Customer Review: If you are a professional working on ABS and you want to have a handy collection of the client reports that were distributed by Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup), well this book might be very useful for you. The book covers a large breadth of topics and generally they are written quite well. But... more info
Customer Review: Few writers have closely examined the work of bond rating agencies - even though their decisions can move markets, open or close the doors to capital, and even bring down governments. Timothy J. Sinclair manages to keep his prose relatively accessible, despite his many references to research that... more info
Customer Review: There are numerous books on the bond market. Many are so dense as to be opaque. Ray's book is very straightforward and simple. It gives you what you need to know about the fixed income markets in a direct fashion. Excellent for professional and academic alike.
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: 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: Fabozzi succeeded writing a good book. In his preface, he shared his challenge of writing a book that CFA candidates could clearly understand. In his words, "this book has been the most difficult to write". It's clear he took the time to make sure readers would benefit from this material. I... more info
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: I enjoyed this book, which is a light easy read which shares the thoughts of the author as he trades ETFs each week for one year. Sadly, his performance for the year shows the weakness in his methods, which he reviews at the end of the book. (Which is good, and well worth studying). I professionally... more info
