Investments
by Levy, Haim
"This topical introduction to investment in security markets discusses in detail the various ways in which you can minimise risk and maximise yields. One of the basic insights that you will obtain from reading this book is that good investments generally do not require forecasting skills. Rather, in many cases, good investments require the matching of the investments with the objectives and constraints of the investor." "Investments is suitable for use by intermediate to advanced undergraduate …
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- Full title :Investments / Haim Levy and Thierry Post.
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"This topical introduction to investment in security markets discusses in detail the various ways in which you can minimise risk and maximise yields. One of the basic insights that you will obtain from reading this book is that good investments generally do not require forecasting skills. Rather, in many cases, good investments require the matching of the investments with the objectives and constraints of the investor." "Investments is suitable for use by intermediate to advanced undergraduate students taking courses in investments as part of accounting, finance, economics and business studies degrees. It is also suitable for postgraduate students on MBA courses and other programmes covering investments."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Prentice Hall/Financial Times
- Place of Publication:Harlow, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxiv, 614 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0273651641, 9780273651642
- oclc:ocn224447227
- LC Classification:HG4521
- Dewey Decimal:332.6
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Bonds, stocks and other securities -- 3. Security markets -- 4. Institutional investors -- 5. Security regulation and investment ethics -- 6. Rates of return -- 7. Fundamentals of portfolio analysis -- 8. Mean-variance analysis -- 9. Portfolio diversification -- 10. The capital asset-pricing model -- 11. The arbitrage pricing theory -- 12. Efficient markets : theory and evidence -- 13. Interest rates and bond valuation -- 14. Bonds : analysis and management -- 15. Stocks : valuation and selection -- 16. Financial statement analysis -- 17. Macroeconomic analysis -- 18. Technical analysis -- 19. Futures, options and other derivatives -- 20. Derivatives valuation -- 21. Risk management -- 22. Performance evaluation -- App. A. Introduction to regression analysis -- App. B. Excel spreadsheet applications.
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