Essentials of Investment and Risk Analysis

Mihail Busu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. His research focuses on Statistics and Econometrics, Economic Modelling, Circular Economy, Competition Policy, Decisional Processes, Financial Risks and Risk Management. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Mathematics, Symmetry, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Amfiteatru Economic, and Energies and Processes. Dr. Busu also serves as a reviewer for several international journals such as Management & Marketing, Challenges for the Knowledge Society, Amfiteatru Economic, Mathematics, Economies, Energies, and Journal of Risk and Financial Management. In 2019, he received the Georgescu Roegen Award for outstanding scientific research. He has been a member of the Romanian Actuarial Society since 2015.

1. Introduction.- 2. Time Value of Money.- 3. Financial Markets.- 4. Stock Market.- 5. Bond Market.- 6. Portfolio Theory.- 7. Derivatives.- 8. Summary Problems.