Bloomberg Visual Guide to Financial Markets

Acknowledgments ixIntroduction xiPart I: Direct Investing 1Chapter 1: Overview 3Quotations 4Three Rs 6Chapter 2: Government 11Currencies 12Quotations 13Three Rs 15Bills 18Quotations 20Three Rs 21Notes and Bonds 24Quotations 26Three Rs 27Chapter 3: Companies 35Money Markets 35Quotations 38Three Rs 39Notes and Bonds 42Quotations 45Three Rs 46Stocks 50Quotations 53Three Rs 55Chapter 4: Hard Assets 63Gold 63Quotations 66Three Rs 66Commodities 68Quotations 70Three Rs 71Real Estate 73Quotations 75Three Rs 75Chapter 5: Indexes 79Currency 79Debt 81Equity 83Hard Assets 85Chapter 6: Government Revisited 87Municipal Bonds 88Quotations 90Three Rs 91Mortgage-Backed Securities 93Quotations 95Three Rs 95Chapter 7: Companies Revisited 99Preferred Stock 99Quotations 100Three Rs 101Convertible Securities 103Quotations 104Three Rs 105Bank Loans 106Quotations 109Three Rs 109Chapter 8: Hard Assets Revisited 113Master Limited Partnerships 114Quotations 115Three Rs 116Real Estate Investment Trusts 118Quotations 120Three Rs 120Part II: Indirect Investing 123Chapter 9: Overview 125Quotations 126Three Rs 127Chapter 10: Derivatives 129Futures and Forwards 129Quotations 131Three Rs 134Options and Warrants 137Quotations 140Three Rs 142Swaps 145Interest-Rate Swaps 147Quotations 149Three Rs 149Credit Default Swaps 152Quotations 153Three Rs 154Quotations 161Three Rs 162Alternative Funds 165Quotations 168Three Rs 168Chapter 12: Indexes Revisited 173Futures 173Options 175Swaps 176Funds 177Appendix: Bloomberg Functionality Cheat Sheet 179About the Author 181Index 183

David Wilson has covered financial markets since the 1980s. He has served as a managing editor, bureau chief, columnist, radio host, and stock market reporter at Bloomberg News, and has taught business and financial journalism courses that he created to staff members worldwide. He currently writes the "Chart of the Day" column for Bloomberg and reports on stocks hourly for Bloomberg Radio.