Fundamentals of Investing & MyFinance Student Access Code Card & OTIS Student Access Kit

PART ONE: PREPARING TO INVEST
Chapter 1: The Investment Environment
Investments and the Investment Process
Investment Vehicles
Making Investment Plans
Meeting Liquidity Needs: Investing in Short-Term Vehicles

Chapter 2: Markets and Transactions
Securities Markets
Globalization of Securities Markets
Trading Hours and Regulation of Securities Markets
Basic Types of Securities Transactions

Chapter 3: Investment Information and Securities Transactions
Online Investing
Types and Sources of Investment Information
Understanding Market Averages and Indexes
Making Securities Transactions
Investment Advisers and Investment Clubs
    
PART TWO: IMPORTANT CONCEPTUAL TOOLS
Chapter 4: Return and Risk
The Concept of Return
Measuring Return
Risk: The Other Side of the Coin

Chapter 5: Modern Portfolio Concepts
Principles of Portfolio Planning
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Traditional Versus Modern Portfolio Management

PART THREE: INVESTING IN COMMON STOCKS
Chapter 6: Common Stocks
What Stocks Have to Offer
Basic Characteristics of Common Stock
Common Stock Dividends
Types and Uses of Common Stock

Chapter 7: Analyzing Common Stocks
Security Analysis
Economic Analysis
Industry Analysis
Fundamental Analysis

Chapter 8: Stock Valuation
Valuation: Obtaining a Standard of Performance
Stock Valuation Models

Chapter 9: Technical Analysis, Market Efficiency, and Behavioral Finance
Technical Analysis
Random Walks and Efficient Markets
Behavioral Finance: A Challenge to the Efficient Market Hypothesis

PART FOUR: INVESTING IN FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES
Chapter 10: Fixed-Income Securities
Why Invest in Bonds?
Essential Features of a Bond
The Market for Debt Securities
Convertible Securities

Chapter 11: Bond Valuation
The Behavior of Market Interest Rates
The Pricing of Bonds
Measures of Yield and Return
Duration and Immunization
Bond Investment Strategies

PART FIVE: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Chapter 12: Mutual Funds: Professionally Managed Portfolios
The Mutual Fund Concept
Types of Funds and Services
Investing in Mutual Funds

Chapter 13: Managing Your Own Portfolios
Constructing a Portfolio Using an Asset Allocation Scheme
Evaluating the Performance of Individual Investments
Assessing Portfolio Performance
Timing Transactions

PART SIX: DERIVATIVE SECURITIES
Chapter 14: Options: Puts and Calls
Put and Call Options
Options Pricing and Trading
Stock-Index and Other Types of Options

Chapter 15: Commodities and Financial Futures
The Futures Market
Financial Futures

Appendix A: Financial Tables
Glossary
Index

Online Chapters at the Companion Website
Chapter 16: Investing in Preferred Stocks
Chapter 17: Tax-Advantaged Investments
Chapter 18: Real Estate and Other Tangible Investments