Authors | |
Publisher | Pearson Education Limited |
Year | 2016 |
Pages | 688 |
Version | paperback |
Readership level | Professional and scholarly |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9781292153988 |
Categories | Investment & securities |
For undergraduate courses in Investments.
The Core Concepts and Tools Students Need to Make Informed Investment Decisions
Fundamentals of Investing helps students make informed investment decisions by providing a solid foundation of core concepts and tools. Smart/Gitman/Joehnk use practical, hands-on applications to introduce the topics and techniques used by both personal investors and money managers. The authors integrate a consistent framework based on learning goals to keep students focused in each chapter. Students leave the course with the necessary information for developing, implementing, and monitoring a successful investment program.
The 13th Edition uses a conversational tone to make the foreign language, concepts, and strategies of investing accessible to a student audience. With the help of examples throughout, students learn to make informed decisions in order to achieve investment goals. The book focuses on both individual securities and portfolios, teaching students to consider the risk and return of different types of investments and how to use this knowledge to develop, implement, and monitor goals.
Fundamentals of Investing, Global Edition
Part I: Preparing to Invest
1. The Investment Environment
2. Securities Markets and Transactions
3. Investment Information and Securities Transactions
Part II: Important Conceptual Tools
4. Return and Risk
5. The Time Value of Money
6. Modern Portfolio Concepts
Part III: Investing in Common Stocks
7. Common Stocks
8. Analyzing Common Stocks
9. Stock Valuation
10. Market Efficiency and Behavioral Finance
Part IV: Investing in Fixed-Income Securities
11. Fixed-Income Securities
12. Bond Valuation
Part V: Portfolio Management
13. Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds
14. Managing Your Own Portfolio
Part VI: Derivative Securities
15. Options: Puts and Calls
16. Futures Markets and Securities
Web Chapters (at www.pearsonhighered.com/smart)
17. Investing in Preferred Stocks
18. Tax-Advantaged Investments
19. Real Estate and Other Tangible Investments