Investments: Principles of Portfolio and Equity Analysis

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Ability to take risk

Abnormal returns

ABP (pension fund), strategic asset allocation for

Absolute return objectives

Absolute risk objectives

Accelerated book builds

Achievement of purposes in using financial system:

borrowing

exchanging assets for immediate delivery

information-motivated trading

managing risks

raising equity capital

saving

Active investment strategy

Active management:

of portfolios

of stock mutual funds

Active returns

Adverse selection in insurance

After-tax nominal return

Aggregate indices

Airline industry

Akerlof, George A.

Allocationally efficient financial systems

Allocative efficiency

All-or-nothing orders

Alternative investment markets

Alternative trading systems

American depository receipts

American depository shares

American-style contracts

Annualized returns

Arbitrage

Arbitrage pricing theory

Arbitrageurs

Arithmetic returns

Arms Index

Ascending triangle patterns

Asian Financial Crisis of 1997–1998

Ask prices

Ask sizes

ASML Holdings NV

Asset allocation

Asset-backed securities

Asset-based models:

for equity market valuation

for equity valuation

Asset classes. See also Equities; U.S. asset classes, major

correlation matrix

diversification with

examples of

investment opportunity set and

of major countries

Assets. See also Investment characteristics of assets

classifications of

currencies

evaluation of

examples of

exchanging for immediate delivery

financial

physical

real

risk-free, adding to portfolios

securities

securitization of

types of

Assumptions ...