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The Bond Book: Everything Investors Need to Know About Treasuries, Municipals, GNMAs, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds, and More

Annette Thau

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In today’s volatile financial environment, growing numbers of investors are looking to flee the stock market in search of safer ground.

While the bond market has often been a “safe haven,” confusing new bonds and bond funds make it increasingly difficult for unfamiliar investors to choose the correct fixed income investments.

The Bond Book provides investors with the information and tools they need to make bonds a comforting, important, and profitable component of their portfolios.

Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded from its bestselling first edition, this all-in-one sourcebook includes: *A new section on using the Internet to research, buy, and sell bonds *A new chapter devoted to increasingly popular foreign bonds *Detailed information on the inflation-linked Treasury bonds *Explanation of the new categories of bond funds *Tips on how to evaluate and buy bond funds

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About the Author

Annette Thau, Ph.D., is a former municipal bond analyst for Chase Manhattan Bank. Until recently, Dr. Thau was a visiting scholar at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University and has received numerous awards, including a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Younger Humanists, and University Fellowships from Columbia University.



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The Bond Book: Everything Investors Need to Know About Treasuries, Municipals, GNMAs, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds, and More
Annette Thau
 Book Description
In today’s volatile financial environment, growing numbers of investors are looking to flee the stock market in search of safer ground. While the bond market has often been a “safe haven,” confusing... read full editorial
 From the Back Cover
All about Treasuries, munis, bond funds, and more! The Bond Buyer’s Plain-English Answer Book—Updated for Today’s Fixed Income Marketplace "The Bond Book does a superb job of explaining simply... read full editorial




Customer Reviews

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The Bond Book: Everything Investors Need to Know About Treasuries, Municipals, GNMAs, Corporates, Zeros, Bond Funds, Money Market Funds, and More
Annette Thau
 Great book in troubling times
(Long Beach, CA United States) March 5, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars
As of writing this the Dow Jones has dropped 117 points today. Investors need alternatives. Bonds can be just the answer Ms.Thau says. She dissects every type of bond and gives you a step by step guide on how to acquire... read full review
 I read this book cover to cover--AND IT ROCKS!
(Seattle, Washington) June 29, 1999 - 5.0/5 stars
As an individual investor, I hadn't had a significant amount of experience with the bond market. Thau's book was a pleasure to read, and I believe it touches on every topic one needs to understand to become an educated bond... read full review
 Highly Recommended!
(Luzern Switzerland) December 22, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
This is an accessible introduction to bonds by a financial professional whose first book - as unlikely as it may seem - was a study of Max Jacob, the French poet. The literary background of the author, Annette Thau,... read full review




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