The Handbook of Financial Instruments
The Handbook of Financial Instruments provides comprehensive coverage of a broad range of financial instruments, including equities, bonds, derivatives, insurance investment products, mutual funds, alternative investments, and exchange-traded funds. It explores the basic features of each instrument introduced, explains their risk characteristics, and examines the markets in which they trade. This book arms individual investors and institutional investors alike with the knowledge to choose and effectively use any financial instrument available in the market today.
Topics covered include:
- The properties of financial markets and the fundamentals of investing
- Common stock
- Fixed income products, including money market, Treasury, federal agency, corporate bonds, emerging market, mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities
- Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds
- Investment-oriented life insurance products, including cash value life insurance and annuities
- Hedge funds and private equity funds
- Real estate investments
- Derivative instruments such as futures/forward contracts, options, futures options, swaps, caps, and floors