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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
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 11758
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
About the AuthorAnnette 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.
Editorials
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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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