Since the negotiation of the Maastricht Treaty in December 1991 expectations on the new European currency could possibly influence European interest rates. The focus of this paper is both on the theoretical and empirical analysis of the link between European Monetary Union (EMU) and German...

Introduction -- The Time Value of Money -- The Flat Yield Curve Concept -- The Internal Rate of Return for a Bond Portfolio -- The Term Structure of Interest Rate -- Spread Analysis -- Different Fixed Income Instruments -- Fixed-Income Benchmarks -- Convertible -- Multi Currency Portfolio --...