Description

The Investment Advisor Body of Knowledge + Test Bank: Readings for the CIMA Certification

Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction xi
CHAPTER 1 IMCA Code of Professional Responsibility and
Standards of Practice 1
CHAPTER 2 Regulatory Considerations 37
CHAPTER 3 Statistics and Methods 47
CHAPTER 4 Applied Finance and Economics 105
CHAPTER 5 Global Capital Markets: History and Valuation 235
CHAPTER 6 Attributes of Risk 307
CHAPTER 7 Risk Measurements 321
CHAPTER 8 Performance Measurement and Attribution 333
CHAPTER 9 Traditional Global Investments: Equity and Fixed Income 393
CHAPTER 10 Fixed-Income Vehicles 471
CHAPTER 11 Foreign Exchange Market 547
CHAPTER 12 Alternative Investments 569
CHAPTER 13 Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 651
CHAPTER 14 Tools and Strategies Based on Technical Analysis 703
CHAPTER 15 Portfolio Theories and Models 759
CHAPTER 16 Behavioral Finance Theory 815
CHAPTER 17 Client Discovery 899
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CHAPTER 18 Investment Policy Statement (IPS) 997
CHAPTER 19 Portfolio Risk Management Strategies 1017
CHAPTER 20 Manager Search, Selection, and Monitoring 1049
CHAPTER 21 Perform Portfolio Review and Revisions Process 1083
IMCA 1103
About the Author 1105
Index 1107