Midlands State University Library

Investments : an introduction /

Mayo, Herbert B.

Investments : an introduction / Herbert B. Mayo. - Eighth edition - Mason, Ohio : Thomson/South-Western, 2006. - 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations 27 cm.

"With Investment Analysis Calculator CD."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. THE ENVIRONMENT OF INVESTING. 1. An Introduction toInvestments. 2. The Creation of Financial Assets. 3. Security Markets. 4. Sources of Information. 5. The Time Value of Money. 6. The Tax Environment. 7. Risk and Portfolio Management. 8. Investment Companies. PART II. INVESTINGIN COMMON STOCK. 9. The Valuation of Common Stock. 10. The Return on Common Stock Investments. 11. Dividends: Past, Present, and Future. 12. The Macroeconomic Environment for Investment Decisions. 13. Security Selection: Analysis of Financial Statements. 14. Technical Analysis. PART III. INVESTING IN FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES. 15. The Bond Market. 16. The Valuation of Fixed-Income Securities. 17. Government Securities. 18. Convertible Bonds and Convertible Preferred Stock. PART IV. DERIVATIVES. 19. An Introduction to Options. 20. Option Valuation and Strategies. 21. Commodity and Financial Futures. PARTV. PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT. 22. Investing in Foreign Securities. 23.Investing in Nonfinancial Assets: Collectibles, Resources, and RealEstate. 24. Portfolio Planning and Management. Appendix A:Mathematical Tables. Appendix B: Answers to Selected Problems.

Helps understand the basic investment course material. This book focuses on the individual financial planner and features a Financial Advisor's Investment Case. It illustrates how text material applies to real investment decisions. It uses financial calculators and offers explanations employing both interest tables and the calculator.

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Investments.
Investment analysis.

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