Essentials of Investments

Part One: Elements of Investments1. Investments: Backgrounds and Issues2. Financial Markets and Instruments3. How Securities are Traded4. Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies5. Investors and the Investments ProcessPart Two: Portfolio Theory6. Risk and Return: Past and Prologue7. Efficient Diversification8. Capital Asset Pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory9. The Efficient Market HypothesisPart Three: Fixed-Income Securities10. Bond Prices and Yields11. Managing Fixed-Income InvestmentsPart Four: Security Analysis12. Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis13. Equity Valuation14. Financial Statement Analysis15. Technical AnalysisPart Five: Derivative Assets: Options and Futures16. Options Markets17. Option Valuation18. Futures MarketsPart Six: Active Investment Management19. Performance Evaluation and Active Portfolio Management (new title to come)20. International Diversification