Investments [Paperback]

by William F. Sharpe and Gordon J. Alexander and Jeffery V. Baley

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Description of Investments

Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in Investments, this book provides a solid theoretical framework around which to build practical knowledge of securities and securities markets. The authors, including a Nobel Prize winner and a full-time practitioner, offer a balanced presentation of theory and practice as they explain to students the essentials of prominent investment concepts. Just as importantly, they illustrate how those concepts are applied by professional investors. The Sixth Edition distills the growing complexity of the investment environment, enumerating and describing today's various securities and markets in a clear, concise manner and integrating discussions of new investment management techniques.

Title Information

ISBN:: 9780130115072
Pages:: 992 pages
Format:: Paperback
Product Code:: 16985
Publisher:: Pearson Higher Education
Published:: 01/10/1998
Edition:: 6th International edition

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Contents of Investments

Preface
About the Authors

1. Introduction
2. Buying and selling securities
3. Security markets
4. Efficient Markets, Investment value and market price
5. The valuation of riskless securities
6. The portfolio selection problem
7. Portfolio analysis
8. Risk free lending and borrowing
9. The capital asset pricing model
10. Factors models
11. Arbitrage pricing theory
12. Taxes and inflation
13. Fixed-income securities
14. Bond analysis
15. Bond portfolio management
16. Common stocks
17. The valuation of common stocks
18. Earnings
19. Options
20. Futures
21. Investment Companies
22. Financial Analysis
23. Investment management
24. Portfolio performance evaluation
25. International Investing

Glossary
Selected Solutions