Investments is the leading investment text at business schools.
It is used at the nation's top business schools including Harvard, MIT, Chicago, Wharton, and Northwestern and has been translated into several foreign languages. Tyson addresses the major elements of the investment process including a thorough discussion of risks and returns, all the major asset classes, tax issues, and investor specific factors like risk tolerance and time horizon. The book is structured so that any section can be read independently, but a reader would miss out if they didn't take the time to read it cover to cover. Tyson filled the book with analogies and real life stories that make even the less exciting subjects interesting. The book is also extremely well organized and formatted with helpful icons, tables, graphics and side notes of interest.