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Bodie, Kane, and Marcus’ Investments is the leading textbook for the graduate/MBA investments market. It is recognized as the best blend of practical and theoretical coverage, while maintaining an appropriate rigor and clear writing style. Its unifying theme is that security markets are nearly efficient, meaning that most securities are usually priced appropriately given their risk and return attributes. The text places greater emphasis on asset allocation, and offers a much broader and deeper treatment of futures, options, and other derivative security markets than most investment texts.

Part 1: Introduction

1. The Investment Environment
2. Asset Classes and Financial Investments
3. How Securities are Traded
4. Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies

Part 2: Portfolio Theory and Practice

5. Learning About Return and Risk from the Historical Record
6. Risk Aversion and Capital Allocation to Risky Assets
7. Optimal Risky Portfolios
8. Index Models

Part 3: Equilibrium in Capital Markets

9. The Capital Asset Pricing Model
10. Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Multifactor Models of Risk and Return
11. The Efficient Market Hypothesis
12. Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis
13. Empirical Evidence on Security Returns

Part 4: Fixed-Income Securities

14. Bond Prices and Yields
15. The Term Structure of Interest Rates
16. Managing Bond Portfolios

Part 5: Security Analysis

17. Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis
18. Equity Valuation Models
19. Financial Statement Analysis

Part 6: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

20. Options Markets: Introduction
21. Option Valuation
22. Futures Markets
23. Futures, Swaps, and Risk Management

Part 7: Applied Portfolio Management

24. Portfolio Performance Evaluation
25. International Diversification
26. Hedge Funds
27. The Theory of Active Portfolio Management
28. Investment Policy and the Framework of the CFA Institute