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Investments, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-470-51956-1
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792 pages
December 2009, ©2008
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Preface ix

List of Symbols and Abbreviations xv

PART 1: FINANCIAL MARKETS.

CHAPTER 1 Markets and Players 3

CHAPTER 2 Raising Finance 19

CHAPTER 3 Financial Instruments 39

CHAPTER 4 Trading Securities 63

CHAPTER 5 Investment Companies 73

PART 2: VALUATION.

CHAPTER 6 Valuation Techniques 85

CHAPTER 7 Cost of Capital 109

CHAPTER 8 Valuing Firms 125

PART 3: ASSET RETURNS AND PORTFOLIO THEORY.

CHAPTER 9 Measuring Asset Returns 153

CHAPTER 10 Portfolio Theory 189

CHAPTER 11 International Portfolio Diversification 221

CHAPTER 12 Single-Index Model 239

CHAPTER 13 CAPM and APT 265

PART 4: EQUITY MARKETS.

CHAPTER 14 Stock Valuation and the EMH 291

CHAPTER 15 Behavioural Finance and Anomalies 317

CHAPTER 16 Predicting Stock Returns 337

CHAPTER 17 Technical Trading Rules 353

PART 5: FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET.

CHAPTER 18 Spot and Forward Markets 379

PART 6: FIXED-INCOME MARKETS.

CHAPTER 19 Money Markets 417

CHAPTER 20 Bond Markets 439

CHAPTER 21 Term Structure of Interest Rates 465

CHAPTER 22 Bond Market Strategies 481

PART 7: DERIVATIVES.

CHAPTER 23 Derivative Securities 507

CHAPTER 24 Futures Markets 533

CHAPTER 25 Options Markets 559

CHAPTER 26 Options Pricing 589

CHAPTER 27 Energy and Weather Derivatives 623

PART 8: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT.

CHAPTER 28 Private Equity 645

CHAPTER 29 Performance of Mutual Funds 655

CHAPTER 30 Hedge Funds 675

CHAPTER 31 Market Risk and Value at Risk 697

Glossary 719

Internet Sites 741

References 745

Index 755

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