TY - BOOK AU - Bodie,Zvi AU - Kane,Alex AU - Marcus,Alan J. TI - Essentials of investments SN - 9780071263245 SN - 978007127 AV - HG4521 .B563 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Investments N1 - Part 1: Elements of Investments 1- Investments: Background and Issues 2- Asset Classes and Financial Instruments 3- How Securities are Traded 4- Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies Part 2: Portfolio Theory 5- Risk and Return: Past and Prologue 6- Efficient Diversification 7- Capital Asset Pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory 8- Market Efficiency 9- Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis Part 3: Debt Securities 10- Bond Prices and Yields 11- Managing Bond Portfolios Part 4: Security Analysis 12- Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis 13- Equity Valuation 14- Financial Statement Analysis Part 5: Derivative Markets 15- Options Markets 16- Option Valuation 17- Futures Markets and Risk Management Part 6: Active Investment Management 18- Globalization and International Investing 19- Performance Evaluation and Active Portfolio Management 20- Taxes, Inflation, and Investment Strategy 21- Investors and the Investment Process ER -