Sears, R. Stephen. <br/><br/>
Investment management / 
R. Stephen Sears, Gary L. Trennepohl. 
 - Fort Worth :   Dryden Press,  c1993. 
 - xxv, 1056, [40] p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - The Dryden Press series in finance .
<br/><br/> I. THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT <br/>1. Investment management: an introduction and overview<br/>2. Alternative financial securities<br/>3. The organization and functioning of financial market <br/>4. Market indicators <br/><br/>II. CONCEPTS UNDERLYING THE ANALYSIS AND SELECTION OF INVESTIMENT PORTFOLIOS<br/>5. Efficient capital markets: The capital theory<br/>6. Measuring expected return and risk for individual securities and portfolios<br/>7. Finding the efficient frontiers <br/>8. The single index model<br/><br/>III. ASSET PRICING AND THE EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE<br/>9. Capital market equilibrium: The capital asset pricing model<br/>10. Extensions to the capital asset pricing model<br/>11. Matching investor preferences with portfolio characteristics<br/>12. Evaluating investment performance<br/><br/>IV. ASSETS AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: BONDS AND COMMON STOCKK<br/>13. Bond valuation and interest rate rate theory<br/>14. Managing fixed-income portfolios<br/>15. Common and preferred stock valuations <br/>16. Fundamental and technical analysis<br/>17. Institutional investors and portfolio management practice<br/><br/>V. ASSETS AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: OPTIONS AND FUTURES<br/>18. Characteristics and valuation of put and call options <br/>19. Portfolio management strategies using put and call options<br/>20. Future contracts: an introduction to their markets and their pricing<br/>21. Portfolio strategies using financial futures <br/><br/>VI. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER<br/>22. Personal portfolio management: a suggested guideline<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>003028662X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Investments.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.678  / SEA