Customer Review: Great book - I studied with Galen and he is a great guy and the world expert on cash-futures basis. Well worth the price and a place in your library!
Customer Review: The most comprehensive book on the subject period. If you are in the industry you must have it. Best used as a reference manual to go through whenever needed. Kinda bland book which you would not want to read to finish from page 1 to the end.
Customer Review: Have read first 10 chapters to repeat basics of bond math, so the book is good in its breadth, what it lacks is section with solutions to end chapter excersices! it would be perfect with those solutions!
Customer Review: If you really want to understand bill gross, this overly wordy substanceless book is the last place to go. Go to PIMCO's website and read through all of the past investment outlooks he has put out. This book promises something nuanced and wonderful and never delivers. Aside from some interesting... more info
Customer Review: I bought this book two years ago and couldn't follow it. After reading other books I found in surprise that I understand what he is talking about now (books not about the same subjects though). The book is well written and I finished the first five chapters. It has many scary formula but the good... more info
Customer Review: Very good book on bonds - easy to understand but packed full of information. Would highly recommend this book for someone looking at investing in bonds
Customer Review: This book contains some good information, but could have been better organized. Technical terms, for instance, are used before they are defined. While not terrible, it's certainly not great either.
Customer Review: Starting from scratch, assuming just a basic knowledge of calculus and the summation of series, Choudhry explains important ideas about how securities and derivatives are priced. Crucial concepts like how to model interest rates, and the various models that do exist for this purpose, are also gone... more info
Customer Review: Yes, a lot of the concepts discussed here can be found in textbooks -- because this book originated those concepts. It remains the most concentrated discussion of bond analytics and trading available. It is a must for anyone contemplating entering the bond market as a professional, or working with... more info
