Fundamentals of Investments + Self-Study CD + Stock-Trak + S&P + OLC with Powerweb [Hardcover]

Charles J. Corrado (Author), Bradford D Jordan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072976357 | ISBN-13: 978-0072976359 | Publication Date: January 10, 2004 | Edition: 3rd

Fundamentals of Investments was written to: 1. Focus on students as investment managers, giving them information they can act on instead of concentrating on theories and research without the proper context. 2. Offer strong, consistent pedagogy, including a balanced, unified treatment of the main types of financial investments as mirrored in the investment world. 3. Organize topics in a way that makes them easy to apply--whether to a portfolio simulation or to real life--and support these topics with hands-on activities. The approach of this text reflects two central ideas. First, there is a consistent focus on the student as an individual investor or investments manager. Second, a consistent, unified treatment of the four basic types of financial instruments--stocks, bonds, options, and futures--focusing on their characteristics and features, their risks and returns, and the markets in which they trade.

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About the Author

Bradford D. Jordan is Professor of Finance and Gatton Research Fellow in the Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. He has a long-standing interest in both applied and theoretical issues in corporate finance, and has extensive experience teaching all levels of corporate finance and financial management policy. Professor Jordan has published numerous articles on issues such as cost of capital, capital structure, and the behavior of security prices.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 3rd edition (January 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072976357
• ISBN-13: 978-0072976359
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,039,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst financial textbook I have EVER seen, March 18, 2006

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ESpin "Studious Grad Student" (Salt Lake City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management (The Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) (Hardcover)

This book is the biggest waste of money that I have been forced to suffer through. The examples in each chapter are poorly written and are so much simpler than the actual "test questions" at the end of each chapter so as to be useless. Additionally, the selected answers in the back of the book seem to be wrong as often as they are right. You couldn't pay me enough to recommend this book to anyone.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, November 26, 2006

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Mike (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundamentals of Investments + Self-Study CD + Stock-Trak + S&P + OLC with Powerweb (Hardcover)

I was forced to buy this book for a finance class. I look forward to throwing it away. The explanations in this book are poor, and as a financial reference, this book is useless. I had better luck with Google. There are a lot of finance books out there that do a much better job covering the same topics in this book. Don't waste your money on this one.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fundatmentals of investment, April 4, 2009

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Tarunkumar M. Mishra - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management (The Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) (Hardcover)

Book was old but acceptable condition. The shipping was not that good. Took enough time and made it just before the last day of it shipment window.