Table of Contents

Foreword by Manny Roman
 
1 The Importance of the Bond Market 

2 Why Low Interest Rates Will Likely Persist into the 2030s 

3 Negative Interest Rates: Can It Happen in the United States? 

4 The Composition and Characteristics of the Bond Market 

5 Bond Basics
Building Blocks and Warning Labels 

6 Risks Facing Today’s Bond Investors
Asset Diversification Does Not Equal Risk Diversification 

7 Don’t Fight the Fed
The Powerful Role of the Federal Reserve
and the World’s Central Banks 

8 The Yield Curve
The Bond Market’s Crystal Ball 

9 Real Yields
Why They Are Important to Understand 

10 The Five Tenets of Successful Interest Rate Forecasting 

11 From Tulips to Treasuries
Tracking Market Sentiment to Forecast Market Behavior 

12 Credit Ratings
An Essential Tool for a Bond Investor to Be
a True Guardian of Capital 

13 Bond Strategies from a Bond Manager 

14 The Keynesian Endpoint
Reaching the Practical Limits of Debt Use 

15 Using Economic Data to Inform Your Investment Decisions 

16 ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Investing
This Changes Everything, Including the World 

17 How Interest Rates Have Shaped the Political Landscape 

Notes 
Index 

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