High Yield Bonds: Market Structure, Valuation, and Portfolio Strategies

By Theodore M. Barnhill Jr.William F. MaxwellWilliam Maxwell, et al.

High yield bonds are becoming increasingly popular among professional investors. They are attractive to pension funds and banks. This text deals with the various aspects of the high-yield market and acts as a source for information on late-1990s research and strategies. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070067864
• ISBN13: 9780070067868
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

High Yield Bonds - High Quality Book from 1998

High Yield Bonds - High Quality Book from 1998. This great book gives empirical evidence to answer many questions. Quite thoroughly. Subjects covered include: Who buys high yield bonds? Insurance companies and mutual funds are the biggest buyers.... How big are default rates? Average about 3.5% a year.... How stable are bond ratings? About 5% go up or down in ratings every year. Most stay the same.... Many more subjects...

The best HY Omnibus book so far.

This is an excellent book that is now showing its age and needs an update. It also lacks a CDROM with data sets which would make more explicit many of the points authors make. In addition, Drexel Burnham Lambert, like Banquo's ghost, is alluded to on nearly every other page, yet the authors here are hesitant to differentiating between high yield bonds (non-investment grade debt) and junk (anything issued by Michael Milken)...

The best HY book.

I can't say enough about this book. The book is suprisingly easy to read, and uncovers insights from some of the most prominent names in HY research. A must for HY analysts, MBAs, and CFOs.

The Best Guide Book to High Yield Bonds Ever

I have had the privilege of reading the galley proofs of this book and find it to be THE definitive word on High Yield Investing. This book develops the blueprint for how to navigate, understand, and analyze High Yield Bonds. A must for MBA students, a requirement for anyone in the field already, and a vital tool for investors.The book's three authors (The George Washington University Business School, Georgetown Business...