The Science of Getting Rich or Essentials of Investments

The Science of Getting Rich: Financial Success Through Creative Thought (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Author: Wallace D Wattles

"If you have not consciously made the decision to be rich, excellent, and healthy then you have unconsciously made the decision to be poor, mediocre and unhealthy." – Wallace D. Wattles

Attaining wealth is as certain as math once you learn the practical steps outlined in Wallace D. Wattle’s The Science of Getting Rich. This life-changing book reveals the secrets to getting rich through strategy and inspirational case studies.  Get on the path to a healthy mind, body, and spirit by achieving the financial success you deserve.

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Essentials of Investments

Author: Zvi Bodi

The market leading Essentials of Investments, 7e by Bodie, Kane and Marcus is an undergraduate textbook on investment analysis, presenting the practical applications of investment theory to convey insights of practical value. The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. Essentials maintains the theme of asset allocation (authors discuss asset pricing and trading then apply these theories to portfolio planning in real-world securities markets that are governed by risk/return relationships).

Booknews

A text that treats markets, portfolio theory, securities, options and futures, and investment management within a framework holding that most securities are usually priced appropriately. It is consistent with the Chartered Financial Analyst curriculum, and overviews of the investment process and strategies are modeled after the ICFA outline. This second edition eliminates the formal analysis of utility functions. Appendices offer mathematical tables and sample pages from sources of financial and economic information. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

1	Investments : background and issues	2
2	Financial securities	26
3	Securities markets	58
4	Mutual funds and other investment companies	97
5	Risk and return : past and prologue	126
6	Efficient diversification	161
7	Capital asset pricing and arbitrage pricing theory	203
8	Efficient markets and the behavioral critique	242
9	Bond prices and yields	276
10	Managing bond portfolios	319
11	Macroeconomic and industry analysis	356
12	Equity valuation	387
13	Financial statement analysis	428
14	Options markets	466
15	Option valuation	503
16	Futures markets	537
17	Performance evaluation and active portfolio management	574
18	Globalization and international investing	607
19	Behavioral finance and technical analysis	643
20	Taxes, inflation, and investment strategy	675
21	Investors and the investment process	699