Contents

Part One Preparing to Invest

1. The Investment Environment

2. Markets and Transactions

3. Investment Information and Securities Transactions

Part Two Important Conceptual Tools

4. Risk and Return

5. Modern Portfolio Concepts

Part Three Investing in Common Stocks

6. Common Stocks

7. Analyzing Common Stocks

8. Stock Valuation

9. Technical Analysis, Market Efficiency, and Behavioral Finance

Part Four Investing in Fixed-Income Securities

10. Fixed-Income Securities

11. Bond Valuation

Part Five Portfolio Management

12. Mutual Funds: Professionally Managed Portfolios

13. Managing Your Own Portfolio

Part Six Derivative Securities

14. Options: Puts and Calls

15. Commodities and Financial Futures

Appendix A Financial Tables

Online Chapters (at www.aw-bc.com/gitman_joehnk)

16. Investing in Preferred Stocks

17. Tax-Advantaged Investments

18. Real Estate and Other Tangible Investments