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Fundamentals of Investments was written to: 1. Focus on students as investment managers, giving them information they can act on instead of concentrating on theories and research without the proper context. 2. Offer strong, consistent pedagogy, including a balanced, unified treatment of the main types of financial investments as mirrored in the investment world. 3. Organize topics in a way that makes them easy to apply--whether to a portfolio simulation or to real life--and support these topics with hands-on activities. The approach of this text reflects two central ideas. First, there is a consistent focus on the student as an individual investor or investments manager. Second, a consistent, unified treatment of the four basic types of financial instruments--stocks, bonds, options, and futures--focusing on their characteristics and features, their risks and returns, and the markets in which they trade. Students that choose the VitalBook version of this title have access to powerful digital learning tools. Students can share notes with others, customize the appearance and layout of the content, and organize all their digital course materials from a single program. VitalSource is a downloadable eBook. Students can install their eBook on up to two machines. Students can also print sections of the book for maximum portability.
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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- CHAPTER 1 A Brief History of Risk and Return
- CHAPTER 2 Buying and Selling Securities
- CHAPTER 3 Overview of Security Types
- CHAPTER 4 Mutual Funds
- CHAPTER 5 The Stock Market
- CHAPTER 6 Common Stock Valuation
- CHAPTER 7 Stock Price Behavior and Market Efficiency
- CHAPTER 8 Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing
- CHAPTER 9 Interest Rates
- CHAPTER 10 Bond Prices and Yields
- CHAPTER 11 Diversification and Risky Asset Allocation
- CHAPTER 12 Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line
- CHAPTER 13 Performance Evaluation and Risk Management
- CHAPTER 14 Futures Contracts
- CHAPTER 15 Stock Options
- CHAPTER 16 Option Valuation
- CHAPTER 17 Projecting Cash Flow and Earnings
- CHAPTER 18 Corporate Bonds
- CHAPTER 19 Government Bonds
- CHAPTER 20 Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Appendix A Answers to Test Your Investment Quotient Questions
- Appendix B Answers to Selected Questions and Problems
- Name Index
- Equation Index
- Subject Index
