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lastlib

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3. This is indeed a MASSIVE subject!!

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Sun Oct 2, 2016, 05:39 PM

Oct 2016

Having studied them in depth myself, I get shivers down my spine just THINKING about the complexity of these instruments. Since most bonds are held by institutional investors for clients, I don't know if many individual investors would get much value out of an exegesis of the wide varieties of debt securities out there. Just my humble opinion, but most people who want to invest in fixed income securities will likely do so thru mutual funds, and don't need a deep explanation of all the arcane differences between Treasury securities and FreddieMacs and GinnieMaes and corporate bonds.

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I for one am very interested in the topic dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #1

So you're more or less along the lines of #5 A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #2

I think an introduction to bonds in general is what I had in mind dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #4

Fair enough A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #5

Seriously appreciate your willingness to do that. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #7

... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #8

This is indeed a MASSIVE subject!! lastlib Oct 2016 #3

I was just going to stick to the basics.... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2016 #6

Jesus H. Christ it's going to be a book! A HERETIC I AM Nov 2016 #9