Topics in Asset Pricing Lecture Notes
This note covers the following topics: From CAPM to market anomalies, Credit risk implications for the cross section of asset returns, Rational versus behavioural attributes of stylized cross-sectional effects, Conditional CAPM, Conditional versus unconditional portfolio efficiency, Multi-factor models, Interpreting factor models, Machine learning methods in asset pricing: Lasso, Ridge, elastic net, group Lasso, Neural Network, and Random Forest, Panel regressions with fixed effects and their association with market-timing and cross-section, investment strategies, Consumption based asset pricing models, The discount factor representation in asset pricing, The equity premium puzzle, The risk free rate puzzle, The Epstein-Zin preferences.
Author(s): Professor Doron Avramov
248 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
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Investments Lecture notes byMIT
The link provides lecture notes for the course Investments offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The notes cover various topics related to investments, such as risk and return, asset allocation, portfolio theory, and options. The notes also discuss different types of financial assets, including stocks, bonds, and real estate. In addition, the notes offer examples and mathematical models to help understand key concepts. The course is intended for undergraduate and graduate students interested in finance and investments. Overall, the lecture notes provide a comprehensive introduction to investments and financial markets.
Author(s): Prof. Reto Gallati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NA 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
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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
Foreign Direct Investment Analysis of Aggregate Flows
This book provides a treatise of the unique features of FDI flows, covering both theory and data. It focuses on the determinants of the aggregate flows of FDI at the source-host country level. The book is likely to find its main readership among academics, graduate students, and trained policy professionals.
Author(s): Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka
215 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
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This lecture note teaches how to make sound investment decisions through in-depth knowledge of the financial markets, rigorous analytical thinking and precise mathematical derivation.
Author(s): Prof. Reto Gallati
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