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Fundamentals of Investing helps students make informed investment decisions in their personal and professional lives by providing a solid foundation of core concepts and tools. Gitman/Joehnk/Smart use practical, hands-on applications to introduce the topics and techniques used by both personal investors and money managers. The authors integrate a consistent framework based on learning goals to keep students focused on what is most important in each chapter. Students leave the course with the necessary information for developing, implementing, and monitoring a successful investment program.
The eleventh edition addresses the current financial crisis and the impact it has made on the markets.
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Fundamentals of Investing helps students make informed investment decisions in their personal and professional lives by providing a solid foundation of core concepts and tools. Gitman/Joehnk/Smart use practical, hands-on applications to introduce the topics and techniques used by both personal investors and money managers. The authors integrate a consistent framework based on learning goals to keep students focused on what is most important in each chapter. Students leave the course with the necessary information for developing, implementing, and monitoring a successful investment program.
The eleventh edition addresses the current financial crisis and the impact it has made on the markets. MyFinanceLab Student Survey Results Did the Learning Aids or Hints (Help MeSolve This, View an Example, ebooklinks) in MyFinanceLab help you?88.4% said YES Please check all of the Learning Aidsthat helped you while working onhomework.72.1% listed Help Me Solve This79.3% listed View An Example Did MyFinanceLab help you earn ahigher grade on your homework, examsand/or the course?94.3% said YES Would you recommend your instructorto use MyFinanceLab for futurecourses?90.1% said YES Did you do any additional work inMyFinanceLab that was not required byyour instructor?58.3% said YES Of the total amount of time you spentstudying for this course, what percentageof the time was in MyFinanceLab andwhat percentage of the time was spentusing other learning resources?63.25% of time in MFL34.24% of time in otherlearning resources
Synopsis
Fundamentals of Investing helps readers make informed investment decisions in their personal and professional lives by providing a solid foundation of core concepts and tools. Gitman/Joehnk/Smart use practical, hands-on applications to introduce the topics and techniques used by both personal investors and money managers. The authors integrate a consistent framework based on learning goals to keep readers focused on what is most important in each chapter.
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Take a closer look at Gitman’s 11th edition here: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showtell/gitman_013802393X/web
Table of Contents
Part One: Preparing to InvestChapter 1: The Investment Environment
Chapter 2: Securities Markets and Transaction
Chapter 3: Investment Information and Securities Transactions
Part Two: important Conceptual Tools
Chapter 4: Return and Risk
Appendix 4A: The Time Value of Money
Chapter 5: Modern Portfolio Concepts
Part Three: Investing in Common Stocks
Chapter 6: Common Stocks
Chapter 7: Analyzing Common Stocks
Chapter 8: Stock Valuation
Chapter 9: Market Efficiency, Behavioral Finance, and Technical Analysis
Part Four: Investing in Fixed-Income
Chapter 10: Fixed-Income Securities
Chapter 11: Bond Valuation
Part Five: Portfolio Management
Chapter 12: Mutual Funds: Professionally Managed Portfolios
Chapter 13: Managing Your Own Portfolio
Part Six: Derivative Securities
Chapter 14: Options: Puts and Calls
Chapter 15: Commodities and Financial Futures