Essentials of investments /
Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, and Alan J. Marcus.
- Twelfth edition.
- xxvi, 741 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
- The McGraw Hill education series in finance, insurance, and real estate .
Revised edition of the authors' Essentials of investments, [2019]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Elements of investments -- Investments: background and issues -- Asset classes and financial instruments -- Securities markets -- Mutual funds and other investment companies -- Part 2. Portfolio theory -- Risk, return, and the historical record -- Efficient diversification -- Capital asset pricing and arbitrage pricing theory -- The efficient market hypothesis -- Behavioral finance and technical analysis -- Part 3. Debt securities -- Bond prices and yields -- Managing bond portfolios -- Part 4. Security analysis -- Macroeconomic and industry analysis -- Equity valuation -- Financial statement analysis -- Part 5. Derivative markets -- Option markets -- Option valuation -- Futures markets and risk management -- Part 6 Active investment management -- Evaluating investment performance -- International diversification -- Hedge funds -- Taxes, inflation, and investment strategy -- Investors and the investment process.
"Essentials of Investments, Twelfth Edition, is intended as a textbook on investment analysis most applicable for a student's first course in investments. The chapters are written in a modular format to give instructors the flexibility to either omit certain chapters or rearrange their order. The highlights in the margins describe updates and important features in this edition"--