Investment Pricing Methods: A Guide for Accounting and Financial Professionals

Practical, expert coverage of investment pricing methods for financial professionals

This book on investment pricing methods offers accounting and financial practitioners and academics a solid understanding of the techniques and methods investment analysts use to price common financial investment instruments, such as commercial mortgages, private placement-bonds, mortgage-backed securities, private and public equities, derivatives, and joint ventures. Clarification of important terminology and an overview of fundamental concepts are provided for less experienced professionals, while in-depth and up-to-date discussion of technical matters offers experienced professionals expert dissection of more complex material. This authoritative and reliable guide features:

• PowerPoint(TM) presentation for teaching purposes available online at www.wiley.com/go/investmentpricing
• In-depth and up-to-date pricing models
• Verbal and formula explanations for all mathematical equations
• Tips on reviewing investment prices for accuracy or flaws
• Investment type characteristics such as contractual provisions, cash flows, and risks for applying Statement 133 hedge effectiveness guidelines
• Basic building blocks of investment pricing methodologies including present value methodologies used for pricing and evaluating common investment types
• Coverage of complex issues including term structure of interest rates, determinants of bond yields and stock risk premiums, estimation of free cash flows for valuing a business entity, and more

PATRICK CASABONA, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting and Taxation at the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John's University and a consultant to various business organizations.
ROBERT M. TRAFICANTI is Director of Accounting Policy at a major investment bank. He coauthored this book while he was a project manager at the Financial Accounting Standards Board.