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List of FI Desks/Products traded ?

by guimion11 (Senior Monkey, 92 Banana Points Points) on 10/10/08 at 11:29am

I am interested in learning about the different fixed income products traded... Is there a good book/website that lays out the most popular desks ??

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williams and sonoma carries

by nathanielpowers (Monkey, 65 Banana Points Points) on 10/10/08 at 3:32pm

williams and sonoma carries a great book abt this

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lol i actually looked it

by guimion11 (Senior Monkey, 92 Banana Points Points) on 10/10/08 at 4:08pm

lol i actually looked it up... but the fact that you know about cooking books is pretty gay... anyone have a real recommendation?

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main divide is rates v

by yesman (Senior Baboon, 195 Banana Points Points) on 10/12/08 at 9:52pm

main divide is rates v credit, emerging markets is sometimes a separate animal

credit sub-divide is high grade/high yield

rates is divided into short and long end

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FI Rates: Treasuries (all

by untilted (Orangutan, 263 Banana Points Points) on 10/14/08 at 3:18am

FI Rates:

Treasuries (all maturities), as well as STRIPS
Agency (FRE, FNM, etc)
interest rate swaps
Swaptions (a.k.a. interest rate options)
inflation-linked products
Exotics

FI Credit:

Investment grade cash bond and CDS
High yield....
Distressed....
Structured credit (CDO, etc)

Mortgages (sometimes they are separate from FI)

Passthru
CMO
Agency
ARMs

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Thank you

by guimion11 (Senior Monkey, 92 Banana Points Points) on 10/14/08 at 2:34pm

Thank you