Content: Part I Introduction Chapter: 1 The Investment Environment Chapter: 2 Asset Classes and Financial Instruments Chapter: 3 How Securities are Traded Chapter: 4 Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies Part II Portfolio Theory and Practice Chapter: 5 Risk, Return, and the Historical Record Chapter: 6 Capital Allocation to Risky Assets Chapter: 7 Optimal Risky Portfolios Chapter: 8 Index…
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 chall…