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TIGRS, CATS AND LIONS

TIGRs, CATS and LIONs—No, you will not encounter them in The Wizard of Oz. You cannot find them in a zoo, either. These things with the catchy names are actually bonds. There are other animal-named bonds as well—dealers have sold RATs, COUGARs, GATORs, EAGLEs, and even DOGs. In this tutorial, we will focus on those in the title, as they were the most popular.

Let's start sorting out this menagerie with a few definitions.

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