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The Bond Book: Everything Investors Need to Know About Treasuries, Municipals, GNMAs, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds, and More

Annette Thau

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Part One: The Basic Basics. The Life of a Bond. Buying and Selling Bonds. Volatility: Why Bond Prices Go Up and Down. Many Happy Returns, or fundamentals of Bond Math. A Guide for the Perplexed: How to Read the Financial Pages of Your Newspaper. Part Two: Individual Securities. Treasuries, Savings Bonds, and Federal Agency Paper. Municipal Bonds. Mortgage-Backed Securities. Corporate Bonds. International Bonds. Investing Through Funds. Bond Mutual Funds: An Overview. Varieties of Bond Funds. Closed-End Bond Funds and Unit Investment Trusts (UITs). Portfolio Management. Asset Allocation. Management of Bond Portfolios.

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Key concepts: Bond, Bond market index, Bond market, Business, Fixed income, Corporate bond, Asset allocation, Portfolio