Investments An Introduction,9780324180077

Investments An Introduction

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ISBN13: 9780324180077
ISBN10: 0324180071
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-07-09
Publisher(s): South-Western College Pub
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Table of Contents

Part 1 The Environment of Investing 1(249)
An Introduction to Investments
3(23)
Appendix 1: Supply and Demand
21(5)
The Creation of Financial Assets
26(21)
Security Markets
47(33)
Sources of Information
80(17)
The Time Value of Money
97(25)
The Tax Environment
122(28)
Risk and Portfolio Management
150(60)
Appendix 7: Statistical Tools
196(14)
Investment Companies
210(39)
Appendix 8: The Taxation of Mutual Fund Distributions
247(2)
Part 2 Investing in Common Stock 249(210)
The Valuation of Common Stock
250(43)
The Return on Common Stock Investments
293(36)
Dividends: Past, Present, and Future
329(26)
Appendix 11: Use of Regression Analysis to Estimate Growth Rates
352(3)
The Macroeconomic Environment for Investment Decisions
355(32)
Security Selection: Analysis of Financial Statements
387(50)
Appendix 13: Financial Leverage and the Return on Equity
431(6)
Technical Analysis
437(22)
Part 3 Investing in Fixed-Income Securities 459(156)
The Bond Market
460(32)
Appendix 15: The Term Structure of Interest Rates
490(2)
The Valuation of Fixed-Income Securities
492(54)
Appendix 16A: Bond Discounts/Premiums & Duration Compared
540(4)
Appendix 16B: Using the Yield to Maturity to Price a Bond
544(2)
Government Securities
546(41)
Appendix 17: Using Yield Curves
581(6)
Convertible Bonds and Convertible Preferred Stock
587(28)
Part 4 Derivatives 615(112)
An Introduction to Options
616(39)
Option Valuation and Strategies
655(38)
Appendix 20: Binomial Option Pricing
689(4)
Commodity and Financial Futures
693(34)
Part 5 Portfolio Management 727(1)
Investing in Foreign Securities
728(29)
Investing in Nonfinancial Assets: Collectibles, Resources, and Real Estate
757(44)
Portfolio Planning and Management
801
Appendix A Mathematical Tables 1(1)
Appendix B Answers to Selected Problems 1(1)
Glossary 1(1)
Index 1

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