Foundations of Investments: An Introduction, 2nd Edition eBook

Teach students the theory and skills to implement investment tasks with Adair/Nofsinger’s “Foundations of Investments: An Introduction.” From theory to practice to implementation, examples present a theory, then illustrate and solve investment processes using spreadsheets. Understand math and visualize portfolio construction with theory, and illustrate the implications of diversification in mutual funds and other portfolios through practice. The authors demonstrate how to optimize return under the constraints of minimizing risk. Students implement functions for different returns, data handling, probability distributions and regression analysis and examine graphing tools to chart in technical analysis. This edition covers crypto investing, financial planning, behavioral aspects of investing and discusses environmental, social and governance investing.