Bond Market Securities
Moorad Choudhry
Investors need to be fully
conversant with the differences in the way that bonds are structured, valued and traded.
Bond Market Securities contains a wide range of methodologies that will help the reader to
gain a good understanding of fixed income securities and some of their associated
derivatives.
Bond Market Securities
investigates the fundamentals of fixed income analysis, reviewing the latest research and
presenting it in an accessible way that is suitable for practitioners and graduate
students alike. The research is summarized in a way that allows readers to apply results
to their individual requirements. Important subjects are covered in a straightforward
style, using only essential mathematics, while further references are listed in full so
that the reader may undertake further research.
Topics covered include:
- Bond
mathematics
- Spot
and forward rates
- Yield
curve fitting techniques
- Term
structure models
- Credit
derivatives in the fixed income markets
- Stochastic
models and option pricing
- Hybrid
securities
- Forwards
and futures
- Market
trading considerations and techniques
- Mortgage-backed
securities.
Written by a debt markets
professional with many years' experience trading bonds in the markets, the book focuses
on the international nature of these instruments, allowing you to apply the techniques and
applications covered in the book in every debt capital market, irrespective of
geographical location.
Bond Market Securities
provides a concise and accessible description of the main elements of the markets, the
instruments used and their applications, and will be of valuable use to both the
experienced practitioner and the bond market novice.
Bond Market Securities is
accessible to both scholars and practitioners, but sacrifices little in quantitative
rigour or institutional detail. It will be added to my graduate reading lists...
Professor Steve Satchell, Faculty of Economics and Politics, Cambridge University
In bond markets it is
easy to overcomplicate things with too much jargon, too many technical terms and too many
long mathematical formulae. Moorad's book brings refreshing clarity to the subject,
helping show how (and why) these markets really work. Peter Matthews, Senior
Credit Trader and Head of FRN Trading, ABN Amro Bank NV
Moorad is a rare
combination technically and intellectually brilliant and blessed with the
personality and ability to communicate effectively with the rest of us. He has the ability
to demystify the seemingly most complex concepts and an enthusiasm for his subject that
shines through his writing and captures the reader's interest. Martin Barber,
Partner, KPMG Consulting
378 pages