Fundamentals of Investing plus MyFinanceLab Student Access Kit and OTIS Student Access Kit (10th Edition) (MyFinanceLab Series) (Hardcover)

by Lawrence J. Gitman (Author), Michael D. Joehnk (Author)

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Product Description
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 and Joehnk use practical, hands-on applications to introduce the topics and techniques used by both personal investors and money managers.

Preparing to Invest: The Investment Environment; Markets and Transactions; Investment Information and Securities Transactions. Important Conceptual Tools: Risk and Return; Modern Portfolio Concepts. Investing in Common Stocks: Common Stocks; Analyzing Common Stocks; Stock Valuation; Technical Analysis, Market Efficiency, and Behavioral Finance. Investing in Fixed-Income Securities: Fixed-Income Securities; Bond Valuation. Portfolio Management: Mutual Funds: Professionally Managed Portfolios; Managing Your Own Portfolio. Derivative Securities: Options: Puts and Calls; Commodities and Financial Futures; Investing in Preferred Stocks; Tax-Advantaged Investments; Real Estate and Other Tangible Investments.

For all readers interested in personal investment and money management.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley; 10 edition (July 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321489381
• ISBN-13: 978-0321489388
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #223,412 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating Book, April 9, 2009

By	N. Mueller - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Horribly written book. They need real world examples. The examples they give for formulas, use fake numbers that make them easy but don't help in the least bit for figuring out stocks in the real world.

1.0 out of 5 stars Do yourself a favor; put your money in the stock market instead., June 21, 2009

By	Austin Somlo (Vincentown, NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fundamentals of Investing is a dreary reading that will not help you to see the idea how investing can maximize returns for yourself. Rather, the information within the book is a painting of idealistic and academic examples with nearly zero practical purposes. In short, the authors obviously applied a good deal of ivory tower learning to the book including a bunch of useless mathematical formulas that will not get you further than square one. This quickly becomes obvious after 100 or so pages, and after 300 pages, I gave up reading the book. I just hated the book more as I read on. If you take a look at its exorbitant price, that alone should easily dissuade you from buying it. There are a lot of better books than this at a fraction of the cost. All in all, if you had a choice, just invest the money in the stock market because Fundamentals of Investing is a sure loser.