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Investment Science by David G. Luenberger
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    • Product code: 19701
    • ISBN: 0195108094, ISBN13: 9780195108095, 508 pages, hardback
      Published by Oxford University Press on 1997
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    Description of Investment Science

    Designed for those individuals interested in the current state of development in the field of investment science, this book emphasizes the fundamental principles and how they can be mastered and transformed into solutions of important and interesting investment problems. The book examines what the essential ideas are behind investment science, how they are represented, and how they can be used in actual investment practice. The book also examines where the field might be headed in the future, and goes much further in terms of mathematical content, featuring varying levels of mathematical sophistication throughout. End-of-chapter exercises are also included to help individuals get a better grasp on investment science.

    Contents of Investment Science

    Preface

    1. INTRODUCTION
    1.1 Cash Flows
    1.2 Investments and Markets
    1.3 Typical Investment Problems
    1.4 Organization of the Book


    PART I: DETERMINISTIC CASH FLOW STREAMS

    2. THE BASIC THEORY OF INTEREST
    2.1 Principal and Interest
    2.2 Present Value
    2.3 Present and Future Values of Streams
    2.4 Internal Rate of Return
    2.5 Evaluation Criteria
    2.6 Applications and Extensions(*)
    2.7 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    3. FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES
    3.1 The Market for Future Cash
    3.2 Value Formulas
    3.3 Bond Details
    3.4 Yield
    3.5 Duration
    3.6 Immunization
    3.7 Convexity(*)
    3.8 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    4. THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST RATES
    4.1 The Yield Curve
    4.2 The Term Structure
    4.3 Forward Rates
    4.4 Term Structure Explanations
    4.5 Expectations Dynamics
    4.6 Running Present Value
    4.7 Floating Rate Bonds
    4.8 Duration
    4.9 Immunization
    4.10 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    5. APPLIED INTEREST RATE ANALYSIS
    5.1 Capital Budgeting
    5.2 Optimal Portfolios
    5.3 Dynamic Cash Flow Processes
    5.4 Optimal Management
    5.5 The Harmony Theorem(*)
    5.6 Valuation of a Firm(*)
    5.7 Summary
    Exercises
    References


    PART II: SINGLE-PERIOD RANDOM CASH FLOWS

    6. MEAN-VARIANCE PORTFOLIO THEORY
    6.1 Asset Return
    6.2 Random Variables
    6.3 Random Returns
    6.4 Portfolio Mean and Variance
    6.5 The Feasible Set
    6.6 The Markowitz Model
    6.7 The Two-Fund Theorem(*)
    6.8 Inclusion of a Risk-Free Asset
    6.9 The One-Fund Theorem
    6.10 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    7. THE CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL
    7.1 Market Equilibrium
    7.2 The Capital Market Line
    7.3 The Pricing Model
    7.4 The Security Market Line
    7.5 Investment Implications
    7.6 Performance Evaluation
    7.7 CAPM as a Pricing Formula
    7.8 Project Choice(*)
    7.9 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    8. MODELS AND DATA
    8.1 Introduction
    8.2 Factor Models
    8.3 The CAPM as a Factor Model
    8.4 Arbitrage Pricing Theory(*)
    8.5 Data and Statistics
    8.6 Estimation of Other Parameters
    8.7 Tilting Away from Equilibrium
    8.8 A Multiperiod Fallacy
    8.9 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    9 GENERAL PRINCIPLES
    9.1 Introduction
    9.2 Utility Functions
    9.3 Risk Aversion
    9.4 Specification of Utility Functions(*)
    9.5 Utility Functions and the
    Mean-Variance Criterion(*)
    9.6 Linear Pricing
    9.7 Portfolio Choice
    9.8 Log-Optimal Pricing(*)
    9.9 Finite State Models
    9.10 Risk-Neutral Pricing(*)
    9.11 Pricing Alternatives(*)
    9.12 Summary
    Exercises
    References


    PART III: DERIVATIVE SECURITIES

    10. FORWARDS, FUTURES, AND SWAPS
    10.1 Introduction
    10.2 Forward Contracts
    10.3 Forward Prices
    10.4 The Value of a Forward Contract
    10.5 Swaps(*)
    10.6 Basics of Futures Contracts
    10.7 Futures Prices
    10.8 Relation to Expected Spot Price(*)
    10.9 The Perfect Hedge
    10.10 The Minimum-Variance Hedge
    10.11 Optimal Hedging(*)
    10.12 Hedging Nonlinear Risk(*)
    10.13 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    11. MODELS OF ASSET DYNAMICS
    11.1 Binomial Lattice Model
    11.2 The Additive Model
    11.3 The Multiplicative Model
    11.4 Typical Parameter Values(*)
    11.5 Lognormal Random Variables
    11.6 Random Walks and Wiener Processes
    11.7 A Stock Price Process
    11.8 Ito's Lemma(*)
    11.9 Binomial Lattice Revisited
    11.10 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    12. BASIC OPTIONS THEORY
    12.1 Option Concepts
    12.2 The Nature of Option Values
    12.3 Option Combinations and Put-Call Parity
    12.4 Early Exercise
    12.5 Single-Period Binomial Options Theory
    12.6 Multiperiod Options
    12.7 More General Binomial Problems
    12.8 Evaluating Real Investment Opportunities
    12.9 General Risk-Neutral Pricing(*)
    12.10 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    13. ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TOPICS
    13.1 Introduction
    13.2 The Black-Scholes Equation
    13.3 Call Option Formula
    13.4 Risk-Neutral Valuation(*)
    13.5 Delta
    13.6 Replication, Synthetic Options, and
    Portfolio Insurance(*)
    13.7 Computational Methods
    13.8 Exotic Options
    13.9 Storage Costs and Dividends(*)
    13.10 Martingale Pricing(*)
    13.11 Summary
    Appendix: Alternative Black-Scholes
    Derivation(*)
    Exercises
    References

    14. INTEREST RATE DERIVATIVES
    14.1 Examples of Interest Rate Derivatives
    14.2 The Need for a Theory
    14.3 The Binomial Approach
    14.4 Pricing Applications
    14.5 Leveling and Adjustable-Rate Loans(*)
    14.6 The Forward Equation
    14.7 Matching the Term Structure
    14.8 Immunization
    14.9 Collateralized Mortgage Obligations(*)
    14.10 Models of Interest Rate Dynamics(*)
    14.11 Continuous-Time Solutions(*)
    14.12 Summary
    Exercises
    References


    PART IV GENERAL CASH FLOW STREAMS

    15. OPTIMAL PORTFOLIO GROWTH
    15.1 The Investment Wheel
    15.2 The Log Utility Approach to Growth
    15.3 Properties of the Log-Optimal Strategy(*)
    15.4 Alternative Approaches(*)
    15.5 Continuous-Time Growth
    15.6 The Feasible Region
    15.7 The Log-Optimal Pricing Formula(*)
    15.8 Log-Optimal Pricing and the Black-Scholes Equation(*)
    15.9 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    16 GENERAL INVESTMENT EVALUATION
    16.1 Multiperiod Securities
    16.2 Risk-Neutral Pricing
    16.3 Optimal Pricing
    16.4 The Double Lattice
    16.5 Pricing in a Double Lattice
    16.6 Investments with Private Uncertainty
    16.7 Buying Price Analysis
    16.8 Continuous-Time Evaluation(*)
    16.9 Summary
    Exercises
    References

    Appendix A BASIC PROBABILITY THEORY
    A.1 General Concepts
    A.2 Normal Random Variables
    A.3 Lognormal Random Variables

    Appendix B CALCULUS AND OPTIMIZATION
    B.1 Functions
    B.2 Differential Calculus
    B.3 Optimization

    Answers to Exercises
    Index

    About David G. Luenberger

    David G. Luenberger is Professor in Engineering Economics Systems and Operations Research, Stanford University

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