Reddit reviews Investments, 10th Edition

Econ 106V with Rojas. Textbook: Investments 10e

Completely unnecessary textbook. The problem is that the textbook wasn't integrated into the class at all. Its only use was for access to the bullshit Mcgraw Hill online homework, which was barely correlated to what we were learning in class. $125 for online access by itself. A total ripoff. Definitely smelled like some sort of collusion. There was even a publisher rep that came to class on the first day and lied to us about a free trial period for the online access.

To be fair, Rojas, while not the most engaging professor, has very complete and organized presentations and lectures. There was very little need for the book other than as an optional additional resource for students.

I'm mostly pissed off about the increasing use of these online homework sites which are even more overpriced, mandatory for every student, and nontrasferable so students can't save any money by buying used or sharing.

https://www.amazon.com/Investments-10th-Zvi-Bodie/dp/0077861671

This is the textbook for the investments class I'm taking. We covered treasuries in weeks 1 and 2, bond pricing and risk in week 3.

Investments by Bodie, Kane and Marcus.

A little bit more academic than what people would normally recommend here but it's good (it's used by universities and colleges as a textbook for finance students, so right away that tells you it's a reliable source and not opinionated bullshit), and it's comprehensive (it's got chapters on almost everything you'd want to know). It has explanations of financial terms and a glossary at the back too. It's one of the books I was assigned as a finance student.

A little bit expensive but you get your money's worth in terms of content, both depth and breadth. If you had to buy only one book on finance and investment, this would be a good one.