Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Foreword by Dr Stephen Barber -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Basics -- Chapter 1: What's a bond? Some key concepts -- Chapter 2: Why buy bonds? The risks and rewards of investing in bonds -- Chapter 3: The players in the bond markets -- Chapter 4: The life cycle of a bond -- Chapter 5: What hapens if interest rates move? -- Chapter 6: Credit quality and ratings -- Part 2: Bond Markets -- Chapter 7: Gilts -- Chapter 8: Index-linked gilts -- Chapter 9: Domestic and Eurosterling corporate bonds -- Chapter 10: Zeros, FRNs, convertibles and others -- Chapter 11: Other types of bonds -- Chapter 12: Overseas and foreign currency bonds -- Chapter 13: A walk on the wilde side - distressed and illiquid debt -- Chapter 14: Bond funds -- Part 3: Practical Matters -- Chapter 15: Dealing, custody and other mechanics -- Chapter 16: Building a portfolio -- Chapter 17: Trading the fixed income markets -- Chapter 18: Trading with technical analysis -- Chapter 19: Tax -- The Six Golden Rules of Investing -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Sample bond prospectus and notes -- Appendix 2: Bond maths -- Appendix 3: Resources for investors -- Appendix 4: Brokers -- Appendix 5: RPI/CPI table -- Appendix 6: Gilt edged market makers -- Appendix 7: GBP corporate bond prices and yields -- Appendix 8: Glossary -- Index.