This book analyses and discusses bonds and bond portfolios. Different yields and duration measures are investigated. The transition from a single bond to a bond portfolio leads to the equation for the internal rate of return. Its solution is analyzed and compared to different approaches proposed...

This book presents new approaches to fixed income modeling and portfolio management techniques. Taking into account the latest mathematical and econometric developments in finance, it analyzes the hedging securities and structured instruments that are offered by banks, since recent research in...

Despite popular belief, bond and stock investors are not opposites. Stock investors can apply bond strategies to safeguard returns. And bond investors can do better using a stock selection strategy designed to improve the portfolio's income distribution. This book will teach you to look at...

Die regulatorischen Kapitalanforderungen für Banken stellen häufig keine korrekte Erfassung des tatsächlichen ökonomischen Ausfallrisikos von mit Eigenkapitel zu unterlegenden Forderungen dar. Diese Diskrepanz zwischen ökonomischer und regulatorischer Kapitalunterlegung wirft insbesondere...

The book analyzes how modern portfolio theory and dynamic term structure models can be applied to government bond portfolio optimization problems. The author studies the necessary adjustments, examines the models with regard to the plausibility of their results and compares the outcomes to...

A major theme of this book is the development of a consistent unified model framework for the evaluation of bond options. In general options on zero bonds (e.g. caps) and options on coupon bearing bonds (e.g. swaptions) are linked by no-arbitrage relations through the correlation structure of...

Part 1. Portfolio building blocks covering foreign exchange, money markets, fixed Income and derivatives Instruments -- 1 Traded Foreign Exchange Instruments -- 2 Traded Money Market Instruments -- 3 Fixed Income Instruments market condition, pricing mechanism, quoting and settlement convention...

This book offers a look at equity markets and what they have experienced since the 1997 Order Handling Rules were instituted. Specifically, it examines the tremendous technology innovation, intensified competition between an expanding set of alternative trading venues, and continuing regulatory...

In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, investors and the electorate alike are seeking clarity on a wide range of macro policy issues that will impact the economy and markets in the years ahead. The primary goal of this book is to provide an objective source for investors to learn...

Economists broadly define financial asset price bubbles as episodes in which prices rise with notable rapidity and depart from historically established asset valuation multiples and relationships. Financial economists have for decades attempted to study and interpret bubbles through the prisms...