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Title: Bond Markets: Analysis and Strategies (4th Edition) by Frank J. Fabozzi ISBN: 0-13-040266-4 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 06 August, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $120.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Lots of Jargon
Comment: I am a senior majoring in finance at the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management, at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. I just got done taking a bond course called: Financial Markets and Interest Rates. For the class we used this text book. Although it is a well-rounded book on bonds, it is very hard to understand if you do not have other examples describing what is going on. My professor who holds an MBA had alternative notes on Microsoft PowerPoint made for us to supplement the hard to understand text. The examples do not fully give a clear idea of what is happening, especially to the beginner learning bonds. I would rate this book 2/5 stars and would look elsewhere for an easier type of book, perhaps a tutorial. This book is used at high level universities including mine and Princeton University. Fabozzi is not fooling around when displaying info on bonds.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent introduction to Bond Markets - VERY well written
Comment: If you think of this as an introductory book to the world of Bonds rather than a field manual for professionals you will find this to be a wonderful book. I find it to be engagingly written (yes, engaging!) with well-chosen examples. It is very nice to be able to read a book about Bonds and find it stimulating. It would have been easy to write a book that could act as a sleep-aid. Instead, this book provides learning objectives for each chapter and the prose is so inviting that I felt the book to be a page-turner.
The math used is not complicated and is chosen to help understanding rather than demonstrate the sophisticated math used in the actual world of bond trading. If you want that kind of material this isn't the book for you.
I don't know if there is a solutions manual available, but I couldn't find it. If there isn't, there should be. I have never had a college course that used the problems in the book for actual coursework and yet, no matter how simple the problems seem, it is nice for the student to be able to confirm that he or she has indeed found the right answer.
There are also many helpful footnotes that point to materials for further and deeper reading on the subjects introduced in this fine book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A lot of hand waving, but does help
Comment: A little too wordy, but as a management text, I guess its a prerequisite. It covers the gamut of fixed income securities, but only approaches the problems deterministically. The first thirteen chapters are "text" chapters, with the real math starting in chapter 14. However, the math used is elementary, and will not be of much help in the real world. For the fixed income math portion look into "Bond Pricing and Portfolio Analysis" by Olivier de La Grandville.
For a first course in bonds, and if the student has no prior background, this book will indeed be useful. But, for advanced students the book mentioned above should be more insightful.
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Title: The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, 6th Edition by Frank J. Fabozzi ISBN: 0071358056 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 24 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
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Title: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (5th Edition) by John C. Hull ISBN: 0130090565 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 03 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $141.00 |
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Title: Fixed Income Mathematics by Frank J. Fabozzi ISBN: 0786311215 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 01 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $62.64 |
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Title: Investments + S&P Card + Powerweb + StockTrak discount coupon by Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane ISBN: 0072503661 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pub. Date: 23 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $138.45 |
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Title: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management by Frank K. Reilly, Keith C. Brown ISBN: 0324171730 Publisher: South-Western College Pub Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $127.95 |
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