Investments

Haim Levy, Thierry Post

915 pages, parution le 23/11/2004

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Résumé

Investments offers a topical and thorough introduction to securities, securities markets and investment strategies, discussing in detail the various ways in which you can minimise risk and maximise yields.

Recent years have witnessed a revolution in the field of finance and investment in the capital market, with the market becoming truly global. This book addresses this difficult subject in a logical manner - organised and written around the new developments and challenges facing the capital market. The book takes a truly international approach with coverage of international markets and companies.

This book is suitable for any undergraduate or postgraduate investments course taken as part of a finance, business or economics programme.

Features

Bridges theory and application by using articles from the financial media, in particular the Financial Times, as well as real-world mini-cases to illustrate concepts
A strong problem-solving approach is supported through many solved sample problems and practice boxes throughout the text - strong end-of-chapter problems and cases use real world information and data to give students the opportunity to apply what they've learned to solving real problems
Up-to-date coverage of investment practice and academic research provides students with academic rigour.
Appendices with regression and Excel tools for empirical research and practical applications
Comprehensive companion website provides teaching and learning resources including PowerPoint slides and an instructor's manual.

Sommaire

Introduction
The Investment Environment
- Bonds, stocks and other securities
- Security markets
- Institutional investors
- Security regulation and investment ethics
Return and Risk
- Rates of return
- Fundamentals of portfolio analysis
- Mean--variance analysis
- Portfolio diversification
Capital Markets in Equilibrium
- The capital asset-pricing model
- The arbitrage pricing theory
- Efficient markets: theory and evidence
Security Analysis
- Interest rates and bond valuation
- Bonds: analysis and management
- Stocks: valuation and selection
- Financial statement analysis
- Macroeconomic analysis
- Technical analysis
- Derivative Securities
- Futures, options and other derivatives
- Derivatives valuation
Portfolio Management
- Risk management
- Performance evaluation
- A: Introduction to Regression Analysis
- B: Excel Spreadsheet Applications
- C: Review Questions: Answers

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Haim Levy, Thierry Post
Parution	23/11/2004
Nb. de pages	915
Format	19 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1565g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780273651642
ISBN13	978-0-273-65164-2