How to Make Money with Junk Bonds

Robert Levine

McGraw Hill Professional, Apr 23, 2012 - Business & Economics - 192 pages

Unearth a Gold Mine in the $1 TRILLION Junk Bond Market

“Few experts in this area have been willing to share their inside knowledge with the outside world. None have done it as well and as simply and clearly as Bob Levine has done in his new book.”
—Joel Greenblatt, bestselling author of The Little Book That Beats the Market

“A great book by a great investor. . . . [I] recommend this book to everyone who wants to acquire some invaluable horse sense about investing in high yield bonds.”
—Martin S. Fridson, author of How to Be a Billionaire

“This is the best book ever written on high yield corporate bond investing. Destined to become an instant classic. . . .”
—Jack Malvey, Chief Global Markets Strategist, Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

"A first-rate introduction and navigation guide to the high-yield world."
—Reading the Markets

“This well-written and occasionally humorous tutorial on investing in speculative-grade corporate debt covers the essential aspects of high-yield debt. . . . As a basic introduction to the high-yield debt market, the book can’t be beat.”
—The Financial Analysts Journal

Do you think of the junk bond market as an arena of chaos, a financial Wild West, a place to avoid at all costs?

In How to Make Money with Junk Bonds, a pioneer of the junk bond business gives you the insight and information you need to lay that fear to rest—so that you can generate unprecedented profits in this $1 trillion market.

Robert Levine has the credentials to lead both individual investors and the professionals just getting started in the junk bond market. At Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management, his junk bond funds substantially outperformed both high yield and S&P indices for more than 18 years—and in this book he explains the method he used to achieve such remarkable results. Helping you pick high yield bonds that have a low possibility of default. How to Make Money with Junk Bonds covers:

• The difference between stocks and bonds—and where junk bonds fit between them in the risk spectrum
• How to conduct a thorough credit analysis—the key to making money in junk bonds
• How to evaluate market conditions—and decide when to invest and when to sit on the sidelines
• Why you should hire a portfolio manager—and how to select the best one for your needs
• How to invest like a pro—using Levine’s personal, proven investing method

The junk bond market isn’t the scary place it used to be. Critical information is easier (and cheaper) to obtain, and transparency is greater than it was in the market’s early days. How to Make Money with Junk Bonds gives you the tools to root out strong, forward-looking companies poised for growth and generate a level of profitability impossible to achieve in other markets.

Contents

• Chapter 1 Junk Bonds and Strong Horses: 1
• Chapter 2 My Sons Friend Millie: 5
• Chapter 3 My Sons Graduation Money: 9

About the author

Robert Levine, CFA, is the founder of Nomura Corporate Research and Asset Management, Inc. ("NCRAM"), where he served as President, CEO and CIO for nearly twenty years. A renowned investor and inductee into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame, Levine founded NCRAM as an analyst-driven research boutique in below-investment-grade debt. As CIO, he managed over $15 billion. Mr. Levine is a CFA Charter Holder, a past member of The Association for Investment Management and Research ("AIMR") Accounting Policy Committee, a past Director and past President of the Fixed Income Analysts Society, and past Chairman of the Fixed Income Analysts Society annual Bond Conference.

Bibliographic information

• Title: How to Make Money with Junk Bonds
• Author: Robert Levine
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional, 2012
• ISBN: 007179381X, 9780071793810
• Length: 192 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General