附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
The investment setting -- Mutual funds -- Organization of security markets -- Participating in the market -- Economic activity -- Industry analysis -- Valuation of the individual firm -- Financial statement analysis -- Technical analysis and market efficiency -- Special situations and market anomalies -- Bond and fixed-income fundamentals -- Principles of bond valuation and investment -- Duration and reinvestment concepts -- Convertible securities and warrants -- International securities markets -- Investments in real assets.
摘要:Geoffrey Hirt and Stanley Block form one of McGraw-Hill's most successful college author teams. They have written several colleges texts that have total sales of more than 1,000,000 copies in all editions. Their names are synonymous with finance and investing. Professors Hirt and Block are just about finished completing a 7th edition of the very successful Fundamentals of Managing Investments, and they want to convert the college text to a professional version. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Irwin converted earlier editions of Fundamentals of Managing Investments under the new title The New Complete Investor. With a focus on stocks and bonds, Managing Investments provides a complete look at every angle of investing. The authors examine the types of securities investments available, define and analyze today's markets, and the changes those markets have undergone. They show how to compare stocks more effectively and how to read and use leading market indices. While the focus is on stocks and bonds, there are also chapters on international markets and mutual funds.; Managing Investments will: Detail choices so the reader can identify investments best suited to his or her needs; Reveal strategies that portfolio managers use to evaluate a portfolio's rate of return and risk level; Show how to develop a comprehensive guide for asset allocation. Provide the theoretical base combined with real-world examples; The latest edition of the college text includes many new features that will be included in the professional version, including: Greater emphasis on the Internet and its effect on investing; Many more real world examples and applications to clarify key points; More information on the new global aspects of investing; Completely updated throughout, including such topics as the effects of September 11 and the 2001 Tax Act; Manging Investments is approximately half the length of the college version, removing pedagogy and topics of less interest to most advisers and i
