Description: Preface. OVERVIEW AND BASIC CONCEPTS. Markets, Firms and Investors. The Business Environment. BASIC CONCEPTS. Investment Appraisal. Financial Arithmetic. Basic Statistics. MONEY AND FIXED INCOME MARKETS. Money Markets. Bond Markets. Forward Rates, Yield Curves and the Term Structure. Bond Market Strategies. PORTFOLIO THEORY AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE. Portfolio Theory and Asset Returns. Valuing Firms: Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital. EQUITY MARKETS. Equity Finance and Stock Valuation. Efficient Markets and Predictability. Anomalies, Noise Traders and Chaos. THE FOREX MARKET. The Foreign Exchange Market. Spot FX: Fundamentals and Noise Traders. Technical Trading Rules. International Portfolio Diversification. DERIVATIVE SECURITIES. Derivative Securities: An Overview. Futures Markets. Options Markets. Glossary. List of Symbols. List of 'Topic Boxes'. Internet Sites. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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