This book emphasizes the fundamental principles and how they can be mastered and transformed into solutions of important and interesting investment problems. 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.

Chapter 1.Introduction
Chapter 2.The Basic Theory of Interest
Chapter 3.Fixed-Income Securities
Chapter 4.The Term Structure of Interest Rates
Chapter 5.Applied Interest Rate Analysis
Chapter 6.Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory
Chapter 7.The Capital Asset Pricing
Chapter 8.Models and DataGeneral Principles Forwards, Futures, and SwapsModels of Asset Dynamics
Chapter 9.Basic Options Theory
Chapter 10.Additional Options Topics
Chapter 11.Optimal Portfolio Growth
Chapter 12.General Investment Evaluation