tailieunhanh - Ebook The mathematics of money: Part 2
(BQ) Part 2 book "The mathematics of money" has contents: Investments, retirement plans, mathematics of pricing, taxes, consumer mathematics, international business, financial statements, insurance and risk management, evaluating projected cash flows, business statistics. | PA R T two SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS 6 Investments 7 Retirement Plans 8 Mathematics of Pricing 9 Taxes International Business 12 Financial Statements 13 Insurance and Risk Management 14 Evaluating Projected Cash Flows 15 249 Consumer Mathematics 11 Copyright © 2008, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 10 Payroll and Inventory 16 Business Statistics 5/23/07 3:10:00 PM C H A P T E R 6 Investments “October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.” —Mark Twain, “Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar for 1894” Learning Objectives Chapter Outline LO 1 Stocks Bonds Commodities, Options, and Futures Contracts Mutual Funds and Investment Portfolios Identify the key characteristics of different types of investments, including stocks, bonds, futures and options, and mutual funds. LO 2 Correctly use technical terminology related to various types of investments. LO 3 Calculate values used to measure the financial results, including dividend rates, dividend yields, compound annual growth rates, and total rates of return. LO 4 Recognize how investment concepts such as risk, volatility, diversification, and leverage can affect investment choice and investment performance. LO 5 Assess a reasonable rate of return expectation for an investment portfolio based on the types of investments it contains. Stocks In our work so far, we have put a great deal of effort into the mathematics of money invested growing over time. When money is put to work as a loan, this growth is due to the payment of interest. We have also recognized, though, that there are other ways that money can be put to work aside from simple notes and bank deposits. We have seen that present and future values can be calculated in the same way regardless of whether .
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