Financial Instruments

Download or read book Financial Instruments written by David M. Weiss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, current survey of investment products and instruments Thorough, accessible, and up to date, Financial Instruments is a guide to all of the financial products currently being traded in the world's markets. Through plain language and in a user-friendly format, David M. Weiss, author of After the Trade Is Made, outlines the many tools available and their unique functions, features, and structures. Weiss breaks financial instruments into four broad groups: equities, debt, derivatives, and mutual funds. Under each heading, he explores the many types of related products, including exotic investments such as: ? American Depositary Receipts ? Asset-Backed Securities ? Structured Debt ? Futures ? Swaps ? Unit Investment Trusts Financial Instruments is an indispensable tool for finance professionals-portfolio managers, brokers, financial planners, and institutional investors. It's also a definitive resource for sophisticated individual investors.