"As a former rates trader at a major institution, in my estimation, this book is simply the best text & reference for practitioners in the interest rates markets. For rates traders/salespeople, this book essentially replaces three books (Fabozzi's "Handbook of Fixed Income Securities", Belton's "The Treasury Bond Basis" and Burghardt's "The Eurodollar Futures and Options Handbook"
you may have on your desk at work.
While the other three texts (particularly the last two if you're an MBA student), may cover their respective material in more depth, Mr. Jha's book approaches the material with a traders view in mind. His casual, and often humorous tone makes the material approachable and easy to comprehend for the 1st year Analyst you're about to give this book to. His analogy of Chevy's vs. Ferrari's in describing the Cheapest to Deliver option in Treasury futures was both entertaining AND lucid.
Although the rates markets have been written about extensively (unsurprisingly as it exists as the most fundamental of fixed income markets), Mr. Jha's book closes a major hole in the outstanding literature and should be required reading for any incoming Sales and Trading Analyst or Associate."
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