Index

Symbols

“01”, 70, 124

30-year Treasury, 74

3s, 61

A

Abbott Labs, 29

accrued interest, bonds, 122

Affymetrix, 190-191

AirTouch, 100-104

Amerigroup, 197

anatomy of a good trade, non-traditional institutional investors, 219-221

AOL, convertibles, 84

approximation, 71

arbitrage, 146, 282-283

arbitrageurs. See convertible arbitrageurs

Arnott, Robert, 21

avoiding debt-laden issuers, prospering by surviving, 190-191

axed, 92

B

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 149, 232

bases, 74

basis point, 70

below-par halo, 252

benchmarks, 27

Benlysta, 171-173

beta, 18

Biogen Idec, 29

biotech stocks, convertibles, 88

biotechs, 169-170

Black, Fischer, 16

black swans, 32

BlackRock, 276

Blankfein, Lloyd, 76

Bogle, Jack, 19

bond bubbles, 49

bond trading, 122

bonds, 62

accrued interest, 122

buying, 83-84