Investments: An Introduction
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740306040
Table of contents: title: Content; title: Four phases of the life-cycle; title: Learning outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Phase 1: newborn to adulthood (0–20); title: Phase 2: adulthood to maturity (20–40); title: Phase 3: maturity to seniority (40–60); title: Phase 4: seniority to exodus (60–80+); title: Other rules which apply throughout or during part of your life-cycle; title: Life-cycle of happiness; title: The life-cycle and investing; title: Bibliography; title: The financial system; title: Learning outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Six elements of the financial system; title: Element 1: lenders and borrowers; title: Element 2: financial intermediaries; title: Element 3: financial instruments; title: Element 4: financial markets; title: Element 5: money creation; title: Element 6: price discovery; title: Allied participants in the financial system; title: Bibliography; title: Investment instruments; title: Learning outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Time value of money; title: Money market instruments; title: Bond market instruments; title: Share market instruments; title: Derivative market instruments: futures and options; title: Real investments; title: Investment vehicles; title: Foreign investments; title: Asset classes; title: Bibliography; title: Investment principles; title: Learning outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Definition and objective of investment; title: Risk-free rate; title: Investment environment; title: Risk and return; title: Investment theories and maxims; title: Lessons from the theories and maxims; title: Portfolio management; title: Asset allocation over the life-cycle; title: Bibliography