Fixed Income Securities Lecture Notes
This note explores key concepts in understanding fixed income instruments. This note will comprehensively cover topics related to fixed income instruments, including nominal yields, effective yields, yield to maturity, spot rates, forward rates, present value, future value, mortgage payments, term structure of interest rates, bond price sensitivity to interest rate changes, hedging, horizon analysis, credit risk, default probability, recovery rates, floaters, inverse floaters, swaps, forward rate agreements, Eurodollars, convertible bonds, callable bonds, interest rate models, risk neutral pricing, and fixed income arbitrage.
Author(s): Professor Doron Avramov
424 Pages 
A European Public Investment Outlook
This book online A European Public Investment Outlook covers the following topics related to Investments : Europe Needs More Public Investment, Public Investment and Capital in France, Public Investment in Germany: The Need for a Big Push, Public Investment Trends across Levels of Government in Italy, Trends and Patterns in Public Investment in Spain: A Medium- and Long-Run Perspective, In Search of a Strategy for Public Investment in Research and Innovation, Social Investment and Infrastructure, From Trans-European (Ten-T) to Trans-Global (Twn-T) Transport Infrastructure Networks. A Conceptual Framework, Ecological Transition, The Contribution of European Cohesion Policy to Public Investment.
Author(s): Franco Bassanini, Alberto Quadrio Curzio, and Xavier Ragot
NA Pages
This note covers the following topics: Ingredients of an Investment Philosophy, Categorizing Investment Philosophies, Developing an Investment Philosophy, Market Timing, The Cost of Market Timing, Charting and Technical Analysis, Small Cap and Growth Investing, The Passive Screener, Value Investing, Information Trading.
Author(s): Aswath Damodaran
219 Pages
This note covers the following topics: Matrices and Programming, Prices, Probabilities, Risk and Return, Optimization, Factor Models, Style Analysis, Equilibrium, Performance Measurement.
Author(s): William F. Sharpe
NA Pages
Security Analysis and Investment Management
This note explains the following topics: Introduction to Security Analysis, Risk and Return Concepts, New Issue Market, Stock Exchanges in India - Operations, Listing of Securities, Stock Brokers and Other Intermediaries, Stock Market Indices, Investment Alternatives, Government Securities, Valuation of Fixed Income Securities, valuation of Variable Income Securities or Equity Share Valuation, Efficient Market Hypothesis and Portfolio Construction.
Author(s): Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology
515 Pages
The aim of this book is to present in clear form the simple principles of investment, and to afford the reader a working knowledge of the various classes of securities which are available as investments and their relative adaptability to different needs. The book is an outgrowth of the writer's personal experience as an investment banker. Topics covered includes: General Principles of Investment, Railroad Mortgage Bonds, Railroad Equipment Bonds, Real-Estate Mortgages, Industrial Bonds, Public-Utility Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Stocks and Market Movements of Securities.
Author(s): George Garr Henry
NA Pages
This book covers the following topics: Foundation of Investment, Business of the Industrials, Business Barometers, The Lines of Defense and Attack in Investment, The Course Of The Stock Market, Course OF the Bond Market, Classes and Types of Securities, Catch Phrases and Formulae of Investment, Trustworthy and Untrustworthy Dealers in Securities.
Author(s): Morrell Walker Gaines
252 Pages
This note introduces the basic tools used by investment professionals. Topics covered includes: Investment Process, Term Structure of Interest Rates, Bond Portfolio Management, Portfolio Mechanics, Optimal Portfolios, Equilibrium Models and Performance Evaluation.
Author(s): Carnegie Mellon University
NA Pages
This book provides an elementary course in the theory and the application of annuities certain and in the mathematical aspects of life insurance. The book is particularly adapted to the needs of students in colleges of business administration, but it is also fitted for study by college students of mathematics who are not specializing in business.
Author(s): William L.Hart
321 Pages
