"Newbies"

Humor

Themes & Topics

Glossary

Lecture Notes

Trivia & Factoids

Themes & Topics
Financial Assets & Instruments

News Stories

ADRs

• Big Board Hopes DaimlerChrysler Attracts Foreign Primary Shares (WSJ, October 21, 1998)

• ADRs Add Foreign Flavor to Portfolios (San Francisco Chronicle, September 8, 1997)

Derivatives: Options & Futures

• Background Information
  • Introduction to Options (Craig Lewis, Vanderbilt University)
  • Derivatives: "The Eleven-Letter Four-Letter Word" (Craig Lewis, Vanderbilt University)
  • Options Dynamics (Campbell R. Harvey, Duke University)
  • A Guide to Futures and Options Quotations (Campbell R. Harvey, Duke University)

• A hundred ways to slice up credit (Euromoney, March 1998; registration required)

• Hedge your bet on the Dow Now you can buy futures and options on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (CNNfn, October 6, 1997)

• Options Just Got More Complex: Timing is crucial for employees to get best tax treatment (San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 1997)

Saving Bonds

• Redeeming Savings Bonds (SF Chronicle, January 12, 1999)

Bloopers & Blunders

Inflation-Indexed Bonds

• Effect on the Federal Debt

• Yield on Inflation-Indexed Bonds

Options: Strategies

Zero Coupon Bonds: An Investment Vehicle

Finance By Example (Archives)

Asset Backed Securities:

• Information
• David Bowie Bonds

Bond Covenants: Kmart Finalizes Financial Pact

Derivative Security A financial asset whose value is based on an underlying asset. Options and futures are examples. Bankers Trust Pays $67 Million to Settle Dispute

Inflation Bonds

Russia Sells $1 Billion Bonds

Options

Yes, You Can Buy Insurance Against Plunges In Stock Prices 

Stock Options And Executive Pay

 

Portfolio Insurance Yes, You Can Buy Insurance Against Plunges In Stock Prices

Resources On-Line

• Bonds-online

• Bond and Fixed Income Resource Center (Equity Analytics)

• Historical Behavior of Asset Returns (Campbell R. Harvey, Duke University)