Contemporary Investments: Security and Portfolio Analysis - Hardcover

Hearth, Douglas; Zaima, Janis K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324258119 ISBN 13: 9780324258110

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2003

Synopsis

This text is written in an informal, conversational style with emphases on investing in common stocks and traditional security analysis, applications, historical context, qualitative factors, and relevance to the individual investor. There is extensive use of real companies and investment situations using the likes of Disney, Home Depot, Intel, Microsoft, Nike, Southwest Airlines, and Wal-Mart. Most chapters have one or more mini-cases.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor Douglas Hearth is a member of the finance faculty at the Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, where he currently serves as director of the personal financial management program. He also served as finance department chair from 1989 to 1996. Prior to that, Dr. Hearth was a faculty member at the University of Colorado. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. Dr. Hearth is the author of numerous academic and professional articles, and has served as a consultant for government and business. He is also the co-author of Contemporary Investments, published by South-Western.

About this edition

• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0324258119
• ISBN 13: 9780324258110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 672