Cover -- Series -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Bond Evaluation and Selection -- Chapter 1: Overview of the Financial System -- Real and Financial Assets -- Types of Debt Claims -- Financial Markets -- Types of Financial Markets -- Regulations -- Efficient Financial Markets -- Characteristics of Assets -- Conclusion -- Website Information -- Selected References -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Overview and Guide to the Bloomberg System -- Introduction -- Bloomberg System-Bloomberg Keyboard -- Accessing Some of the Information Discussed in Chapter 1 -- Currency -- Indexes -- Functionality -- Screens -- Monitor and Portal Screens -- Bond Monitors: FIT, WB, RATT, RATC, CSDR, IM, and BTMM -- Portfolios and Baskets -- Screening and Search Functions -- The Bloomberg Excel Add-In: Importing Bloomberg into Excel -- Launchpad -- Other Bloomberg Functions -- Conclusion -- Bloomberg Exercises -- Chapter 3: Bond Value and Return -- Introduction -- Bond Valuation -- The Yield to Maturity and Other Rates of Return Measures -- Rates on Zero-Coupon Bonds -- Total Return -- Spot Rates and Equilibrium Prices -- Geometric Mean -- Conclusion -- Website Information -- Selected References -- Bloomberg Exercises -- Chapter 4: The Level and Structure of Interest Rates -- Introduction -- Level of Interest Rates -- The Structure of Interest Rates -- Term Structure and the Yield Curve -- Market Segmentation Theory -- Preferred Habitat Theory -- Pure Expectation Theory -- Liquidity Premium Theory -- Constructing the Benchmark Yield Curve -- Other Yield Curves -- Conclusion -- Website Information -- Selected References -- Bloomberg Exercises -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Bond Risk -- Introduction -- Default and Credit Risks -- Call Risk -- Interest Rate Risk -- Duration and Convexity -- Conclusion -- Website Information -- Selected References.
