Jacob the Baker: Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World by Noah Benshea

Jacob the Baker: Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World by Noah Benshea

Collateralized Debt Obligations
SECOND EDITION

Since the publication of the first edition of Collateralized Debt Obligations, the CDO market has seen tremendous growth. In fact, as of 2005, $1.1 trillion of CDOs were outstanding--making them the fastest-growing investment vehicle of the last decade.

To help you keep up with the expanding CDO market and its various instruments, Douglas Lucas, Laurie Goodman, and Frank Fabozzi have collaborated to bring you a fully revised and up-to-date Second Edition of Collateralized Debt Obligations. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book is a valuable guide that provides you with critical information regarding the evolving nature of the CDO market.

Filled with in-depth insights gleaned from years of investment and credit experience, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Second Edition examines a wide range of issues, including:

• Cash CDOs
• Loans and CLOs
• Structured finance CDOs and collateral review
• Emerging market and market value CDOs
• Synthetic CDOs
• Default correlation
• CDO equity
• CDO arbitrage
• And much more

CDOs offer exciting opportunities for those who understand their complexities. With Collateralized Debt Obligations, Second Edition as your guide, you can begin to understand and take advantage of this dynamic market and its products.

Noah benShea is one of North America′s most respected and beloved poet-philosophers, and a source of strength to millions around the world. He is the international best selling author of 20 books translated into 18 languages, including the famed Jacob the Baker series. He has spoken and taught at the best universities; served as a Dean at UCLA, visiting lecturer at MIT and The Fuqua Graduate Business School at Duke University, guest professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School, and a Fellow at several long range think tanks including USC′s Center for the Humanities, and the esteemed Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

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A highly sought after public speaker, he is also a private advisor to corporate and political leaders, serves as an Ethicist for the The Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, was nominated for the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas that Improve the World Order, and in 2007 his work in Russian translation won 1st Prize at the European Intellectual Book Fair in Moscow. Noah benShea is also the Nat ional Laureate for the ALS Association.

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