Investments: Analysis and Management [Paperback]

Charles P. Jones (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470477121 | ISBN-13: 978-0470477120 | Publication Date: October 27, 2009 | Edition: 11

In today’s economy, it’s critical for investors to have a strong understanding of the strategies needed to make the best decisions. Jones arms them with the most up-to-date information in the field while offering a proper balance between investment opportunities, techniques and analytics. He includes new discussions on the rapid rise and interest in exchange-traded funds, the new NYSE-Euronext market, the merger of the NYSE and Amex, and more. Expanded coverage is also presented in behavioral finance and the bond markets. In addition, investors will benefit from the updated problems and questions that really make them think of the most effective moves before acting.

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“…beats the heavyweight tomes…” (Investors Chronicle, September 2004) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Let JONES guide you through the fast-paced field of investments

Whether you’re making investments in your personal life or future career, Jones’ INVESTMENTS, Ninth Edition will guide you through this exciting and fast-paced field. You’ll learn how to identify successful investment opportunities, anticipate and deal with investment problems and controversies, and ultimately, make wise investment decisions.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Updated with the latest developments: The Ninth Edition is thoroughly updated to reflect new developments in the field. Most data reflect the latest information available through year-end 2002.
• Clear and focused coverage: As in all editions, Jones presents the key information students need with a minimum of extraneous detail and maximum clarity.
• Real-world decision-making skills: Throughout the discussion, Jones presents the analytics of investments to help you reason out investment issues for yourself, so you can make better investment decisions.
• Questions from prior CFA exams: These questions will help you connect the concepts and problem-solving processes you’ve learned in class to what you need to know for the professional exam.
• Pedagogy that works: Jones helps you develop a deeper understanding of the material through outstanding pedagogy, such as intriguing boxed inserts with material from the popular press and Investments Intuition sections that help you quickly grasp the intuitive logic of particular investing issues.

Bring real-world content into your course with Business Extra.
Business Extra Select enables instructors to add copyright-cleared articles, cases, and readings from such leading business resources as INSEAD, Ivey and Harvard Business School Cases, Fortune, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and more. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 11 edition (October 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470477121
• ISBN-13: 978-0470477120
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a good selection, August 21, 2005

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Paulo Alfaro Rodriguez "book's lover" (Guadalajara, Jal MEXICO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Investments: Analysis and Management (Hardcover)

This book provides a very useful guide in order to understand the basic theory about Investments. The only one thing that the writer of this book must do is to add is more demonstration problems.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Investments, October 11, 2011

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This review is from: Investments: Analysis and Management (Paperback)

This books gives you a lot of informative information about investing and what you should do with your money and why. I am in class right now using this book and also purchased The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investment by Jason Kelly. The two books we use with the [...] website and has helped greatly to give me a great understanding of all the information. This book on its own can be confusing if you don't have a back ground in finances of the stock market, my background is in real estate and mortgages so those areas are easy for me. I would recommend this book and if you have a college class I recommend the above book and the website they are all great tools to gain you the knowledge needed in investing and preparing a successful portfolio.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could be better, June 6, 2006

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R. Carbonell (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Investments: Analysis and Management (Hardcover)

I am an accounting major, but I think that finance is just as important in business and that is why I am taking a finance course. This book is pretty good for starters like myself, but the author should have more work problems to fine tune the skills needed to really grasp the concepts. I also feel that a student workbook would greatly help. The website for this book is also extremely limited and does not provide any additional help for people that purchase this book. I would not feel comfortable recommending this book to anyone wanting to get a basic knowledge of finance.