Investments with Connect Plus

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

• ISBN13: 9780077477561
• ISBN10: 0077477561
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-02
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

Bodie, Kane, and Marcus’ Investments sets the standard for graduate/MBA investments textbooks. It blends practical and theoretical coverage, while maintaining an appropriate rigor and a clear writing style. Its unifying theme is that security markets are nearly efficient, meaning that most securities are priced appropriately given their risk and return attributes. The text places greater emphasis on asset allocation and offers a much broader and deeper treatment of futures, options, and other derivative security markets than most investment texts. It is also the only graduate Investments text to offer an online homework management system, McGraw-Hill’s Connect Finance.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction

1 The Investment Environment

2 Asset Classes and Financial Instruments

3 How Securities are Traded

4 Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies

Part II Portfolio Theory and Practice

5 Introduction to Risk, Return, and the Historical Record

6 Risk Aversion and Capital Allocation to Risky Assets

7 Optimal Risky Portfolios

8 Index Models

Part III Equilibrium in Capital Markets

9 The Capital Asset Pricing Model

10 Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multifactor Models of Risk and Return

11 The Efficient Market Hypothesis

12 Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis

13 Empirical Evidence on Security Returns

Part IV Fixed-Income Securities

14 Bond Prices and Yields

15 The Term Structure of Interest Rates

16 Managing Bond Portfolios

Part V Security Analysis

17 Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis

18 Equity Valuation Models

19 Financial Statement Analysis

Part VI Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

20 Options Markets: Introduction

21 Option Valuation

22 Futures Markets

23 Futures, Swaps, and Risk Management

Part VII Applied Portfolio Management

24 Portfolio Performance Evaluation

25 International Diversification

26 Hedge Funds

27 The Theory of Active Portfolio Management

28 Investment Policy and the Framework of the CFA Institute

References to CFA Problems

Glossary

Name Index

Subject Index