Faerber - All about Bonds, Bond Mutual Funds, and Bond ETFs

ALL ABOUT BONDS, BOND MUTUAL FUNDS, AND BOND ETFs

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Third Edition

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This third edition includes information to assist bond investors to become more knowledgeable about their investments. Among the many changes to this edition are new chapters on foreign and emerging market debt, how to use duration and convexity concepts, and the inclusion of investing in bond exchange traded funds. Each chapter includes many new sections to provide both beginning and sophisticated bond investors with the tools to make more informed bond investments. Bond exchange traded funds are compared with bond mutual funds and investing in individual bonds.

The early chapters present information on the characteristics of bonds with the purpose of providing readers with an understanding of the workings of a bond, and their performance with regard to risk and return. The following chapters present the different types of bonds (Treasuries, government agency bonds, GNMA, FNMA, collateralized mortgage obligations, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, convertible bonds, zero coupon bonds, and foreign bonds) along with a comparison of the corresponding mutual funds and bond exchange traded funds. These chapters provide readers with the information to make their choices as to whether to invest in individual bonds, or bond mutual funds, or bond exchange traded funds. The last chapter provides the information to manage a bond portfolio.