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Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management by Bradford D. Jordan, Thomas Miller and Steve Dolvin

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Fundamentals of Investments introduces students with little background to the essentials of investing in an accessible, student-friendly style. The text emphasizes intuition, basic principles, and real-world examples from familiar companies, making concepts easy to grasp and apply. Organized for both classroom and hands-on learning, it provides a strong foundation for portfolio practice, real-life decision-making, and future study toward credentials like the CFA.

Part 1: Introduction
1. A Brief History of Risk and Return
2. The Investment Process
3. Overview of Security Types
4. Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Other Investment Companies
Part 2: Stock Markets
5. The Stock Market
6. Common Stock Valuation
7. Stock Price Behavior and Market Efficiency
8. Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing
Part 3: Interest Rates and Bond Valuation
9. Interest Rates
10. Bond Prices and Yields
Part 4: Portfolio Management
11. Diversification and Risky Asset Allocation
12. Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line
13. Performance Evaluation and Risk Management
Part 5: Futures And Options
14. Mutual Funds, ETS, and Other Fund Types
15. Stock Options
16. Option Valuation
Part 6: Topics In Investments
17. Alternative Investments
18. Corporate and Government Bonds
19. Projecting Cash Flow and Earnings
20. Global Economic Activity and Industry Analysis
21. (online): Mortgage-Backed Securities

About the Author

Bradford D. Jordan

Bradford D. Jordan is Visiting Scholar at the University of Florida. He previously held the duPont Endowed Chair in Banking and Financial Services at the University of Kentucky, where he was department chair for many years. He specializes in corporate finance and securities valuation. He has published numerous articles in leading finance journals, and he has received a variety of research awards, including the Fama/DFA Award in 2010.

Dr. Jordan is coauthor of Corporate Finance 13e, Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications 7e, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 13e, and Essentials of Corporate Finance 1le, which collectively are the most widely used business finance textbooks in the world, along with Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management 10e, a popular investments text.

Thomas Miller

Tom Miller is Professor of Finance and holder of the Jack R. Lee Chair in Financial and Consumer Finance at Mississippi State University. He has a long-standing interest in derivative securities and investments and has published numerous articles on various topics in these areas. His latest research interest is the workings and regulation of small-dollar loan markets. Professor Miller has been honored with many research and teaching awards. He is a co-author (with David Dubofsky) of Derivatives: Valuation and Risk Management (Oxford University Press). Professor Miller’s interests include golfing, raising American saddle-bred horses, and playing tenor saxophone.

Steve Dolvin

Dr. Steven D. Dolvin, CFA, is Professor of Finance and holder of the Eugene Ratliff Endowed Chair in Finance at Butler University. He teaches primarily in the area of investments, but he also oversees student-run portfolios in both public and private equity. He has received multiple teaching awards and has also published numerous articles in both academic and practitioner outlets. His principal areas of interest are IPOs, venture capital, financial education, retirement investing, ESG factors, and behavioral finance. His prior experience includes work in both corporate finance and investments, and he currently provides investment consulting for both individuals and businesses. Professor Dolvin is also a CFA Charterholder and is involved in his local CFA society.

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