TY - BOOK AU - Chandra, Prasanna TI - Investment analysis and portfolio management SN - 0070249075 U1 - 658.1554 PY - 2008/// CY - New Delhi PB - Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Co. Ltd. KW - N1 - CONTENTS Preface vii Acknowledgements xi Part 1 Introduction 1.Overview : A Broad Map of the Territory 3 2.Investment Alternatives : Choces Galore 27 3.Securities Market : The Battlefield 47 Part 2 Basic Concepts and Methods 4.Risk and Return : Two Sides of the Investment Coin 95 5.The Time Value of Money : The Magic of Compounding 116 6.Financial Statement Analysis : The Information Maze 151 Part 3 Modern Portfolio Theory 7.Portfolio Theory : The Benefits of DIversification 215 8.Capital Asset pricing Model and Arbitrage Pricing Theory : The Risk Reward Relationship 246 9.Efficient Market Hypothesis : The Collective Wisdom 276 10.Behavioural Finance : The Irrational Influences 294 Part 4 : Fixed Income Securities 11.Bond Prices and Yields : Figuring out of the Assured Returns 315 12.Bond Portfolio Management : The Passive and Active Stances 348 Part 5 : Equity Shares 13.Equity valuation : How to Find Your Bearings 371 14.Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis : Understanding the Broad Picture 405 15.Company Anlysis : Establishing the Value Benchmark 427 16.Technical Analysis : The Visual Clue 463 Part 6 : Derivatives 17.Options : The Upside without the Downside 483 18.Futures : Where the Hedgers and the Speculators Meet 520 Part 7 Other Investment Options 19.Mutual Funds : Indirect Investing 547 20.Investment in Real Assets : The Tangible Thing 573 Part 8 Portfolio Management 21.Portfolio Management Framework : The Grand Design 589 22.Guidelines for Investment Decisions : What It All Comes To 639 23.Strategies of the Great Masters : The Timeless Wisdom 672 24.International Investing : The Global Search 697 Appendix A : Tables 707 Appendix B : Regression Analysis 716 Appendix C : Tax Aspects of Investments 719 Select Bibliography 727 Investment Related Websites 729 Index 731 ER -