This updated and revised edition of editor Frank J. Fabozzi's classic resource includes the most current information available about fixed income securities, how to evaluate this information and how it can be used to enhance returns. In particular, there is updated and expanded coverage on bond market indexes, the high-yield bond market, international bond markets and instruments, brady bonds, standard & poor's sovereign ratings criteria, high-yield analysis of emerging markets debt, mortgages and overview of mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, nonagency CMOs, commercial mortgage-backed securities, auto-loan-backed securities, home equity loans (HELs) and HEL-backed securities, manufactured housing-backed ABS, credit card ABS, evaluating amortizing ABS: a primer on static spread, global corporate bond portfolio management, and international bond investing and portfolio management.
