Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management: 2026 Release ISE

Bradford D. Jordan is Visiting Scholar at the University of Florida. He previously held the duPont Endowed Chair in Banking and Financial Services at the University of Kentucky, where he was department chair for many years. He specializes in corporate finance and securities valuation. He has published numerous articles in leading finance journals, and he has received a variety of research awards, including the Fama/DFA Award in 2010.Dr. Jordan is coauthor of Corporate Finance 13e, Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications 7e, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 13e, and Essentials of Corporate Finance 1le, which collectively are the most widely used business finance textbooks in the world, along with Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management 10e, a popular investments text. Tom Miller is Professor of Finance and holder of the Jack R. Lee Chair in Financial and Consumer Finance at Mississippi State University. He has a long-standing interest in derivative securities and investments and has published numerous articles on various topics in these areas. His latest research interest is the workings and regulation of small-dollar loan markets. Professor Miller has been honored with many research and teaching awards. He is a co-author (with David Dubofsky) of Derivatives: Valuation and Risk Management (Oxford University Press). Professor Miller’s interests include golfing, raising American saddle-bred horses, and playing tenor saxophone. Dr. Steven D. Dolvin, CFA, is Professor of Finance and holder of the Eugene Ratliff Endowed Chair in Finance at Butler University. He teaches primarily in the area of investments, but he also oversees student-run portfolios in both public and private equity. He has received multiple teaching awards and has also published numerous articles in both academic and practitioner outlets. His principal areas of interest are IPOs, venture capital, financial education, retirement investing, ESG factors, and behavioral finance. His prior experience includes work in both corporate finance and investments, and he currently provides investment consulting for both individuals and businesses. Professor Dolvin is also a CFA Charterholder and is involved in his local CFA society.

• Part 1: Introduction1. A Brief History of Risk and Return2. The Investment Process3. Overview of Security Types4. Mutual Funds, ETFs, and Other Investment CompaniesPart 2: Stock Markets5. The Stock Market6. Common Stock Valuation7. Stock Price Behavior and Market Efficiency8. Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of InvestingPart 3: Interest Rates and Bond Valuation9. Interest Rates10. Bond Prices and YieldsPart 4: Portfolio Management11. Diversification and Risky Asset Allocation12. Return, Risk, and the Security Market Line13. Performance Evaluation and Risk ManagementPart 5: Futures And Options14. Mutual Funds, ETS, and Other Fund Types15. Stock Options16. Option ValuationPart 6: Topics In Investments17. Alternative Investments18. Corporate and Government Bonds19. Projecting Cash Flow and Earnings20. Global Economic Activity and Industry Analysis21. (online): Mortgage-Backed Securities