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Duration, Convexity and other Bond Risk Measures offers the most comprehensive coverage of bond risk measures available. Financial expert Frank Fabozzi walks you through every aspect of bond risk measures from the price volatility characteristics of option-free bonds and bonds with embedded options to the proper method for calculating duration and convexity. Whether you re a novice trader or experienced money manager, if you need to understand the interest rate risk of a portfolio Duration, Convexity and other Bond Risk Measures is the only book you ll need.
List of contents
1. Overview.
2. The Reasons Why a Bond's Price Changes.
3. Price Volatility Characteristics of Bonds.
4. The Basics of Duration and Convexity.
5. Duration Measures of Bonds with Embedded Options and Foreign Bonds.
6. Duration and Convexity for Mortgage-Backed Securities.
7. Yield Curve Risk Measures.
8. Risk Measures for Interest Rate Derivatives.
9. Other Risk Measures.
10. Measuring Yield Volatility.
Index.
About the author
Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFP, CPA, is Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Yale University's School of Management. Dr. Fabozzi is on the board of directors of the Guardian Life family of funds and the BlackRock complex of funds. He earned a doctorate in economics from the City University of New York in 1972 and, in 1994, received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Fabozzi is a Fellow of the International Center for Finance at Yale University.
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Duration, Convexity and other Bond Risk Measures offers the most comprehensive coverage of bond risk measures available.
