Fundamentals of investments /
Richard A. Stevenson, Edward H. Jennings, David Loy.
- 4th ed.
- St. Paul : West Pub. Co., c1988.
- xxvi, 565 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Table of contents
Part 1 Investment essentials 1 chapter 1. Investments: Risk and return decisions 3-23 Chapter 2. Investor participation in financial markets 25-53 Chapter 3. Sources of investment information 55 Part 2 Risk and valuation concepts 79 Chapter 4. Risk and return measures 82-119 Chapter 5. Valuation approaches: Fundamental and technical analysis 121-149 Chapter 6. Asset pricing models 153-180 Part 3 Equity valuation 185 Chapter 7 Analysis of the economy 187-208 Chapter 8. Industry analysis 211-232 Chapter 9. Company Analysis 233-268 Part 4 Fixed-income investing 275 Chapter 10. Fixed-income investment concepts 277-303 Chapter 11. Money market securities and government bonds 305-327 Chapter 12. Corporate bonds and preferred stock 329-356 Chapter 13. Fixed-income innovations and investment management strategies 359-373 Part 5 Specialized Investments and investment approaches 375 Chapter 14. Leverage-inherent securities 377-407 Chapter 15. Futures trading 409-430 Chapter 16. Investment Companies 437-457 Chapter 17. Global Investing 463-479 Part 6 Investment planning for a portfolio construction 481 Chapter 18. Planning for a portfolio 483-497 Chapter 19. Managing an institutional portfolio 503-520 Chapter 20 Measuring investment performance 527-547 Appendix: Present value tables 549 Glossary 553 Index 561