Investments : analysis and management / Jack Clark Francis
Imprint
New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991
Edition
5th. ed
Descript
xxiv, 825, 27, 16 p. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Setting: Securities ; Securities markets ; Securities law ; Federal taxes ; Sources of financial information ; Market indexes -- Introduction to investments theory: Determinants of securities prices ; Diversification and portfolio analysis ; Characteristic line and the CAPM ; Arbitrage pricing theory (APT) -- Bond valuation: Market interest rates ; Interest rate risk ; Default risk and purchasing power risk -- Equity valuation: Stock valuation ; Earnings and stock prices -- Movements of stock prices: Technical analysis -- Portfolio selection: Investment decision theory ; Capital market theory ; Investment performance evaluation -- Other investments: Puts and calls ; Options applications ; Futures contracts ; International investing