond market : Electronic trading and the bond market ; 
       Retail bond trading ; Online bond information sources -- 
       11. Portfolio management : Defining diversification ; Why 
       diversification is important ; Investment diversification 
       ; Increased bond market volatility ; Asset allocation 
       models ; Are you an enterprising or a defensive investor? 
       ; How to structure a bond portfolio ; How a ladder 
       portfolio works ; How the bullet and barbell approaches 
       work ; The importance of diversification by issuer ; Other
       diversification considerations ; Diversification and 
       management by investing in bond mutual funds and unit 
       investment trusts ; bond swapping and why investors swap 
       bonds ; The laddered portfolio ten months later: an 
       update. 
650  0 Bonds. 
650  0 Government securities. 
650  0 Bond market. 
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