Student Problem Manual to accompany Investments

by Bodie, Zvi; Kane, Alex; Marcus, Alan J.

• ISBN13: 9780073269696
• ISBN10: 0073269697
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-18
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

Created by Maryellen Epplin, University of Central Oklahoma, this useful supplement contains problems created to specifically relate the concepts discussed in each chapter. Solutions are provided at the end of each chapter in the manual.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction
The Investment Environment	1	(2)
Asset Classes and Financial Instruments	3	(4)
How Securities are Traded	7	(4)
Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies	11	(4)
II. Portfolio Theory and Practice
Learning about Return and Risk from the Historical Record	15	(4)
Risk Aversion and Capital Allocation to Risky Assets	19	(4)
Optimal Risky Portfolios	23	(2)
Index Models	25	(2)
III. Equilibrium in Capital Markets
The Capital Asset Pricing Model	27	(4)
Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multifactor Models of Risk and Return	31	(4)
The Efficient Market Hypothesis	35	(2)
Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis	37	(4)
Empirical Evidence on Security Returns	41	(2)
IV. Fixed Income Securities
Bond Prices and Yields	43	(4)
The Term Structure of Interest Rates	47	(2)
Managing Bond Portfolios	49	(4)
V. Security Analysis
Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis	53	(2)
Equity Valuation Models	55	(4)
Financial Statement Analysis	59	(4)
VI. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
Options Markets: Introduction	63	(4)
Option Valuation	67	(4)
Futures Markets	71	(4)
Futures and Swaps: Markets and Applications	75	(4)
VII. Applied Portfolio Management
Portfolio Performance Evaluation	79	(4)
International Diversification	83	(2)
Investment Policy and the Framework of the CFA Institute	85	(2)
The Theory of Active Portfolio Management	87