Preface

Investment Opportunities

p. 1

Introduction

p. 3

Appendix 1A The Geometric Mean Return

p. 27

Appendix 1B Employment Opportunities in Investments

p. 30

Debt Securities

p. 34

Equity and Asset-Backed Securities

p. 56

The Market Place

p. 81

Securities Markets

p. 83

Measures of Market Price Movements

p. 122

Appendix 5A Correlation

p. 145

Regulating Securities Markets

p. 147

Federal Taxes

p. 170

Financial Analysis

p. 197

Investment Information Sources

p. 199

Analysis of Financial Statements

p. 228

The Default-Risk Factor

p. 259

The Interest Rate Risk Factor

p. 281

Bond Selection

p. 300

Common Stock Analysis

p. 331

Analyzing Earnings

p. 360

Analysis of More Risk Factors

p. 379

Technical Analysis

p. 381

The Efficient Markets Hypothesis

p. 400

The Market Risk Factor

p. 426

Purchasing-Power Risk and Other Risk Factors

p. 450

Management Risk and Other Risk Factors

p. 472

Making Buy-Sell Decisions

p. 490

Diversification

p. 511

Options, Warrants, and Convertibles

p. 513

Appendix 21A The Black-Scholes Call Option Pricing Formula

p. 543

Appendix 21B The Put-Call Parity Formula

p. 547

Commodity Futures

p. 549

Investing in Real Assets

p. 570

Portfolio Analysis

p. 593

Capital Market Theory

p. 616

Arbitrage Pricing Theory

p. 635

International Investing

p. 652

Investment Performance Evaluation

p. 671

Appendix A Computer Software and Data

p. A-1

Appendix B Investments Analysis with Hand-Held Calculators

p. B-1

Appendix C Answers to Problems and Questions

p. C-1

Glossary

p. G-1

Indexes

p. I-1

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