TY - BOOK AU - Bodie,Zvi AU - Kane,Alex AU - Marcus,Alan J. TI - Essentials of investments T2 - The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series in finance, insurance, and real estate SN - 9780073041537 (alk. paper) U1 - 332.6 22 PY - 2007///] CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Investments N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 721-726) and index; PART ONE Elements of Investments -- Investments: Background and Issues -- Financial Securities -- Securities Markets -- Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies -- PART TWO Portfolio Theory -- Risk and Return: Past and Prologue -- Efficient Diversification -- Capital Asset Pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory -- Efficient Market Hypothesis -- PART THREE Debt Securities -- Bond Prices and Yields -- Managing Bond Portfolios -- PART FOUR Security Analysis -- Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis -- Equity Valuation -- Financial Statement Analysis -- PART FIVE Derivative Assets: Options and Futures -- Options Markets -- Option Valuation -- Futures Markets -- PART SIX Active Investment Management -- Performance Evaluation and Active Portlolio Management -- Globalization and International Investing -- Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis -- Taxes, Inflation, and Technical Analysis -- Investors and the Investment Process ER -