Essentials of Investments, 9th Edition

The market leading undergraduate investments textbook, Essentials of Investments, 9e by Bodie, Kane, and Marcus, emphasizes asset allocation while presenting the practical applications of investment theory. The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. The Ninth Edition includes increased attention to changes in market structure and trading technology, while continuing to be organized around one basic theme – that security markets are nearly efficient.

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Table of Contents

Part ONE: ELEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS
Chapter 1 Investments: Background and Issues
Chapter 2 Asset Classes and Financial Instruments
Chapter 3 Securities Markets
Chapter 4 Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies

Part TWO: PORTFOLIO THEORY
Chapter 5 Risk and Return: Past and Prologue
Chapter 6 Efficient Diversification
Chapter 7 Capital Asset Pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory
Chapter 8 The Efficient Market Hypothesis
Chapter 9 Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis

Part THREE: DEBT SECURITIES
Chapter 10 Bond Prices and Yields
Chapter 11 Managing Bond Portfolios

Part FOUR: SECURITY ANALYSIS
Chapter 12 Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis
Chapter 13 Equity Valuation
Chapter 14 Financial Statement Analysis

Part FIVE: DERIVATIVE MARKETS
Chapter 15 Options Markets
Chapter 16 Option Valuation
Chapter 17 Futures Markets and Risk Management

Part SIX: ACTIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Chapter 18 Portfolio Performance Evaluation
Chapter 19 Globalization and International Investing
Chapter 20 Hedge Funds
Chapter 21 Taxes, Inflation, and Investment Strategy
Chapter 22 Investors and the Investment Process

Appendix A: References
Appendix B: References to CFA Questions