Investments and the Investment Process
An Overview of Various Types of Investments
Common Stock
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Introduction
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What do stocks have to offer?
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Why is common stock appealing?
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Putting Stock Price Behavior in Perspective
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From Stock Prices to Stock Returns
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The Pros and Cons of Stock Ownership
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Basic Characteristics of Common Stock
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Common Stock as a Corporate Security
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Issuing New Shares
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Stock Spin-Offs
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Stock Splits
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Treasury Stock
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Classified Common Stock
Types and Uses of Common Stock
Common Stock Dividends
Buying and Selling Stocks
Fixed Income Securities
Essential Features of a Bond
The Market for Debt Securities
Convertible Securities
Derivative Securities
Options Pricing and Trading
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Introduction
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The Profit Potential from Puts and Calls
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Intrinsic Value
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In-the-Money/Out-of-the-Money
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Put-Call Parity
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What Drives Option Prices
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Interest Rates and Option Prices
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Trading Strategies
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Enhancing Returns: Options Writing and Spreading
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Stock-Index and Other Types of Options
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Contract Provisions of Stock-Index Options
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Putting a Value on Stock-lndex Options
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Investment Uses
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Other Types of Options
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Portfolio Management
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Introduction
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The Mutual Fund Concept
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An Overview of Mutual Funds
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Pooled Diversification
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Active versus Passive Management
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Attractions and Drawbacks of Mutual Fund Ownership
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Performance of Mutual Funds
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How Mutual Funds Are Organized and Run
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Open- or Closed-End Funds
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Closed-End Investment Companies
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Exchange-Traded Funds
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Some Important Considerations
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Other Types of Investment Companies
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Types of Funds
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Types of Services
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Investing in Mutual Funds
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Investor Uses of Mutual Funds
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The Selection Process
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Investing in Closed-End Funds
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Measuring Performance
Return and Risk
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What are Returns?
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Components of Return
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Why Return Is Important
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Historical Performance
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Expected Return
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Level of Return
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Historical Returns
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The Time Value of Money and Returns
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Determining a Satisfactory Investment
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Measuring Return
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Real, Risk-Free, and Required Returns
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Holding Period Return
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The Internal Rate of Return
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Finding Growth Rates
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Risk: The Other Side of the Coin
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Sources of Risk
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Risk of a Single Asset
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Assessing Risk
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