Synopses & Reviews
The credit meltdown has completely re-shaped the world of bond investing—from Treasuries, T-bills, and municipal bonds to corporate bonds and high-yield bond funds. Bonds have quickly become the safe haven of choice for investors. If you want your bond portfolio to profit from the new rules of engagement since the credit meltdown, but don't know how, then you've come to the right place.
Fixed income investing will never be the same. Bonds Now! identifies the most recent changes in the bond market. It links the new rules of profiting in the bond market with new survival methods and fresh buy/sell principles. This reliable resource combines them all to show individual investors just like you how to make smart bond investments in the post–credit crisis era. Bonds Now! doesn't waste time on the elementary basics. Instead, the authors—both seasoned pros—jump right in and show you how to build a safe bond portfolio designed to weather these turbulent economic times.
Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this timely book:
Walks you through the changing fixed income landscape and shows you exactly how to navigate through it
Highlights how to quickly analyze a bond, then use the results to execute your trade
Examines what it takes to build an impregnable fortress around your bond portfolio—one so strong that even incompetent legislators and greedy CEOs can't make it crumble
Reveals how to develop a sixth sense for trouble and rebalance your bond positions while there's still time
And much more
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Synopsis
Bonds Now is a do-it-yourself book for bond investors. Written with the investor in mind, the book begins with the assumption that readers know the basics of bond investing, and provides information that will help them weather the financial storm and grow their portfolio in any market. The book covers corporate bond and tax advantaged municipal bond strategies as well as recent changes in the rules of engagement since the credit crisis.
Readers will learn about key topics in the bond market including: Municipal bonds The rating agencies and what the ratings really mean How to buy and sell bonds Building a safe bond portfolio Exotic bonds such as housing bonds and royalty trusts
Synopsis
A money-making formula for navigating the bond market's new rules of fixed income investingThe credit meltdown has completely reshaped the market for government bonds, Treasury bonds, T-bills, and high yield bond funds. Investors are flocking to corporate bonds and municipal bonds. Tax advantaged bonds have become the safe haven of choice. But you have to know where to look. Bonds Now! shows you.
Bonds Now! offers rare insight into safely investing in fixed income vehicles while maintaining necessary liquidity and meeting yield targets. It doesn't waste a lot of time on the elementary basics, but instead, jumps right in and shows you how to build a safe bond portfolio designed to weather turbulent economic downturns.
- Discusses how to quickly analyze a bond as well as buy and sell them
- Examines what it takes to build an impregnable fortress around your bond portfolio
- Reveals how to develop a sixth sense for trouble and sell your bond position while there's still time
There is only one way to guarantee you're getting the right information-get it yourself. Bonds Now! shows you how and where, but even more importantly, this reliable resource clearly explains what to do with it once you have it. This is a knockout formula with proven results. It is the only way to guarantee the bond market won't steal your money.
Today's explosive financial environment demands that investors find a safe haven for their money. Using Bonds Now! as your guide, the bond market is that place. Buy this book today and start your own journey to economic recovery.
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Praise for Bonds Now!
"With Bonds Now! Marilyn Cohen has written a book giving us step-by-step ways to navigate the new, post–2008 credit-crisis bond market....Bonds Now! gives a dead-on account of how the bond ratings game has changed....Marilyn's book discusses reliable ways to anticipate the effects of management team changes...essential reading for anyone who is serious about making money in the bond market."
—Steve Forbes
"When it comes to the bond market, who knows more and can explain it better, quicker, easier and, in many instances, pithier than can Ms. Cohen? The answer is no one. Marilyn has been involved in the bond markets, municipal, federal, corporate, et al., for the past thirty-plus years. Her book will open up the bond market for the novice and the expert reader alike. I strongly recommend this book for anyone wanting to become acquainted with the bond market, and certainly to those who wish to become better and more intelligent investors."
—Dennis Gartman, editor of The Gartman Letter
"Bonds matter! That's what even the stock-crazy learned after the 2008 meltdown. Surprisingly, bonds can be even more complicated than stocks to understand—but bond guru, Marilyn Cohen, clears the way. This is the essential guide for investors with bonds in their portfolios, or investors starting out in bonds."
—Jane Bryant Quinn, author of Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People
Bonds Now! picks up where the basic texts leave off. If you manage your own bond portfolio and you want to do it better and smarter and achieve more profitable results, then this book is for you. It identifies the most recent changes in the bond market and links the new rules of profiting in the bond market to new survival methods and fresh buy/sell principles. The book combines them all to show investors how to make smart bond investments in the post–credit crisis era.
About the Author
Marilyn Cohen is one of the top bond managers in the country. Her thirty-year financial career has included securities analysis, bond brokerage, and, for the last fourteen years, founder and CEO of Envision Capital Management. For over fourteen years, Marilyn Cohen has written the bond column in Forbes magazine. She also publishes the monthly Forbes Tax Advantaged Investor newsletter.
Chris Malburg is a popular business and finance writer. He is a CPA, has an MBA, and is a former partner at investment banking powerhouse Global Capital. Malburg is also founder and CEO of Writers Resource Group, Inc. Bonds Now! is his tenth book.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Steve Forbes.
Preface.
About the Authors.
Chapter 1. Portfolio Survival.
Chapter 2. New Rules of Engagement.
Chapter 3. Fortress Investing.
Chapter 4. Bond Execution.
Chapter 5. Learning From Mistakes.
Chapter 6. Egos Gone Wild.
Chapter 7. The Bond Rating Agencies.
Chapter 8. How to Buy and Sell Bonds: Without Being Taken to the Cleaners.
Chapter 9. Managing Your Bond Portfolio.
Chapter 10. Horror Stories From The Bond Trenches.
Chapter 11. Bond Analysis - How to Analyze an Issuer's Creditworthiness.
Chapter 12. Mission-Specific Instruments.
Chapter 13. Developing a Sixth Sense: Bet on the Unexpected, and Anticipate Its Coming.
Chapter 14. Lessons Learned.
Index.