Visual guide to financial markets

 Content: Acknowledgments ix  Introduction xi   Part I: Direct Investing 1    Chapter 1: Overview 3   Quotations 4  Three Rs 6   Chapter 2: Government 11   Currencies 12  Quotations 13  Three Rs 15  Bills 18  Quotations 20  Three Rs 21  Notes and Bonds 24  Quotations 26  Three Rs 27   Chapter 3: Companies 35   Money Markets 35  Quotations 38  Three Rs 39  Notes and Bonds 42  Quotations 45  Three Rs 46  Stocks 50  Quotations 53  Three Rs 55   Chapter 4: Hard Assets 63   Gold 63  Quotations 66  Three Rs 66  Commodities 68  Quotations 70  Three Rs 71  Real Estate 73  Quotations 75  Three Rs 75   Chapter 5: Indexes 79   Currency 79  Debt 81  Equity 83  Hard Assets 85   Chapter 6: Government Revisited 87   Municipal Bonds 88  Quotations 90  Three Rs 91  Mortgage-Backed Securities 93  Quotations 95  Three Rs 95   Chapter 7: Companies Revisited 99   Preferred Stock 99  Quotations 100  Three Rs 101  Convertible Securities 103  Quotations 104  Three Rs 105  Bank Loans 106  Quotations 109  Three Rs 109   Chapter 8: Hard Assets Revisited 113   Master Limited Partnerships 114  Quotations 115  Three Rs 116  Real Estate Investment Trusts 118  Quotations 120  Three Rs 120   Part II: Indirect Investing 123    Chapter 9: Overview 125   Quotations 126  Three Rs 127   Chapter 10: Derivatives 129   Futures and Forwards 129  Quotations 131  Three Rs 134  Options and Warrants 137  Quotations 140  Three Rs 142  Swaps 145  Interest-Rate Swaps 147  Quotations 149  Three Rs 149  Credit Default Swaps 152  Quotations 153  Three Rs 154  Quotations 161  Three Rs 162  Alternative Funds 165  Quotations 168  Three Rs 168   Chapter 12: Indexes Revisited 173   Futures 173  Options 175  Swaps 176  Funds 177  Appendix: Bloomberg Functionality Cheat Sheet 179  About the Author 181  Index 183