Content: Investments: background and issues-- Asset classes and financial instruments-- Securities markets -- Mutual funds and other investment companies-- Risk and return: Past and prologue-- Efficient diversification-- Capital asset pricing and arbitrage pricing theory-- The efficient market hypothesis-- Behavioral finance and technical analysis-- Bond prices and yields: Managing bond portfolios-- Macroeconomic and industry analysis: Equity valuation-- Financial statement analysis-- Options market: Option valuation-- Futures markets and risk management-- Portfolio performance evaluation: Globalization and international investing-- Hedge funds-- Taxes, inflation, and investment strategy-- Investors and the investment process

Includes index.