Table of Contents

1. What Bond Investments are and the reasons for investing in them 2. Characteristics of Bond Investments 3. Bond yield and Pricing Concepts 4. The Risks of Bonds 5. The Effects of the Economy on the Bond Market 6. The Yield Curves 7. Money Market Securities 8. Treasury Securties 9. Government Agency Securities 10. Mortgage-Backed Securities 11. Corporate Bonds 12. Municpal Bonds 13. Convertible Bonds 14. Zero-Coupon Bonds 15. Foreign and Emerging Market Bonds 16. Managing a Bond Portfolio

About the Author

Esme Faerbe, CPA (Bryn Mawr, PA) is a professor of business and accounting at Rosemont College. Her previous books include All About Bonds and All About Stocks