Synopses & Reviews
Frank Fabozzi leads an international team of fixed income experts in analyzing subjects varying from active portfolio management against an index to credit analysis and debt covenants in emerging markets. This second volume is a captivating and systematic investment tool that presents practical techniques developed by todays best and brightest fixed-income practitioners.
Review
"Frank Fabozzi's series is the gold standard for investment reference books. Always topical and often influential this is the first place I send students or practitioners when they want to get up to speed on a new area." (Stephen A. Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics, Sloan School, MIT)
"The Fabozzi series provides the ultimate educational encyclopedia for the global debt capital markets. Each day, billions of dollars of debt securities trade around the world according to the principles clearly and comprehensively explained in this unrivaled series dedicated to the advancement of our knowledge-based profession." (Jack Malvey, Managing Director, Chief Global Fixed-Income Strategist, Lehman Brothers)
"When in doubt, you can always look it up in a book by Frank Fabozzi. Fabozzi, who's not called the Prolific Professor for nothing, has written or edited dozens of textbooks on investing--all rock-solid, for advanced investors only." (Jason Zwieg, Money.com)
About the Author
Frank J. Fabozzi is a financial consultant, the editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management, and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management.
Table of Contents
Contributing Authors.
Global Bond Investing in the 21st Century: Philosophy and Process (L. Thomas).
The Active Decisions in the Selection of Passive Management and Performance Bogeys (C. Dialynas).
Active Portfolio Management Against an Index (R. Gordon and L. Gibson).
ABS Portfolio Management (K. Weaver, et al).
Multi-Factor Risk Models and Their Applications (L. Dynkin, et al.).
Term Structure Factor Models (R. Kuberek).
Hedging Mortgage Products with Swaps and Agencies (L. Goodman and J. Ho).
Analysis of and Strategies with Callable Securities (D. Johnston).
Valuation of Floating-Rate Bonds (M. Dorigan, et al.).
Volatility in the Fixed-Income Market (R. Gordon and L. Gibson).
The Impact of Historical and Implied Volatilities on Valuing MBS (S. Szilagyi).
Mortgage Spread Dynamics (A. Levin).
Portfolio Yields and Durations (J. Carmel, et al.).
Challenges in the Credit Analysis of Emerging Market Corporate Bonds (C. Taylor).
Debt Covenants: Applications in Emerging Markets (A. Vine and D. Sohnen).