"This revised and fully expanded edition of Understanding Investments continues to incorporate the elements of traditional investments textbooks but goes further in that the material is presented from an intuitive, practical point of view, and the supplementary material included in each chapter...

Under the context of the US and EMU financial and debt crisis we investigate the portfolio asset diversification and assess risk for a core pool of advanced (US/Eurozone/UK/Japan) markets enriched by emerging financial markets represented by BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China). Specifically we...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- PART I INVESTMENT BASICS -- 1 The investment framework -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The general financial and...