INVESTMENT SCIENCE

REPRESENTING A TRUE BREAKTHROUGH IN THE ORGANIZATION OF FINANCE TOPICS, INVESTMENT SCIENCE WILL BE AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL IN TEACHING MODERN INVESTMENT THEORY. IT PRESENTS SOUND FUNDAMENTALS AND SHOWS HOW REAL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED WITH MODERN, YET SIMPLE, METHODS. DAVID LUENBERGER GIVES THOROUGH YET HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE MATHEMATICAL COVERAGE OF THE STANDARD AND RECENT TOPICS OF INTRODUCTORY INVESTMENTS FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES, MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY AND CAPITAL ASSET PRICING THEORY, DERIVATIVES (FUTURES, OPTIONS, AND SWAPS), AND INNOVATIONS IN OPTIMAL PORTFOLIO GROWTH AND VALUATION OF MULTIPERIOD RISKY INVESTMENTS. THROUGHOUT THE BOOK, HE USES MATHEMATICS TO PRESENT ESSENTIAL IDEAS OF INVESTMENTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS PRACTICE. THE CREATIVE USE OF BINOMIAL LATTICES TO FORMULATE AND SOLVE A WIDE VARIETY OF IMPORTANT FINANCE PROBLEMS IS A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE BOOK. IN MOVING FROM FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES TO DERIVATIVES, LUENBERGER INCREASES NATURALLY THE LEVEL OF MATHEMATIC