Investments: An Introduction
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740306040
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Four phases of the life-cycle; title: 1.1. Learning outcomes; title: 1.2. Introduction; title: 1.3. Phase 1: newborn to adulthood (0–20); title: 1.4. Phase 2: adulthood to maturity (20–40); title: 1.5. Phase 3: maturity to seniority (40–60); title: 1.6. Phase 4: seniority to exodus (60–80+); title: 1.7. Other rules which apply throughout or during part of your life-cycle; title: 1.8. Life-cycle of happiness; title: 1.9. The life-cycle and investing; title: 1.10. Bibliography; title: 2. The financial system; title: 2.1. Learning outcomes; title: 2.2. Introduction; title: 2.3. Six elements of the financial system; title: 2.4. Element 1: lenders and borrowers; title: 2.5. Element 2: financial intermediaries; title: 2.6. Element 3: financial instruments; title: 2.7. Element 4: financial markets; title: 2.8. Element 5: money creation; title: 2.9. Element 6: price discovery; title: 2.10. Allied participants in the financial system; title: 2.11. Bibliography; title: 3. Investment instruments; title: 3.1. Learning outcomes; title: 3.2. Introduction; title: 3.3. Time value of money; title: 3.4. Money market instruments; title: 3.5. Bond market instruments; title: 3.6. Share market instruments; title: 3.7. Derivative market instruments: futures and options; title: 3.8. Real investments; title: 3.9. Investment vehicles; title: 3.10. Foreign investments; title: 3.11. Asset classes; title: 3.12. Bibliography; title: 4. Investment principles; title: 4.1. Learning outcomes; title: 4.2. Introduction; title: 4.3. Definition and objective of investment; title: 4.4. Risk-free rate; title: 4.5. Investment environment; title: 4.6. Risk and return; title: 4.7. Investment theories and maxims; title: 4.8. Lessons from the theories and maxims; title: 4.9. Portfolio management; title: 4.10. Asset allocation over the life-cycle; title: 4.11. Bibliography; title: Endnotes