Fixed Income Investment aims to straddle the different worlds of theoretical models and practical market experience, while offering an interdisciplinary framework for fixed income investing and trading. * A focussed but very practical approach to fixed-income investment, aimed at practitioner market * Contains investment checklists and interviews with market practitioners * Offers an interdisciplinary framework for fixed-income investing and trading, and combines worlds of theoretical models and practical market experience INDICE 1 Fixed Income Basics. 2 Fixed Income Securities: Beyond the Basics. 3 Economic Fundamentals. PART II: ENHANCED TOOLS FOR ESTABLISHING A VIEW ON INTEREST RATES. 4 Government Policy: The Interface between Economics and Politics. 5 Human Factors. 6 Technical Analysis: Applied Social Psychology. 7 Other Techniques of Short Term Analysis. 8 An Integrated Approach to Bond Markets. PART III: IMPLEMENTING YOUR VIEW. 9 Alternative Fixed Income Instruments and Strategy Structures. 10 Portfolio Building for Specific Investors. 11 Odds and Ends. 12 Survival Principles for the Financial Battlefield. Concluding Remarks.