Introduction to Investments

Written for a higher level undergraduate or MBA-level investments course, this text presents introductory investment topics from the viewpoint of an experienced portfolio manager. This approach covers the fundamentals of portfolio management (financial, securities markets, and investment management techniques, including financial engineering), and application of these techniques by professional investors. It is unsurpassed in its ability to bridge theory and application by using articles from the financial media as well as real-world mini-cases to illustrate concepts. A strong problem-solving approach is supported through solved sample problems and practice boxes throughout the text, and end-of-chapter problems and cases which use real world information and data.