Schaum's Outline of Investments

Investment courses are in demand by 800,000 business majors and lifelong learners in non-degree programs every year. Schaum's Outline of Investments, Second Edition, presents this authoritative learning guide to the decade's hottest topic making money grow. Contains clear and concise explanations of investment principles, contemporary investment strategies, and international markets.

ISBN-13: 9780071348492

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC

Publication Date: 03-01-2000

Pages: 360

Product Dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Series: Schaum's Outlines

Richard L. Taylor (Dublin, OH) is a multi-award winning author for numerous aviation books, among them Instrument Flying. Retired from a 40+ career in military and commercial piloting and academia, he is now an aviation consultant. Jack Clark Francis, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics and Finance at Bernard Baruch College in New York, He previously worked for the Federal Reserve and has written several textbooks on investments published by McGraw-Hill. Richard W. Taylor, Ph.D., is Professor of Finance at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has published papers in journals like The Financial Review, Financial Analysts Journal, and The Journal of Portfolio Management.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Money Market Securities.

Chapter 2: Common and Preferred Stock.

Chapter 3: Corporate Bonds.

Chapter 4: The Time Value of Money.

Chapter 5: U.S.Treasury, Agency and Related Bonds.

Chapter 6: Municipal Bonds.

Chapter 7: Issuing and Trading Securities.

Chapter 8: Secondary Security Markets.

Chapter 9: Federal Investments Regulations.

Chapter 10: Security Market Indexes.

Chapter 11: Analysis of Financial Statements.

Chapter 12: Short Positions, Hedging, and Arbitrage.

Chapter 13: Total Risk and Risk Factors.

Chapter 14: Bond Valuation.

Chapter 15: Bond Portfolio Management.

Chapter 16: Common Stock Valuation.

Chapter 17: Technical Analysis.

Chapter 18: Efficient Markets Theory.

Chapter 19: Futures.

Chapter 20: Put and Call Options I.

Chapter 21: Put and Call Options II.

Chapter 22: Portfolio Analysis.

Chapter 23: Capital Market Theory.

Chapter 24: Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT).

Chapter 25: Portfolio Performance Evaluation.

Chapter 26: International Investing.
Appendices:
A: Present Value of $1.
B: Future Value of $1.
C: Present Value of an Annuity of $1.
D: Future Value of an Anuity fo $1. Show More