TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mandell,Lewis
AU  - O'Brien,Thomas J.
TI  - Investments
SN  - 0023753404
AV  - HG4521 .M288 1992
U1  - 332.6 22
PY  - 1992///
CY  - New York, Toronto, New York
PB  - Macmillan, Maxwell Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International
KW  - Investments
N1  - Content

Chapter 1
Introduction to investments
The changing investment scene
Purpose and meaning of investments
Types of investments
etc.

Chapter 2
Investment return
Rate of return
Norminal vs. real rates of return
Compound return
Portfolio rate of return
etc.

Chapter 3
Risk and uncertainty
Expected rate of return
The measurement of risk
Diversification and risk
etc.

Chapter 4
Overview of the structure and functioning of investment markets
Securities
Primary markets
Secondary markets
Investment banks and brokerage houses
etc.

Chapter 5
Market participation
The investment public
Fraudulent, manipulative, and Millken affair
Securities regulations
etc.

Chapter 6
Sources of investment information
Financial information
Introduction to investment information
Reading stock quotes
More detailed information
etc.

Chapter 7
Equities
Direct,indirect, derivative and passive investments
Equity
Characteristics of commin stock
Voting
etc.

Chapter 8
Stock Markets and indexes
Stock Markets
Stock Market averages
Summary
etc.

Chapter 9
Money and currency markets
Depository accounts
Negotiable short-term instruments: The money market
Yield curve
Currencies
etc.

Chapter 10
Long-term fixed income securities
Intermediate and longer term debt obligations
Treasury bonds, Notes and Agencies
Corporate bonds and preferreds
etc.

Chapter 11
Real and securitized investments
Tangible investments
Real estate
Mortgages
etc.

Chapter 12
Derivative securities: Futures, options and swaps
Furures
Options
Warrants
Swaps
etc.

Chapter 13
Investment companies and managed funds
Introduction
Mutual funds
Closed-end funds
Other managed funds
etc.

Chapter 14
Asset allocation
Individual asset allocation
Asset allocation in managed fundd
Markowitz- effecient diversification
etc.

Chapter 15
Fundamental analysis
Introduction to fundamenta analysis
Introduction to corporate analysis
Firm analysis
Equity valuation models
etc.

Chapter 16
Economic and tax environment
Corporate investment decisions in a capital economy
Consumers, life cycle trends and inflation
International competitive and trade
Stabilizers
etc.

Chapter 17
Technical analysis, Market timing and other investment systems
The keynesian beauty contest
The ' theory ' and tools of technical analysis
Overreaction and contrary opinion
etc.

Chapter 18
Arbitrage and program trading
Introduction
Interest rates
Sport/futures arbitrage
etc.

Chapter 19
Portfolio risk management
Using options in equity portfolios
Limiting losses: Portfolio insurance
Equity Portfolio risk management with stock index futures
etc.

Chapter 20
Asset pricing- CAPM and APT
Modern investment theory
Implication of the CAPM
Applications of the CAPM
etc.

Chapter 21
Option valuation
Factors that influence option valuation
Two-state option valuation
The black-scholes Model
etc.

Chapter 22
Efficient Market theory
What is Market efficiency ?
Arguments in fabor of the EMH
Anomalies
etc.

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; Includes bibliographical references and index
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