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Convertible Bonds by Kevin B. Connolly
Hardcover from John Wiley & Sons
Book Published: 01 October, 1998
The
Bond Bible by Marilyn Cohen
Fixed-income investments will never be as sexy as the day's hottest
stock or a mutual fund focusing on the market sector du jour. But their
very stability, combined with the equilibrium they provide when the Dow
and the NASDAQ start bouncing around like 6-year-olds on a sugar high,
are exactly why savvy investors count on them to round out their portfolios.
Marilyn Cohen's The Bond Bible offers an unambiguous look at this once-arcane
world, which--like much relating to investing--has become considerably
less mysterious and immeasurably more accessible with the advent of the
Internet. Cohen, president of a capital management firm, fully explains
everything from income streams and the Treasury yield curve to the pluses
of federal agency bonds and the negatives of high-yield issues. In simple
terms, she also addresses advanced strategies such as leveraging, credit
rating agencies, and insurance, bond funds and unit trusts, and nontraditional
vehicles such as those tied to rock & roll royalties. Exactly how much
of your portfolio should be devoted to bonds is a personal choice based
on individual circumstances. Once you determine that, however, this book
will help you reach an informed decision on what to buy, where to obtain
it, and how to manage what you've got. --Howard Rothman - Amazon.com Hardcover from Prentice Hall Press
Book Published: 05 June, 2000
