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Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer, who died in 1983, was the founder and general partner in charge of Salomon Brothers’ bond market research department. He was at various times in his 50-year career a bond salesman, bond trader, stock and bond analyst, and institutional bond buyer. Best known for his pioneering and analytical studies of bond market history and relative values and the economic forces that create bond market trends, he is the author of several books, including A History of Interest Rates, The Bond Buyer’s Primer, and The Price of Money. He was inducted posthumously into the Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame in 1997.

Mr. Homer graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a concentration in philosophy. ...

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