Part 1: Introduction to investments -- Importance of studying investments -- Sources of investment information -- Part 2: Equity securities -- Overview of equities markets -- Buying and selling equities -- Risk and return -- Part 3: Fixed-income securities -- Bond market -- Bond valuation and management -- Part 4: Common stock analysis -- Common stock basics -- Investment environment -- Part 5: Common stock selection -- Growth stock investing -- Value investing -- Part 6: Efficient markets -- Efficient market hypothesis -- Capital asset pricing theory -- Stock market anomalies -- Part 7: Investment management -- Mutual funds -- Global investing -- Part 8: Financial derivatives -- Options markets and strategies -- Futures markets

1. Investments