2005-08-19 Superb: clear, concise, and comprehensive.

Unlike so many financial markets books, the authors are capable of giving a clear explanation of their subject material, from the business and economics mechanisms, to the supporting mathematics.
Individual topics are clearly explained, and at least as importantly, their overall position within the sector is also made clear.
It's also a pleasant change to find a book that covers "the rest of the World"; again, unlike so many that are written on the basis that the world ends at the borders of the USA..