Fundamentals of investments : valuation and management / Bradford D. Jordan, University of Kentucky, Thomas W. Miller Jr., Mississippi State University, Steven D. Dolvin, Butler University.

Revised edition of the authors' Fundamentals of investments, [2021]

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Risk and Return
Chapter 2: The Investment Process
Chapter 3: Overview of Security Types
Chapter 4: Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Other Investment Companies

PART TWO: STOCK MARKETS
Chapter 5: The Stock Market
Chapter 6: Common Stock Valuation
Chapter 7: Stock Price Behavior and Market Efficiency
Chapter 8: Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing

PART THREE: INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION
Chapter 9: Interest Rates
Chapter 10: Bond Prices and Yields

PART FOUR: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Chapter 11: Diversification and Risky Asset Allocation
Chapter 12: Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line
Chapter 13: Performance Evaluation and Risk Management

PART FIVE: FUTURES AND OPTIONS
Chapter 14: Mutual Funds, ETS, and Other Fund Types
Chapter 15: Stock Options
Chapter 16: Option Valuation

PART SIX: TOPICS IN INVESTMENTS
Chapter 17: Alternative Investments
Chapter 18: Corporate and Government Bonds
Chapter 19: Projecting Cash Flow and Earnings
Chapter 20: Global Economic Activity and Industry Analysis
Chapter 21 (online): Mortgage-Backed Securities

"Traditionally, investments textbooks tend to fall into one of two camps. The first type has a greater focus on portfolio management and covers a significant amount of portfolio theory. The second type is more concerned with security analysis and generally contains fairly detailed coverage of fundamental analysis as a tool for equity valuation. Today, most texts try to cover all the bases by including some chapters drawn from one camp and some from another"-- Provided by publisher.

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About the Author
Bradford Jordan

Bradford D. Jordan is Visiting Scholar at the University of Florida. He previously held the duPont Endowed Chair in Banking and Financial Services at the University of Kentucky, where he was department chair for many years. He specializes in corporate finance and securities valuation. He has published numerous articles in leading finance journals, and he has received a variety of research awards, including the Fama/DFA Award in 2010.

Dr. Jordan is coauthor of Corporate Finance 13e, Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications 7e, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 13e, and Essentials of Corporate Finance 1le, which collectively are the most widely used business finance textbooks in the world, along with Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management 10e, a popular investments text.

Thomas Miller

Tom Miller is Professor of Finance and holder of the Jack R. Lee Chair in Financial and Consumer Finance at Mississippi State University. He has a long-standing interest in derivative securities and investments and has published numerous articles on various topics in these areas. His latest research interest is the workings and regulation of small-dollar loan markets. Professor Miller has been honored with many research and teaching awards. He is a co-author (with David Dubofsky) of Derivatives: Valuation and Risk Management (Oxford University Press). Professor Miller’s interests include golfing, raising American saddle-bred horses, and playing tenor saxophone.

Steve Dolvin

Dr. Steven D. Dolvin, CFA, is Professor of Finance and holder of the Eugene Ratliff Endowed Chair in Finance at Butler University. He teaches primarily in the area of investments, but he also oversees student-run portfolios in both public and private equity. He has received multiple teaching awards and has also published numerous articles in both academic and practitioner outlets. His principal areas of interest are IPOs, venture capital, financial education, retirement investing, ESG factors, and behavioral finance. His prior experience includes work in both corporate finance and investments, and he currently provides investment consulting for both individuals and businesses. Professor Dolvin is also a CFA Charterholder and is involved in his local CFA society.