Summary

Designed for use in the CFA program or by investment professionals, this textbook provides a guide to applying quantitative analysis to the investment process. From the perspective of an investment generalist, it covers the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to utilize quantitative methods. Chapters address the time value of money, discounted cash flow applications, market returns, statistical concepts, probability concepts, probability distributions, sampling and estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, time series analysis, and portfolio concepts. The authors are CFAs affiliated with universities or private companies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)