Crescenzi A. The Strategic Bond Investor: Strategies and Tools to Unlock the Power of the Bond Market

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. — 433 p.The Importance of the Bond Market.
The Composition and Characteristics of the Bond Market.
Bond Basics: Building Blocks and Warning Labels Types of Bonds.
Risks Facing Today’s Bond Investors: Asset Diversification Does Not Equal Risk Diversification.
Don’t Fight the Fed: The Powerful Role of the Federal Reserve.
The Yield Curve: The Bond Market’s Crystal Ball.
Real Yields: Where Real Messages Can Be Found.
The Five Tenets of Successful Interest Rate Forecasting.
From Tulips to Treasuries: Tracking Market Sentiment to Forecast Market Behavior.
Using the Futures Market to Gather Market Intelligence.
Credit Ratings: An Essential Tool for Bond Investors Bond Strategies.
How Interest Rates Have Shaped the Political Landscape.
Utilizing Economic Data to Improve Your Investment Performance.
Appendix. Handbook of Economic Data: Power Tools for Investors.
Endnotes.