Fundamentals of Investing

The core concepts and tools students need to make informed investment decisions. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Fundamentals of Investing helps students make informed investment decisions in their personal and professional lives by providing a solid foundation of core concepts and tools. Gitman/Joehnk/Smart use practical, hands-on applications to introduce the topics and techniques used by both personal investors and money managers. The authors integrate a consistent framework based on learning goals to keep students focused on what is most important in each chapter. Students leave the course with the necessary information for developing, implementing, and monitoring a successful investment program. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

The eleventh edition addresses the current financial crisis and the impact it has made on the markets. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Provide an accessible layout: The Learning Goal System frames each chapter, giving students a clear roadmap through a tightly woven structure that links each header, end-of-chapter summary, discussion questions, problems, and cases. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Get students invested in the material: The friendly and engaging writing style helps students learn the material the first time and review the material before exams. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Tailor the material to fit your course: A flexible chapter structure allows professors to easily integrate the text into their syllabi. The first section describes the overall investment environment. The second section presents the conceptual tools needed by investors—the concepts of risk and return and the basics of portfolio construction. Then each of the popular investment vehicles—common stocks, bonds, preferred stocks, convertible securities, and mutual funds—is addressed. A chapter on how to apply these concepts to administer a personal portfolio follows, culminating in a section on derivative securities, options, and futures. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

NEW! Address the Impact of the Financial Crisis: Markets in Crisis. These new boxes include lessons from the marketplace. Topics include:
• Deposit insurance and how nations increased their deposit insurance coverage during the crisis to calm investor fears.
• How Ford and Bank of America betas are high because they were especially vulnerable to the crisis.
• Profiles a hedge fund manager who made enormous returns betting against housing and financial institutions.
• The mistakes made by rating agencies, FNMA and FHMC bailouts.
• Delaying retirement plans due to the current crisis. http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Table of Contents

Part One: Preparing to Invest

• Chapter 1: The Investment Environment
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Chapter 2: Securities Markets and Transaction

Chapter 3: Investment Information and Securities Transactions http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Part Two: important Conceptual Tools

Chapter 4: Return and Risk

Appendix 4A: The Time Value of Money http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 5: Modern Portfolio Concepts

Part Three: Investing in Common Stocks http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 6: Common Stocks

Chapter 7: Analyzing Common Stocks http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Chapter 8: Stock Valuation

Chapter 9: Market Efficiency, Behavioral Finance, and Technical Analysis http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Part Four: Investing in Fixed-Income

Chapter 10: Fixed-Income Securities

Chapter 11: Bond Valuation http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Part Five: Portfolio Management

Chapter 12: Mutual Funds: Professionally Managed Portfolios

Chapter 13: Managing Your Own Portfolio http://www.dropshippers.co.za/

Part Six: Derivative Securities

Chapter 14: Options: Puts and Calls

Chapter 15: Commodities and Financial Futures http://www.dropshippers.co.za/