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Bond investing (fixed income) encompasses analysis, trading, and portfolio management of debt securities. Core skills include credit analysis (assessing default risk), yield curve strategy (benefiting from term structure), duration management (interest rate risk), and valuation (pricing bonds relative to fundamentals). Fixed income represents ~50% of global capital markets; mastery of credit spreads and bond analytics is highly valued in finance. - Market Size: $130+ trillion in global bonds; largest asset class