Includes index.

Contents: The Investment environment -- The Investment setting -- Return and risk basics -- Selecting investments in a global market -- Mutual funds and other managed investments -- The Asset allocation decision -- Organization and functioning of securities markets -- Security-market indicator series -- Managing risk -- An Introduction to potfolio management -- An Introduction to asset pricing models -- Efficient capital markets -- An Introduction to derivative instruments -- Derivatives: analysis and valuation -- Equity securities: valuation and management -- Economic and industry analysis -- Analysis of financial statements -- Company analysis and stock valuation -- Technical analysis -- Equity-potfolio management -- Fixed-income securities: analysis and management -- Fixed-income analysis -- Fixed-income potfolio management -- Monitoring potfolios -- Evaluation of potfolio management -- Appendix A: How to become a CFA charterholder -- Appendix B: Association for investment management and research (AMIR): the code of ethics and standards of professional conduct -- Appendix C: Interest tables -- Appendix D: Standard normal probabilities.