
Investments
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 25. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
770 pages
978-0-470-51956-1 (ISBN)
Description
Based on class-tested material, this book is an excellent introduction to global financial markets. The authors link theory and real world issues in their coverage of equity, bond and FX strategies including methods such as chartism, neural networks and chaos theory. Raising funds in the money markets and via equity and debt securities, as well as dividend and merger policy provide further practical illustrations of theoretical ideas. Futures, options and swaps and their use in speculation, hedging and arbitrage are also examined.
The authors include a vast array of pedagogy, including chapter objectives summaries; end of chapter exercises; numerous real-world examples and case vignettes; Excel spreadsheets providing simulations for the reader; a glossary of terms; clear, simple and consistent mathematical notation.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1472 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-51956-1 (9780470519561)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Keith Cuthbertson is Professor of Finance at Cass Business School. He has worked at H.M.Treasury, Bank of England, National Institute and at Tanaka Business School, Imperial College and the University of Newcastle. He has been a visitor at the Federal Reserve Bank, Washington and the Freije University, Berlin. He has undertaken consultancy and teaching in applied finance at various financial institutions and government organizations.
Dirk Nitzsche is Senior Lecturer in Finance at Cass Business School. He joined the school in 2004 from Imperial College, London where he spent 6 years in the Business School. After completing his Ph.D. at the University of Newcastle, he has worked in the Department of Economics at the University of Newcastle between 1994 and 1997, before joining City University Business School in 1997 and Imperial College in 1998. His research interests can broadly be described as asset pricing and efficiency of financial markets and more recently he analyses the performance of unit trusts and hedge funds.
Content
PART 1: FINANCIAL MARKETS
Markets and Players
Raising Finance
Financial Instruments
Trading Securities
Investment Companies
PART 2: VALUATION
Valuation Techniques
Cost of Capital
Valuing Firms
PART 3: ASSET RETURNS AND PORTFOLIO THEORY
Measuring Asset Returns
Portfolio Theory
International Portfolio Diversification
Single-Index Model
CAPM and APT 265
PART 4: EQUITY MARKETS
Stock Valuation and the EMH
Behavioural Finance and Anomalies
Predicting Stock Returns
Technical Trading Rules
PART 5: FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
Spot and Forward Markets
PART 6: FIXED-INCOME MARKETS
Money Markets
Bond Markets
Term Structure of Interest Rates
Bond Market Strategies
PART 7: DERIVATIVES
Derivative Securities
Futures Markets
Options Markets
Options Pricing
Energy and Weather Derivatives
PART 8: PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Private Equity
Performance of Mutual Funds
Hedge Funds
Market Risk and Value at Risk
Glossary
Internet Sites
References
Index