Throughout changing investment opportunities, problems, and controversies, Charles P. Jones s Investments remains one of the most readable and comprehensive investments texts today. Students can count on the new 12th Edition for clarity, currency, and balance.

PART ONE BACKGROUND Chapter 1 Investing is an Important Activity Worldwide, 1 Chapter 2 Investment Alternatives: Generic Principles All Investors Must Know, 21 Chapter 3 Indirect Investing: A Global Activity, 52 Chapter 4 Securities Markets Matter to All Investors, 86 Chapter 5 All Financial Markets Have Regulations and Trading Practices, 112 PART TWO PORTFOLIO AND CAPITAL MARKET THEORY Chapter 6 Return and Risk: The Foundation of Investing Worldwide, 138 Chapter 7 Portfolio Theory is Universal, 175 Chapter 8 Portfolio Selection for All Investors, 204 Chapter 9 Asset Pricing Principles, 230 PART THREE COMMON STOCKS: ANALYSIS, VALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT Chapter 10 Common Stock Valuation Lessons for All Investors, 261 Chapter 11 Managing a Stock Portfolio: A Worldwide Issue, 296 Chapter 12 What Happens If Markets Are Efficient Or Not?, 319 PART FOUR SECURITY ANALYSIS Chapter 13 Economy/Market Analysis Must Be Considered By All Investors, 347 Chapter 14 Sector/Industry Analysis, 372 Chapter 15 Company Analysis, 388 Chapter 16 Technical Analysis, 423 PART FIVE FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES: ANALYSIS, VALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 Fixed Income Securities Are Available Worldwide, 446 Chapter 18 Managing Bond Portfolios: Some Issues Affect All Investors, 475 PART SIX DERIVATIVE SECURITIES Chapter 19 Understanding Derivative Securities: Options, 504 Chapter 20 Understanding Derivative Securities: Futures, 541 PART SEVEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Chapter 21 All Investors Must Consider Portfolio Management, 568 Chapter 22 Evaluation of Investment Performance: A Global Concept, 591