Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The measurement of returns on bonds, equities and other financial instruments -- 2. The relationship between risk and return -- 3. Alternative approaches to the relationship between risk and return -- 4. Returns and the capital structure of the firm -- 5. The relationship between equity value, dividends and other cash flow streams -- 6. The relationship between book (accounting) rates of return and the cost of capital for firms and capital projects -- 7. Statistical foundations : first-order stochastic differential equations -- 8. Statistical foundations : systems of and higher-order stochastic differential equations -- 9. Equity valuation : a canonical model -- 10. Equity valuation : non-linearities and scaling -- 11. Equity valuation : multivariate investment opportunity sets -- 12. Equity valuation : higher-order investment opportunity sets, momentum and acceleration.

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