The Handbook of Financial Instruments

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The Handbook of financial instruments......Page 2 contents ......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 Contributing Authors......Page 14 CHAPTER 1 Overview of Financial Instruments......Page 16 CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of Investing......Page 30 CHAPTER 3 Calculating Investment Returns......Page 50 CHAPTER 4 Common Stock......Page 82 CHAPTER 5 Sources of Information for Investing in Common Stock......Page 134 CHAPTER 6 Money Market Instruments......Page 158 CHAPTER 7 U.S. Treasury Securities......Page 200 CHAPTER 8 Inflation-Indexed Bonds......Page 218 CHAPTER 9 Federal Agency Securities......Page 230 CHAPTER 10 Municipal Securities......Page 244 CHAPTER 11 Corporate Bonds......Page 266 CHAPTER 12 Preferred Stock......Page 298 CHAPTER 13 Emerging Markets Debt......Page 312 CHAPTER 14 Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities......Page 346 CHAPTER 15 Nonagency MBS and Real Estate-Backed ABS......Page 382 CHAPTER 16 Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities......Page 414 CHAPTER 17 Non-Real Estate Asset-Backed Securities......Page 438 CHAPTER 18 Credit Card ABS......Page 464 CHAPTER 19 Leveraged Loans......Page 484 CHAPTER 20 Collateralized Debt Obligations......Page 498 CHAPTER 21 Investment Companies......Page 518 CHAPTER 22 Exchange-Traded Funds and Their Competitors......Page 546 CHAPTER 23 Stable-Value Pension Investments......Page 570 CHAPTER 24 Investment-Oriented Life Insurance......Page 588 CHAPTER 25 Hedge Funds......Page 620 CHAPTER 26 Private Equity......Page 686 CHAPTER 27 Real Estate Investment......Page 712 CHAPTER 28 Equity Derivatives......Page 738 CHAPTER 29 Interest Rate Derivatives......Page 770 CHAPTER 30 Mortgage Swaps......Page 790 CHAPTER 31 Credit Derivatives......Page 800 CHAPTER 32 Managed Futures......Page 820 INDEX......Page 840