Investments (Tenth Edition)

This textbook sets the standard for textbooks on investments, with a balanced blend of theory and practice, appropriate rigor and a clear writing style. The unifying theme throughout the text is that investors' opportunities are constrained in highly competitive markets. Higher returns generally will come at the price of greater risk and the strongest investment performance requires differential insight.

Book Features:

• Coverage on Modern Portfolio Theory, which focuses on the techniques and implications of efficient diversification
• The text provides complete coverage of futures, options and other derivative security markets
• Strong treatment of Excel. Selected chapters contain problems, denoted by an icon, specifically linked to Excel templates that are available on the book website

Table of Contents:

About the Authors
Preface
Supplements
Acknowledgments

Part I: Introduction

• The Investment Environment
• Asset Classes and Financial Instruments
• How Securities are Traded
• Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies

Part II: Portfolio Theory and Practice

• Risk, Return and the Historical Record
• Capital Allocation to Risky Assets
• Optimal Risky Portfolios
• Index Models

Part III: Equilibrium in Capital Markets

• The Capital Asset Pricing Model
• Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multifactor Models of Risk and Return
• The Efficient Market Hypothesis
• Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis
• Empirical Evidence on Security Returns

Part IV: Fixed-Income Securities

• Bond Prices and Yields
• The Term Structure of Interest Rates
• Managing Bond Portfolios

Part V: Security Analysis

• Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis
• Equity Valuation Models
• Financial Statement Analysis

Part VI: Options, Futures and Other Derivatives

• Options Markets: Introduction
• Option Valuation
• Futures Markets
• Futures, Swaps and Risk Management

Part VII: Applied Portfolio Management

• Portfolio Performance Evaluation
• International Diversification
• Hedge Funds
• The Theory of Active Portfolio Management
• Investment Policy and the Framework of the CFA Institute

Appendix: References to CFA Problems
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index