Book description
An investor's guide to understanding and using financial instrumentsThe Handbook of Financial Instruments provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of financial instruments, including equities, bonds (asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities), derivatives (equity and fixed income), insurance investment products, mutual funds, alternative investments (hedge funds and private equity), and exchange traded funds. The Handbook of Financial Instruments explores the basic features of each instrument introduced, explains their risk characteristics, and examines the markets in which they trade. Written by experts in their respective fields, this book arms individual investors and institutional investors alike with the knowledge to choose and effectively use any financial instrument available in the market today.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is proud to be the publisher of the esteemed Frank J. Fabozzi Series. Comprising nearly 100 titles-which include numerous bestsellers—The Frank J. Fabozzi Series is a key resource for finance professionals and academics, strategists and students, and investors. The series is overseen by its eponymous editor, whose expert instruction and presentation of new ideas have been at the forefront of financial publishing for over twenty years. His successful career has provided him with the knowledge, insight, and advice that has led to this comprehensive series.
Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA, CPA, is Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management, which is read by thousands of institutional investors, as well as editor or author of over 100 books on finance for the professional and academic markets. Currently, Dr. Fabozzi is an adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management and on the board of directors of the Guardian Life family of funds and the Black Rock complex of funds.
Table of contents
- Preface
- Contributing Authors
- Chapter 1 Overview of Financial Instruments
- Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Investing
- Chapter 3 Calculating Investment Returns
- Chapter 4 Common Stock
- Chapter 5 Sources of Information for Investing in Common Stock
- Chapter 6 Money Market Instruments
- Chapter 7 U.S. Treasury Securities
- Chapter 8 Inflation-Indexed Bonds
- Chapter 9 Federal Agency Securities
- Chapter 10 Municipal Securities
- Chapter 11 Corporate Bonds
- Chapter 12 Preferred Stock
- Chapter 13 Emerging Markets Debt
- Chapter 14 Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Chapter 15 Nonagency MBS and Real Estate-Backed ABS
- Chapter 16 Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Chapter 17 Non-Real Estate Asset-Backed Securities
- Chapter 18 Credit Card ABS
- Chapter 19 Leveraged Loans
- Chapter 20 Collateralized Debt Obligations
- Chapter 21 Investment Companies
- Chapter 22 Exchange-Traded Funds and Their Competitors
- Chapter 23 Stable-Value Pension Investments
- Chapter 24 Investment-Oriented Life Insurance
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Chapter 25 Hedge Funds
- HEDGE FUND REGULATION
- HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES
- SHOULD HEDGE FUNDS BE PART OF AN INVESTMENT PROGRAM?
- IS HEDGE FUND PERFORMANCE PERSISTENT?
- A HEDGE FUND INVESTMENT STRATEGY
- SELECTING A HEDGE FUND MANAGER
- DUE DILIGENCE FOR HEDGE FUND MANAGERS
- RISK REVIEW
- ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
- LEGAL REVIEW
- REFERENCE CHECKS
- Notes
- Chapter 26 Private Equity
- Chapter 27 Real Estate Investment
- Chapter 28 Equity Derivatives
- Chapter 29 Interest Rate Derivatives
- Chapter 30 Mortgage Swaps
- Chapter 31 Credit Derivatives
- Chapter 32 Managed Futures
- Index
- EULA
Product information
- Title: The Handbook of Financial Instruments
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2002
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780471220923
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