The Handbook of Financial Instruments

The Handbook of financial instruments......Page 2
contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Contributing Authors......Page 14
CHAPTER 1 Overview of Financial Instruments......Page 16
CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of Investing......Page 30
CHAPTER 3 Calculating Investment Returns......Page 50
CHAPTER 4 Common Stock......Page 82
CHAPTER 5 Sources of Information for Investing in Common Stock......Page 134
CHAPTER 6 Money Market Instruments......Page 158
CHAPTER 7 U.S. Treasury Securities......Page 200
CHAPTER 8 Inflation-Indexed Bonds......Page 218
CHAPTER 9 Federal Agency Securities......Page 230
CHAPTER 10 Municipal Securities......Page 244
CHAPTER 11 Corporate Bonds......Page 266
CHAPTER 12 Preferred Stock......Page 298
CHAPTER 13 Emerging Markets Debt......Page 312
CHAPTER 14 Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities......Page 346
CHAPTER 15 Nonagency MBS and Real Estate-Backed ABS......Page 382
CHAPTER 16 Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities......Page 414
CHAPTER 17 Non-Real Estate Asset-Backed Securities......Page 438
CHAPTER 18 Credit Card ABS......Page 464
CHAPTER 19 Leveraged Loans......Page 484
CHAPTER 20 Collateralized Debt Obligations......Page 498
CHAPTER 21 Investment Companies......Page 518
CHAPTER 22 Exchange-Traded Funds and Their Competitors......Page 546
CHAPTER 23 Stable-Value Pension Investments......Page 570
CHAPTER 24 Investment-Oriented Life Insurance......Page 588
CHAPTER 25 Hedge Funds......Page 620
CHAPTER 26 Private Equity......Page 686
CHAPTER 27 Real Estate Investment......Page 712
CHAPTER 28 Equity Derivatives......Page 738
CHAPTER 29 Interest Rate Derivatives......Page 770
CHAPTER 30 Mortgage Swaps......Page 790
CHAPTER 31 Credit Derivatives......Page 800
CHAPTER 32 Managed Futures......Page 820
INDEX......Page 840