Target Market: Fixed Income Securities Courses or Bond Markets Courses Fabozzi's, Bond Markets, prepares students to analyze the bond market and use the tools for managing bond portfolios. Many texts on the market are far too theoretical, Fabozzi is quite the opposite. This text covers Bonds, analytical techniques for valuing bonds and quantifying their exposure to changes in interest rates, and portfolio strategies for achieving a client's objectives.Fabozzi's, Bond Markets, prepares students to analyze the bond market and use the tools for managing bond portfolios. Many texts on the market are far too theoretical, Fabozzi is quite the opposite. This text covers Bonds, analytical techniques for valuing bonds and quantifying their exposure to changes in interest rates, and portfolio strategies for achieving a client's objectives. Do you want your students to be prepared to manange Bond Portfolios upon leaving this course? The author's extensive experience in this field has fueled the most applied book on the market.His many discussions with portfolio managers and analysts, as well as his experiences serving on the board of directors of several funds and consulting assignments, have been invaluable in improving the content of the book. Moreover, his fixed income course at Yale's School of Management and various presentations to institutional investor groups throughout the world provided him with the testing ground for new material. See Back Cover Two new appendices in chapter 20 featuring Wachovia Securities. These two appendices are excellent readings for students who want to see how credit analysis is tackled in the real-world rather than presenting a mere crunching of numbers from financial statements that is often presented in textbooks. See Page 459 & 489