Topics Covered Bond Characteristics reading the financial pages Bond Prices and Yields Bond prices and interest rates YTM VS. current yield Rate of Return Interest Rate Risk The Yield Curve Nominal and Real Rates of Interest
Topics Covered Stocks and the Stock Market Book Values. Liquidation Values and Market values Valuing Common Stocks Simplifying the Dividend Discount Model Growth Stocks and Income Stocks Irwvin McGraw-Hill
Topics Covered The Market for Corporate Control Sensible Motives for mMergers Dubious Reasons for Mergers SEvaluating Mergers Merger Tactics SLeveraged Buy-Outs Mergers and the Economy IrwinMcGraw-Hill The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2001