Michael Sheimo

Quick, direct guidelines for understanding--and profiting from--the bond market. Bond Market Rules is a valuable, easy-to-read compendium of the fixed income market's 50 most beloved and respected axioms. It is also a concise resource covering every basic bond investing concept, from the nature and structure of bonds to the ways in which hedging and speculating with bond futures can give an investor remarkable equity-style returns. Investors and traders at all levels will be astonished at the we... more info>>

In just one generation's time, mutual funds have become an inescapable factor in America's financial picture. From fewer than 10 million mutual fund accounts in 1977, fund companies now report more than 135 million accounts--with more than 75 times the net assets! In that same time, the number of available funds has also skyrocketed, from just over 425 mutual fund companies to nearly 6,000, with risk/reward possibilities that are as widespread and perplexing as the market itself. So while mutual... more info>>