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Investment alternatives -- Securities markets:the battle field -- Risk and return: two sides of the investment coin -- The time value of money : the magic compounding -- Financial statements analysis: the information maze -- Portfolio theory : the benefits of diversification -- Capital asset pricing model and arbitrage pricing theory: The risk reward relationship -- Efficient market hypothesis : the collective wisdom -- Behavioral finance : the irrational influences -- Bond prices and yields : figuring out the assured returns -- Bond portfolio management : thepasive and active stances -- Equity valuation : how to find your bearings -- Macroeconomics and industry analysis : understanding the broad picture -- Company analysis ; establishing the value benchmark -- technical analysis : the visual clue -- Options : the upside without the downside -- Futures : where the hedgers and speculators meet -- Mutual funds : indirect investing -- Investment in real assets > the tangible thing -- Portfolio management framework : the grand design -- Guidelines for investment decisions : what it all comes to -- Strategies of the great masters : the timeless wisdom -- International investing : the global search.