TY - BOOK AU - Bodie,Zvi AU - Kane,Alex AU - Marcus,Alan J. TI - Essentials of investments SN - 9780073041537 (alk. paper) U1 - 332.6 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Investments N1 - Contents; Part One. Elements of Investments 1. Investments: Background and Issue 2. Financial Securities 3. Securities markets 4. Mutual Funds and Other investments companies Part Two. Portfolio Theory 5. Risk and Returns: Past and Prologue 6. Efficient Diversification 7. Capital Assets Pricing and Arbitrage pricing Theory 8. Efficient Markets and the Behavioral Critique Part Three. Debt Security 9. Bond Prices and Yields 10. Managing Bond Portfolios Part Four. Security Analysis 11. Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis 12. Equity Valuation 13. Financial Statement Analysis Part Five. Derivation Markets 14. Options Markets 15. Option Valuation 16. Future Markets Part Six. Active Investment Management 17. Performance Evaluation and Active portfolio Management 18. Globalization and International Investing 19. Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis 20. Taxes, Inflation and Investment Strategy 21. Investors and the Investment process ; Includes bibliographical references and index ER -