The Achieving Society or Fundamentals of Investments

The Achieving Society

Author: David C McClelland

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Fundamentals of Investments

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New edition of a text that presents the basic building blocks of modern investment thought, i.e. the financial instruments available to investors and the ways in which markets for these instruments operate. Alexander (U. of Minnesota), William F. Sharpe (Stanford U.) and Jeffery V. Bailey (Target Corp.) present six chapters that discuss introductory material, the investment environment, modern investment theory, common stocks, fixed-income securities, and other investments. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	A note to the student
	Guided tour
	Acknowledgements
	Publisher's acknowledgements
	Abbreviations
Pt. I	The market environment and securities	1
1	Introduction	3
2	Bonds, stocks and other financial securities	27
3	Security markets	66
Pt. II	Risk and return	113
4	The past: return, risk and risk premium - definitions, measurement and the historical record	115
5	The future: return, risk, risk aversion, risk premium and asset prices	147
6	Risk reduction by diversification	169
Pt. III	Bonds and stocks	195
7	Interest rates and bond valuation	197
8	Bonds: analysis and management	226
9	Common stocks: valuation	250
10	Common stocks: selection	282
11	Market and industry analysis	305
Pt. IV	Derivatives	325
12	Forward and futures contracts	327
13	Options: basic concepts and strategies	352
Pt. V	Risk reduction and diversification	395
14	Risk and return: the linear relationships and the capital asset pricing model	397
15	International investment	431
Pt. VI	Market efficiency, mutual funds and technical analysis	457
16	Efficient markets: theory and evidence	459
17	Investment companies and mutual funds	487
18	Technical analysis	525
	App. A: Review of time value concepts	542
	App. B: International websites	544
	Glossary	548
	Index	557