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Authors: Zvi Bodie and Alex Kane and Alan Marcus

Chapter 1

Investments: Background and Issues

Chapter 2

Asset Classes and Financial Instruments

Chapter 3

Securities Markets

Chapter 4

Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies

Chapter 5

Risk, Return, and the Historical Record

Chapter 6

Efficient Diversification

Chapter 7

Capital Asset Pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory

Chapter 8

The Efficient Market Hypothesis

Chapter 9

Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis

Chapter 10

Bond Prices and Yields

Chapter 11

Managing Bond Portfolios

Chapter 12

Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis

Chapter 13

Equity Valuation

Chapter 14

Financial Statement Analysis

Chapter 15

Options Markets

Chapter 16

Option Valuation

Chapter 17

Futures Markets and Risk Management

Chapter 18

Evaluating Investment Performance

Chapter 19

International Diversification

Chapter 20

Hedge Funds

Chapter 21

Taxes, Inflation, and Investment Strategy

Chapter 22

Investors and the Investment Process

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