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Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures

by: Veale, Stuart R.

Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures

by: Veale, Stuart R.

ISBN 13:
9780735201750
ISBN 10:
0735201757
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press

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(New York Institute of Finance) A text for individual investors as well as financial professionals, comparing methods of analyzing stocks and giving readers the tools to create a portfolio that balances risk and returns. Includes charts and graphics as well as Internet listings for tools and additional research. Softcover. DLC: Investments: United States.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xix

The Securities Industry

(14)

Investment Banking Department

(2)

Venture Capital/Private Equity

(1)

Sales Divisions

(3)

Trading Department

(1)

Research Department

(1)

Technology Department

(1)

Operations Department

(1)

Money Management Department

(1)

Wealth Preservation/Insurance Division

(1)

Retirement Planning Department

(1)

Trust Company/Bank

(1)

Derivatives Department

(1)

Compliance Department

(1)

Recent Industry Performance

(2)

Common Stock

(18)

How Much of the Company Do I Own?

(3)

Corporate Governance and Organization

(1)

Advantages of Common Stock as an Investment

(2)

Disadvantages of Common Stock as an Investment

(1)

Types of Common Stocks

(3)

Dividend Debate

(2)

Stock Splits

(1)

Price Quotes

(1)

Types of Orders

(1)

Margin

(1)

Shorting Stock

(2)

Analyzing Stocks

(29)

The Fundamentalist School

(13)

Ratio Analysis

(3)

Trend Analysis

(6)

The Technical School

(3)

Analysis of Bar Charts

(2)

The Academic School

(2)

Underwriting Stocks

(9)

Why Companies Go Public

(1)

Selecting Investment Banking Firms

(8)

Preferred Stocks

(7)

Why Do Companies Issue Preferreds?

(1)

Why Do Investors Buy Preferreds?

(1)

What Are the Common Embedded Options?

(3)

Trading Securities

(23)

How a Trade Is Executed

(3)

Broker/Dealers

(1)

Market Making

(3)

Posting Quotes

(2)

Types of Quotations

(2)

Third Market Transactions

(1)

Fourth Market Transactions

(2)

The National Association of Security Dealers (NASD)

(3)

NASD Rules of Fair Practice

(2)

NASD Uniform Practice Code

(5)

Operations

101

(23)

Operations Departments

103

(20)

In Closing

123

(1)

The Money Market

124

(7)

Insured Certificates of Deposit

125

(1)

Negotiable Certificates of Deposit

125

(1)

Bankers Acceptances

125

(1)

Commercial Paper

126

(1)

Repurchase Aggreements

127

(1)

Floating Rate Notes

128

(1)

Adjustable Rate Preferreds

129

(1)

Money Market Preferreds

130

(1)

Introduction to Fixed Income

131

(10)

Buying Bonds

132

(1)

Quoting Bond Yield

133

(1)

Accrued Interest

134

(1)

Embedded Options

135

(5)

In Closing

140

(1)

U.S. Treasury Bonds

141

(14)

Advantages of U.S. Treasury Securities

141

(3)

Types of U.S. Treasuries

144

(6)

Treasury Yield Curve

150

(1)

Investment Strategies

150

(5)

Corporate Bonds

155

(12)

Why Companies Issue Bonds

155

(2)

Corporate Bonds and Credit Ratings

157

(3)

Types of Corporate Bonds

160

(1)

Expressing the Yield of Corporates

161

(2)

Components of Spread

163

(1)

Option Adjusted Spread

164

(3)

Municipal Bonds

167

(5)

Tax Treatment of Municipals

167

(2)

General Obligation Versus Revenue Bonds

169

(2)

Underwriting Municipal Bonds

171

(1)

Mortgage-Backed Securities

172

(22)

Problems Associated With Selling Individual Mortgages

173

(3)

Role of the Mortgage Agencies

176

(1)

Creation of a Pool of Mortgages

176

(3)

Analyzing Pools

179

(2)

Quoting Prepayment Speed

181

(1)

Whole Loan Pools

182

(1)

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

182

(2)

Sequentials

184

(3)

PACs and Companions

187

(3)

Floaters and Inverse Floaters

190

(1)

Strip Securities

191

(1)

New Developments

192

(2)

Forward Contracts

194

(15)

Terms of a Forward Contract

195

(2)

Pricing Forward Contracts

197

(2)

Advantages of Forward Contracts

199

(1)

Interest Rate Forwards

199

(5)

Foreign Exchange Forwards

204

(4)

Summary of Forward Contracts

208

(1)

Futures Contracts

209

(23)

Margin Requirements

212

(5)

The T-Bond Futures Contract

217

(3)

Eurodollar Futures

220

(3)

Applications of These Contracts

223

(4)

Hedgers

227

(1)

Structure and Operation of a Futures Exchange

228

(4)

Swap Contracts

232

(15)

Applications of Swaps

234

(4)

Asset Swaps

238

(3)

Index Swaps

241

(2)

Role of the Dealer

243

(1)

Quoting Swaps

244

(1)

Credit Risk of Interest Rate Swaps

244

(3)

Option Contracts

247

(15)

In, At, and Out of the Money Options

249

(1)

Option Premium

249

(1)

Option Markets

250

(1)

Over-the-Counter Options

251

(3)

Option Pricing

254

(5)

Option Sensitivities

259

(3)

Exotic Options

262

(15)

Look-back Options

262

(2)

Binaries (AKA Digitals)

264

(2)

Bermuda Options

266

(1)

Barrier Options

266

(3)

Restrikes

269

(1)

Asian Options

270

(2)

Compound Options

272

(1)

Perpetual Zero Options

273

(1)

Delay Options

273

(1)

Chooser Options

274

(1)

Contingent Premium Option

274

(3)

Equity-Related Investments

277

(8)

Index Securities

277

(1)

Warrants

277

(1)

Long Dated Equity Participation Securities

278

(1)

Convertible Securities

278

(1)

Convertible Vocabulary and Ratios

279

(1)

Conversion Premium

279

(2)

Why Invest in Converts?

281

(1)

Disadvantage of Convertible Securities

282

(2)

Why Do Issuers Issue Convertibles

284

(1)

Mutual Funds

285

(14)

Diversification

285

(1)

Stacking the Deck

286

(1)

Investment Monitoring

286

(1)

Why Mutual Funds?

286

(1)

What Is a Mutual Fund?

287

(2)

Advantages of Mutual Funds

289

(2)

Disadvantages of Mutual Funds

291

(4)

Other Issues Mutual Fund Investors Need to Consider

295

(4)

Global Investing

299

(24)

Faster Rate of Economic Growth

300

(1)

Less Government Regulation

301

(1)

Lower Labor Costs

301

(1)

Better Educated Work Force

302

(1)

Favorable Political Environment

302

(1)

Disadvantages of Overseas Markets

302

(2)

The Influence of Globalization on U.S. Companies

304

(4)

Factors that Cause FX Rates to Change

308

(5)

U.S. Investors and Non-dollar Investments

313

(4)

Influence of the Euro

317

(1)

Alternative Ways of Investing in Non-dollar Equities

318

(1)

Equity-linked Notes

319

(1)

World Equity Benchmark Securities

320

(1)

Mutual Funds

321

(1)

Investing in Non-dollar Fixed Income

322

(1)

About the Author

323

(2)

Index

325

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Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures

Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures

9780735201750

0735201757

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