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Title: Investments + S&P Card + Powerweb + StockTrak discount coupon by Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus ISBN: 0-07-250366-1 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pub. Date: 23 July, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $144.15 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42 (24 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Basic book on investments
Comment: I've owned an edition of this book since 1993 when I took an Investments class as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout my career, my return to graduate school, and my pursuit of my CFA charter, I have used and seen others using this book,
This book is an introductory textbook on investments. To get a deeper understanding about the research that developed the theories and the ongoing debates in academia (e.g. APT, efficient markets hypothesis, behavioral finance), I would suggest reading some of the authors/researchers referenced in the book. Despite this limitation, this is an excellent starting point. The book begins with basic introduction of financial markets and instruments, develops the basic finance toolbox (e.g. basic statistical tools - mean, variance; discounted cash flow), and applies them in a portfolio setting. From this base, it goes on to introduce the most basic financial concepts such as beta, CAPM, diversification, efficient frontier, CAL, etc. These are all the basic tools that are used in portfolio contruction and management. The book extends itself by introducing additional concepts such as derivatives (e.g. futures, options, swaps) which can alter the charateristics of portfolios. As other reviewers have noted and I will agree, these topics are only in a cursory fashion, and I recommend further study on these topics through other texts or papers.
Overall, this is a must read (at least as a starting point) for anyone interested in developing knowledge about portfolio theory. For example, this book would be very helpful for anyone who would like to understand with a more critical eye what the commentators/analysts on CNBC or at the brokerage firms are trying to recommend for their own portfolios.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent text book on investments & basic portfolio theory
Comment: I am a lecturer in Finance for a university in the UK. I evaluated this book for use in an Executive MBA course in portfolio management after previously using "Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management" by Reilly and Brown. The Reilly book takes a more quantitative approach to the valuation of various assets and is more comprehensive than "Investments" in terms of its coverage of securities and markets but I ultimately opted for "Investments" due to its clarity, organization, and quality writing style. The authors do an excellent job of communicating fairly complex concepts to a student with little or no background in finance.
If you are studying for the CFA or need a more advanced text, I can recommmend the Reilly book. If you are a practitioner or looking for a very mathematically rigorous text in portfolio management, I can recommend "Active Portfolio Management" by Grinold. But for an undergraduate or graduate student looking for an excellent primer on stocks, bonds, options, futures and the workings of the markets they are traded on, look no further than "Investments".
One note: we were able to obtain a paperback copy of the text at much reduced cost.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good
Comment: The book is good. But if you can solve all the problems (buy the solutions manual) then you will be able to extract all the value from it.
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Title: The Handbook of Alternative Assets by Mark J. P. Anson, Mark Anson ISBN: 047121826X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (5th Edition) by John C. Hull ISBN: 0130090565 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 03 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $146.00 |
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Title: Real Estate Finance and Investments by William B Brueggeman, Jeffrey Fisher ISBN: 007365809X Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $125.35 |
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Title: Private Equity and Venture Capital - A Guide for Investors and Practitioners by Ronald Lake, Rick Lake ISBN: 1855646919 Publisher: Euromoney Publications PLC Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $195.00 |
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Title: Principles of Corporate Finance(R) + Student CD + Corporate Governance Trade Book + Standard & Poor's + Ethics in Finance PowerWeb by Richard A Brealey, Stewart C Myers, Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers ISBN: 0072940433 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pub. Date: 02 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $139.90 |
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