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