Fixed Income Research & Reference

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Characterizing Credit Spreads
Analysis of the credit spread term structure.

 
Markets & Instruments (Highlights)
Professor Giddy of NYU Stern Business School gives an overview of financial markets and instruments.

 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Statistics
Key statistics and rates from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 
BondsOnline
Offers information, education and direction in making bond investment decisions, from tracking bond prices and bond market news to bond trading.

 
Treasury Management Database
A comprehensive database of historical and current bond yields and interest rates.

 
Merrill Lynch Research
Offers free reports on bond indices and fixed income.

 
Focus on US Inflation-Indexed Bond Market
Bridgewater Associates' February 2000 update on events in the inflation-indexed bond market.

 
Credit Ratings and the Euro
Implications of the Euro for credit ratings of European corporate debt.

 
Money Market Investments
Explanations of various money market investments, such as commercial paper, bankers acceptance (BAs), federal funds, money market funds, CDs and repos.

 
Money Fund Selector
Online guide for individuals and institutions that asks a set of questions designed to make it easier to find a money market fund, or group of funds, to meet investment objectives.

 
Savings Bond Tracker
 
U.S. Savings Bonds Online
 
The Wall Street Journal's Bond Vocabulary
Brief explanations of various fixed income instruments. Presented by BondResource.com.

 
T-Bills, Notes and Bonds
 
Wall Street Net Debt & Equity Database
Database providing users searching by investment bank, instrument type, industry category, company name, date range, share value, coupon rate or offering value.

 
Public Debt: Savings Bonds
Offers educational information on bonds, bond earnings reports and comprehensive value tables for consumers. Provides a resource guide and pricing tool for financial institutions.

 
The Public Debt To the Penny
 
US Savings Bond Public Information Pages
 
Financial Pipeline: Bond Page
Provides information about the types of bonds, how bonds trade, spreads, valuations, management strategies and more.

 
MuniDirect Bond Glossary
 
Liquidity & CP
A quick overview of commercial paper.

 
Bureau of the Public Debt
Information on individual investing in US government debt.

 
Intex Solutions, Inc.
Provide customers with data, models, and related software for the structured fixed-income market. Customers include the major underwriters, buy-side, and other participants of the CMO, ABS, and CMBS finance markets.

 
The Financials - Currency
Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate market reports, free newsletters, free quotes, data downloads, news, research and presentation-quality charts.

 
BondResources.com
Bond portal for information on bonds, including agency bonds, bond funds, corporate bonds, international bonds and municipal bonds.

 
Bond Valuation
Class notes by Campbell Harvey on pricing fixed income instruments.

 
Policy.com
A division of VoxCap Properties, Policy.com serves as a public policy resource showcasing leading research, opinions and events shaping public policy on dozens of issues, including education, technology and healthcare.

 
Brady Bond Primer
Basics of Brady bonds and their importance for Latin American debt issuance.

 
Public Debt: State & Local Government Series
SLGS securities are offered for sale to issuers of state and local government tax-exempt debt to assist with compliance of yield restriction or arbitrage rebate provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

 
Public Debt: T-bills, Notes & Bonds
Provider of auction information and Treasury Direct which allows online purchase of Treasury bills, notes and bonds.

 
Mergent FIS: The Bond Record
Published monthly and reviews over 68,000 issues. For full-year rating actions on corporate and municipal issues, The Annual Bond Record offers coverage for brokers, bankers, dealers, fund managers, investment advisors and private investors.

 
Standard & Poor's: Ratings Definitions
Provides debt ratings, definitions and national rating scales definitions.

 
International Financing Review: Fixed Income
 
TreasuryDirect Electronic Services
The Treasury Department, has provided this online service for the exclusive use of current TreasuryDirect customers only.

 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Commercial Paper
Explanation of commercial paper.

 
Financing for the Future
Introductory piece from The Wall Street Journal on why firms issue bonds. Presented by BondResources.com.

 
An Investor's Guide to Corporate Bonds
Overview of corporate bonds, basic bond terms, types of issuers, understanding interest rate risk and yields and more.

 
Money Fund Basics
Explains what a money fund is and the difference between taxable and tax-free money funds.

 
Back to Benchmarks
Article that compares corporate bond markets in the US and Eurozone.

 
The Wall Street Journal's Guide to Muni Bonds
Explanation of terms and tax benefits of owning Municipal bonds.

 
Investing-in-Bonds.Com
Provider of information about investing in municipal and corporate bonds.

 
The New BARRA Fixed Rate Prepayment Model
Description of a leading mortgage prepayment model, developed by BARRA.

 
Equity Analytics: The Bond & Fixed Income Resource Center
Information about bonds, bond markets, government securities, corporate securities and municipal securities. Also, covers the Federal Reserve and its role in the US economy.

 
Briefing.com
Internet provider of live market analysis, in-depth coverage and live US bond market commentary. Economic and political commentary, and market quotes provided as well as economic forecasting. Fee-based service.

 
The Wall Street Journal's Guide to Rating Bonds
Introductory article on bond ratings and their implications.

 
Buying Treasury Securities
This booklet acquaints investors with the basics of marketable Treasury securities and how to purchase and hold these securities in the TREASURY DIRECT system.

 
FinanceNet
Improving accountability of taxpayer resources: US government's official home for all world government sales, auctions, surplus, for government newsgroups, and for improving financial management in governments worldwide.

 
Interpretation of Forward Rates and Term Structure
Article by E-Analytics that briefly discusses the three main theories of term structure, namely the pure expectations, liquidity and segmented markets theories.

 
Capital Access International
Provider of current data on bond firms and bond holdings in a variety of formats including online.

 
Taxation Of Municipal Bonds
Explanation of tax consequences and advantages of owning Municipal bonds, by BondResources.com.

 
The Role of a Corporate Bond Market in an Economy and in Avoiding Crises
Examines the principal differences between an economy with a well-developed corporate bond market free from government interference and an economy in which bank financing plays a central role. By Nils. H. Hakansson, UC Berkeley, December 1998.

 
CFO Center.com: Bond Investment Basics
Definitions of duration, convexity and option-adjusted spreads.

 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Treasury Auctions
Offers general information about Treasury Auctions.

 
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