Includes bibliographical references (p. 856-889) and index.

Preface



Chapter 1 – Introduction



Chapter 2 - The Psychology of Personal Investment Decisions, Basics of Money, Bond and Property Markets



Chapter 3 – Interest Rates and Money Market Investments



Chapter 4 - Investing in Bonds



Chapter 5 – Property Investment and Mortgages, Basics of Stock Markets



Chapter 6 - Stock Exchanges



Chapter 7 - Stock Indices



Chapter 8 - The Rationale and Conduct of Regulation, Institutional Investments



Chapter 9 - Mutual Funds (Unit Trusts, OEICs, Investment Trusts)



Chapter 10 - Life Assurance and Assurance-Related Investments



Chapter 11 - Pensions



Chapter 12 - The Importance and Significance of Institutional Investors, Capital Market Theory



Chapter 13 - Portfolio Diversification



Chapter 14 - Capital Market Theory: The Capital Asset Pricing Model



Chapter 15 - Capital Market Theory: Alternatives and Criticisms, Portfolio Management



Chapter 16 - Styles of Portfolio Construction



Chapter 17 - Evaluating the Performance of Fund Managers, Investment Analysis



Chapter 18 - The Economic Environment



Chapter 19 - Dividend Discount Models



Chapter 20 - Company Accounts and Economic Value Added



Chapter 21 – Ratio Analysis



Chapter 22 - Technical Analysis, Market Efficiency



Chapter 23 - Market Efficiency: Concepts and Weak Form Evidence



Chapter 24 - Noise Trading and Behavioural Finance



Chapter 25 - Market Anomalies



Chapter 26 - Further Evidence on Market Efficiency



Chapter 27 - Stock Market Bubbles and Crashes, Stock Index Futures



Chapter 28 - Stock Index Futures



Chapter 29 - Stock Index Futures Prices



Chapter 30 - Hedging with Stock Index Futures, Stock Options



Chapter 31 - Stock Options



Chapter 32 – Speculation with Stock Options



Chapter 33 - Hedging with Options



Chapter 34 – Structured Products



Chapter 35 – Warrants, Convertibles, and Split-Caps



Chapter 36 – Option Pricing and the Black-Scholes Model



Chapter 37 – Variations on the Basic Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model



Chapter 38 – The Binomial Option Pricing Model, International Investing: Using Currency Derivatives



Chapter 39 - Currency Forwards, Futures, Swaps and Options, Bond and Interest Rate Analysis



Chapter 40 - Bond Prices and Redemption Yields



Chapter 41 - Duration and Risk



Chapter 42 - Bond Price Convexity



Chapter 43 - Bond Futures



Chapter 44 -Yield Curves and Interest Rate Futures



Chapter 45 – Interest Rate Swaps

In this book, the author draws from finance, psychology, economics, and other disciplines in business and the social sciences, recognising that personal finance and investments are subjects of study in their own right rather than merely branches of another discipline.

Considerable attention is given to topics which are either ignored or given very little attention in other texts. These include:


the psychology of investment decision-making
stock market bubbles and crashes
property investment
the use of derivatives in investment management
regulation of investments business.
More traditional subject areas are also thoroughly covered, including:


investment analysis
portfolio management
capital market theory
market efficiency
international investing
bond markets
institutional investments
option pricing
macroeconomics
the interpretation of company accounts.
Packed with over one hundred exercises, examples and exhibits and a helpful glossary of key terms, this book helps readers grasp the relevant principles of money management. It avoids non-essential mathematics and provides a novel new approach to the study of personal finance and investments.

This book will be essential for students and researchers engaged with personal finance, investments, behavioural finance, financial derivatives and financial economics.

This book also comes with a supporting website that includes two updated chapters, a new article featuring a behavioural model of the dot com, further exercises, a full glossary and a regularly updated blog from the author.