| Description |
Bodie, Kane and Marcus is the leading investments text in US business schools and a popular title across the world. The publication of an Australian edition of Investments builds on this strong foundation. This new title incorporates examples that are especially relevant to the Australian environment, such as the ASX and The Reserve Bank. The new Australian edition provides students with the perfect blend of practical and theoretical content, together with the tools they need for success in investment analysis. Students not only learn the basics, but also how to critically appraise new ideas and challenges that they will face in their professional lives. |
| Key Features |
Includes the following powerful features! ? Topical investment issues such as corporate governance and behavioural finance ? Comprehensive coverage of the local investment environment; including the taxation system, superannuation, how securities are traded and government policy. ? Excel Applications that encourage students to explore concepts further ? End-of-chapter questions that are tied to Standard and Poor?s Educational version of Market Insight. Included free, with the purchase of this text, students have access to quantitative and qualitative data of over 500 top companies in the world. ? Every chapter includes expanded E-investments boxes to provide students with the navigational tools for finding financial information and data on the web ? Rich online resources for both lecturers and students
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| Table of Contents |
Part 1 - Introduction 1. The Investment Environment 2. Financial Instruments 3. How Securities are Traded 4. Mutual Funds and Investment Companies Part 2 - Portfolio Theory 5. History of Interest Rates and Risk Premiums 6. Risk and Risk Aversion 7. Capital Allocation between the Risky Asset and the Risk-free Asset 8. Optimal Risky Portfolios Part 3 - Equilibrium Capital Markets 9. The Capital Asset Pricing Model 10. Index Models 11. Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multifactor Models of Risk and Return 12. Market Efficiency and Behavioural Finance 13. Empirical Evidence on Security Returns Part 4 - Fixed-Income Securities 14. Bonds Prices and Yields 15. The Term Structure of Interest Rates 16. Managing Bond Portfolios Part 5 - Security Analysis 17. Macroeconomic Industry Analysis 18. Equity Valuation Models 19. Financial Statement Analysis Part 6 - Options, Futures and Other Derivatives 20. Options Markets: Introduction 21. Option Valuation 22. Futures Markets 23. Futures and Swaps: A Closer Look Part 7 - Applied Portfolio Management 24. Portfolio Performance Evaluation 25. International Diversification 26. The Process of Portfolio Management 27. The Theory of Active Portfolio Management |
| Supplements |
ISBN: 0074717715 Author(s): BODIE ARIFF |
