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Chapter 6: Equity Investments

Chapter 6: Equity Investments explains the core concepts, key definitions, and practical implications you need for solid analysis. It highlights common pitfalls and the intuition behind the methods so the results are interpreted correctly.

In this section

  • Market Organization and Structure
    Market Organization and Structure: Explains Foundations of Market Organization and Price Discovery with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Security Market Indexes
    Security Market Indexes: Explains Price Return vs. Total Return Indexes and Constructing the Index: Weighting Methods with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Market Efficiency
    Market Efficiency: Explains Defining Market Efficiency and Intrinsic Value vs. Market Price with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Overview of Equity Securities
    Overview of Equity Securities: Explains The Nature of Equity Securities and Common vs. Preferred Shares with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Company Analysis: Past and Present
    Company Analysis: Past and Present: Explains Introduction: Why Past and Present Both Matter and Key Components of a Thorough Company Report with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Industry and Competitive Analysis
    Industry and Competitive Analysis: Explains Purpose of Industry Analysis and Classification Methods for Industries with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Company Analysis: Forecasting
    Company Analysis: Forecasting: Explains Principles of Financial Forecasting and Credible Assumptions with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Equity Valuation: Concepts and Basic Tools
    Equity Valuation: Concepts and Basic Tools: Explains The Concept of Intrinsic Value versus Market Price and Major Categories of Equity Valuation Models with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.

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