Fixed Income Mathematics - Hardcover

Zipf, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0127817212 ISBN 13: 9780127817217

Publisher: Academic Press, 2003

Synopsis

Fixed Income Mathematics is an easy-to-understand introduction to the mathematics of common fixed income instruments. This book offers explanations, exercises, and examples without demanding sophisticated mathematics from the reader. Not only does the author use his business and teaching experience to highlight the fundamentals of investment and management decision-making, but he also offers questions and exercises that suggest the applicability of fixed income mathematics.

Written for the reader with a general mathematics background, this self-teaching book is suffused with examples that also make it a handy reference guide. It should serve as a gateway to financial mathematics and to increased competence in business analysis. International comparisons are used to illustrate how interest is compounded.

This text will be a valuable resource for professional insurance and other actuarials who invest in bonds and who are concerned with inflation, asset-liability management, the time value of money, interest rates, rates of return, risk, and investment income. It will also appeal to MBA students and anyone seeking a general introduction or overview of the subject.

* An easy-to-understand introduction to the mathematics of common fixed income instruments * Offers students explanations, exercises, and examples without demanding sophisticated mathematics * Uses international comparisons to illustrate how interest is compounded

About this title

About the Author

Robert Zipf has more than 30 years experience in the financial field, with such companies as John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, IBM, Merrill Lynch, and AMBAC Indemnity Corporation. For many years, he has led seminars in municipal bonds for entry level professionals, and since 1993 has led seminars on municipal bonds and fixed income mathematics at The FT New York Institute of Finance, now FT Knowledge Financial Learning. Mr. Zipf has written two books, How Municipal Bonds Work, and How the Bond Market Works, Third Edition, and has published articles in several municipal bond related publications. He is a member of The Municipal Bond Club of New York, the American Economic Association, and The Municipal Forum of New York, where he also served as President.

From the Back Cover

An introduction to common fixed income instruments and mathematics, Fixed Income Mathematics offers explanations, exercises, and examples without demanding sophisticated mathematics. The author utilizes his extensive business and teaching experience to highlight the fundamentals of investment and management decision-making to offer key questions and exercises that suggest the applicability of fixed income mathematics. Written for readers with a general mathematics background and suffused with international examples, this self-teaching book is an ideal handy reference guide. Fixed Income Mathematics is your gateway to financial mathematics and increased competence in business analysis.About the AuthorRobert Zipf has more than 30 years experience in the financial field, with such companies as John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, IBM, Merrill Lynch, and AMBAC Indemnity Corporation. For many years he offered entry level professionals courses on municipal bonds and since 1993 has taught municipal bonds and fixed income mathematics at The FT New York Institute of Finance, now FT Knowledge Financial Learning. Mr. Zipf has written two books, How Municipal Bonds Work, and How the Bond Market Works, Third Edition, and has published articles in several municipal bond related publications. He is a member of The Municipal Bond Club of New York, the American Economic Association, and The Municipal Forum of New York, where he also served as President.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0127817212
• ISBN 13: 9780127817217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 366