Investments : analysis and management / Jack Clark Francis
Imprint
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1986
Edition
4th ed
Descript
xix, [951] p. : ill. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Introduction -- Securities -- Securities markets -- Securities Law -- Taxes -- Sources of financial information -- Security market indicators --- Value -- Total risk and its factors -- The characteristic line and capital asset pricing model (CAPM) -- Bond valuation -- Default risk and purchasing power risk in bonds -- The level and structure of market interest rates -- Common stock valuation theory -- Fundamental common stock analysis -- Earnings analysis -- Industry analysis -- Technical analysis -- The behavior of stock market prices -- Preferred stock -- Speculating and hedging -- Commodity futures contracts -- Financial futures contracts -- International investing -- Diversification and portfolio analysis -- Capital market theory -- Different investment goals -- Portfolio performance evaluation -- Multiperiod wealth maximization -- Arbitrage pricing theory(APT) -- Mathematical appendixes -- The chartered financial analysis (CFA) designation